Games Global: Where the Microgaming Empire Lives Now
Microgaming helped invent online casino gaming in the 1990s. In 2022 its content business passed to Games Global, which now runs the legacy catalogue, the famous jackpot network and a web of exclusive partner studios.
The Inheritance
The portfolio reads like industry history: Mega Moolah, the progressive that paid out some of the largest online jackpots ever recorded; Immortal Romance, the vampire drama that defined narrative slots; Thunderstruck and the classics that built a thousand lobbies. Games Global's job is stewardship and renewal: sequels, Mega Moolah extensions and modern reworks that keep the legacy earning.
The Studio Network Model
Like Pragmatic with Reel Kingdom, Games Global distributes for a roster of exclusive studios: Gameburger (9 Masks of Fire), Triple Edge, PearFiction, Just For The Win and more, dozens of teams shipping under one distribution flag. For players the mechanics matter: the loading screen names the actual studio, and quality and volatility vary by team while certification and delivery run through the group, the supply-chain layering covered in our industry guide.
What to Check
Mega Moolah titles carry the classic progressive trade: base RTPs well below the 96% default, with the difference funding the pools, the math in our jackpot guide. Non-jackpot titles follow per-studio models: read both the RTP line and the studio credit.
The Verdict
Strengths: the deepest legacy catalogue in the industry, a jackpot brand with unmatched payout history, and a partner network that scales output. Weaknesses: the network's quality variance, and jackpot RTPs that demand eyes-open play. Games Global is less a studio than a publishing empire, judge it title by title, studio by studio. The best storefronts for the catalogue: our casino reviews. 18+.
Games Global FAQ
Is Microgaming gone?
The name lives on in industry history and certain legacy contexts; the content business operates under Games Global. The games you knew continue, maintained and sequelised under the new flag.
Is Mega Moolah still worth playing?
It still pays headline jackpots, and the base game still prices that dream into every spin. Lottery-ticket economics, as the guide explains: fine as entertainment, never as a plan.
Why do Games Global slots feel so different from each other?
Because different studios make them: Gameburger's volatility profile is not PearFiction's. The distribution brand is shared; the design DNA is not. Check the studio credit in the game info. 18+.
How Games Global Compares
The structural rival is the Evolution group: both are empires of acquired and partnered studios, Evolution built around live dominance plus slots, Games Global around the deepest legacy catalogue in the industry. Against Pragmatic Play's single-brand machine, the network model trades consistency for variety: Pragmatic's name predicts the product, Games Global's does not, by design. The jackpot comparison is historical: Mega Moolah's payout records stand against every newer network, including Relax Gaming's Dream Drop. For players the conclusion repeats: judge per studio, per title, per RTP line. Empires are addresses, not guarantees.
And one habit worth keeping: when a Games Global title catches your eye, note the actual studio credit in the loading screen. Build a shortlist of the sub-studios whose games suit you and search by those names instead. The network is the address; the studio is the author.