HungryBear
Also known as: HungryBear Gaming, Hungry Bear Gaming Limited
HungryBear is a UK and Canada-based studio that designs and builds HTML5 slot, table and instant-win games for real-money markets. Its senior team founded CORE Gaming, sold to Sky Betting & Gaming in 2016. It supplies the British Columbia Lottery Corporation's PlayNow platform and holds a UK Gambling Commission software licence.
- Headquarters
- Knowle, United Kingdom
- Ownership
- Hungry Bear Gaming Limited (UK, Gambling Commission account 59191); the site footer gives Suite 2, Greville House, 1697a High Street, Knowle, West Midlands.
- Licences
- UKGC (account 59191, Hungry Bear Gaming Limited, remote gambling software), GPEB (British Columbia, Canada)
- Products
- slots, table games, instant win games, multiplayer slots, game development services
- Also known as
- HungryBear Gaming, Hungry Bear Gaming Limited
- Website
- www.hungrybeargaming.com
History
HungryBear was set up by the senior managers and technical architects behind CORE Gaming, which was acquired by Sky Betting & Gaming in 2016. The company says that team moved casino game development from Flash to HTML5 from 2011 onward, converting and rebuilding major slots for large content suppliers. After the sale its founders spent two years under non-compete covenants in UK and European jurisdictions, which ended in June 2020, after which HungryBear opened for business.
It then secured a contract with the British Columbia Lottery Corporation, under which it produces content for the PlayNow platform, and it is licensed by British Columbia's GPEB. Hungry Bear Gaming Limited also holds a UK Gambling Commission remote gambling software licence (account 59191). It offers ground-up game design, maths, server and client development, integration and QA, and its catalogue mixes slots such as King Kerching and Moosey Money with blackjack and roulette variants and SlotMasters, which it bills as the first multiplayer slot.
Notable
- Its founders previously built CORE Gaming, acquired by Sky Betting & Gaming in 2016.
- Supplies games to the British Columbia Lottery Corporation's PlayNow platform.
- Bills SlotMasters as the world's first multiplayer slot game.
- CEO Justin Chamberlain is credited by the company with pushing an industry-wide move to HTML5 from 2011.
Notable work
- King Kerching
- Moosey Money
- The Secret Of Amun-Ra
- Big River Fishing
- Multi-Hand BlackJack
- SlotMasters
How well established
The UK entity, its Gambling Commission licence (confirmed on the public register, software licence effective March 2022), the Knowle address, the GPEB licence and the BCLC contract are stated on the official site. No founding year, company number or parent company is given, and the contact page also shows a second address in Henley-in-Arden.
