Black Cat Games
Also known as: Blackcat, Black Cat Games Limited
Black Cat Games is a UK slot studio in Gateshead, founded by web-games developers Doug Charnley and Adam Quickfall and publicly launched in December 2024. It makes video slots with hold-and-win and cluster-pays mechanics, distributed through Yggdrasil's YGG Masters programme and Million Games, and holds a UK Gambling Commission remote gambling software licence (account 67371).
- Founded
- 2023
- Headquarters
- Gateshead, United Kingdom
- Ownership
- Black Cat Games Limited (England and Wales, company 15198624), founded and directed by Doug Charnley and Adam Quickfall; no parent company disclosed.
- Licences
- UKGC (account 67371, remote gambling software licence 067371-R-341229-004)
- Products
- slots
- Also known as
- Blackcat, Black Cat Games Limited
- Website
- www.blackcat.games
- Contacts
- [email protected]
Presence
Casino brands
102
Open brands seen carrying Black Cat Games in any market; closed casinos are not counted. A brand counts once, however many markets and sources list it.
Games per brand
Fewest
1
Median
4
Most
4
Based on 102 brands that show a game count, each at its largest count in any market.
History
Black Cat Games Limited was incorporated in England in October 2023 and, after about 18 months of planning, research and demo building, announced itself as a live studio in December 2024. Its founders came from a decade of building web games, and the studio describes its strengths as graphics, animation, sound design and production. In February 2025 it joined Million Games' Million Stars programme, which supplies a remote game server and distribution, with an option for the studio to buy its own instance of that RGS later; in April 2025 it joined Yggdrasil's YGG Masters programme, which publishes its games through Yggdrasil's GATI tools and operator network. Its first title was Captain's Curse.
The company applied to the UK Gambling Commission in June 2025 and was granted a remote gambling software licence in September 2025. Its second game, Island Ices, went into wide release in January 2026 with operators including bet365 and Entain; Druid's Drop followed with a two-week bet365 exclusive from April 2026, and Lucky Lizard Oasis launched in July 2026. The studio also reports work with US social-casino platforms Pulsz and Crown Coins, and has announced Dragonrise, its fifth title, for release through Yggdrasil on 19 November 2026.
Notable
- Distributes through two publishing programmes at once: Yggdrasil's YGG Masters and Million Games' Million Stars.
- Licensed by the UK Gambling Commission from September 2025 under account 67371.
- Druid's Drop launched with a two-week exclusive on bet365 in the UK, Denmark, the Netherlands and bet365.com before its global release.
- Its games ship with three RTP settings (for example 90.5, 94 and 96 per cent).
Notable work
- Captain's Curse
- Island Ices
- Druid's Drop
- Lucky Lizard Oasis
- Dragonrise
How well established
The legal entity, Gateshead address, UKGC licence, founders, partnerships and game list are documented on the official site and confirmed in the UKGC register; the company number and October 2023 incorporation come from Companies House. Ownership beyond the founders is not stated.
