Northern Lights Gaming Slot Games & Demo
Wanted Unusual Suspects
Unusual Suspects Cartel Cash
Treasure Ireland
Totally Headless
Ticket to Riches
Storm to Riches
Rocky's Gold Ultraways
Prize Ladder
Polar Bonanza
Monkey Bonanza
About Northern Lights Gaming
Andrew Goodale knows what a hit looks like. Before founding Northern Lights Gaming, he was running the studio responsible for Rainbow Riches and the Monopoly slots range, two of the most enduring titles in British gaming history. That track record is exactly the kind of grounding that sets a studio apart before a single game has been released, and it shaped everything about how Northern Lights was built from the ground up.
Launched in 2017 with dual bases in Manchester and Stockholm, Northern Lights assembled a small team carrying over 50 years of collective experience drawn from Barcrest, Scientific Games, and Williams Interactive. Rather than rushing to market, they spent their first year locking down partnerships and licences, a deliberate strategy that paid off when they became the first independent casino slots studio ever to develop games on the Yggdrasil Game Server through the YG Masters programme. That historic first was followed by a distribution agreement with Microgaming, later absorbed into Games Global, giving the studio two of the most powerful content pipelines in the industry before most players had even heard of them.
The first release, Rocky’s Gold, arrived in 2018 as a dynamite-blasting Wild West prospector adventure, and it did exactly what a debut should do: demonstrated that the team knew how to build something players would keep coming back to. What followed was steady and varied, with the catalogue building across distinctive series and standalone titles at a pace that prioritised quality over volume. God of Fire, All Star Knockout, Bison Boom Link and Win, Golden Stallion Ultraways, Prized Pets Gigablox, Ticket to Riches, Treasure Ireland, 4 Corners of Rome, and a growing family of themed series have built a portfolio of over 40 releases. Golden Stallion Ultraways introduced the studio’s Ultraways mechanic, offering 196,608 ways to win in a single title. Prized Pets Gigablox brought supersized symbols up to 6×6 alongside a Chomp Chomp Wild Bonus where pets eat surrounding symbols to turn them wild.
The centrepiece of the modern catalogue is the Unusual Suspects franchise, built around a cast of memorable criminal characters in a gritty underworld setting. The original Unusual Suspects from 2023 used Sticky Wild Frames and Big Boss Free Spins to compelling effect, and it performed strongly enough for More Unusual Suspects to follow in March 2024 with enhanced mechanics, a Perk Pick Bonus, Exploding Wilds, a Vault Jackpot worth up to 15,000x, and multiplier modifiers during free spins. Wanted: Unusual Suspects arrived in September 2024 transporting the crew to the Wild West and introducing a Cash Collect mechanic for the first time in the series. The Unusual Suspects characters have become something genuinely rare in iGaming: a cast that players recognise, request by name, and return to.
Across the catalogue, RTPs sit around 92%-96% (depending on regulatory rules), volatility spans from medium to high, and every title is fully optimised for portrait mobile play.
“Northern Lights are a studio with serious pedigree at the top and it shows. The Unusual Suspects series in particular has built something rare in this industry, a cast of characters players actually care about. More Unusual Suspects is a proper step up on the original and the franchise shows no signs of slowing down. Quality studio through and through.” Mark, Content Editor
“Love the Unusual Suspects games. The whole vibe of them is just different to everything else in the lobby and the Big Boss Free Spins is one of my favourite bonus rounds right now. All Star Knockout is a classic too. Northern Lights are quietly building one of the best catalogues going.” Scotty T, Fruity Slots Streamer
FAQs about Northern Lights Gaming
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Who is actually behind Northern Lights Gaming?
CEO Andrew Goodale ran the studio responsible for Rainbow Riches and the Monopoly slots range before co-founding Northern Lights in 2017. The wider team draws on decades of combined experience from Barcrest, Scientific Games, and Williams Interactive. The credentials behind the name are genuinely significant. -
Why did they become the first independent studio on the Yggdrasil platform?
Because Yggdrasil’s YG Masters programme is invite-only and highly selective. Being the first independent studio ever accepted onto the Yggdrasil Game Server reflected both the strength of the team’s reputation and the quality of what they had already demonstrated. It opened up access to Yggdrasil’s suite of proprietary mechanics including Gigablox and Ultraways. -
What is the Unusual Suspects series?
A franchise built around a recurring cast of charismatic criminal characters in a gritty city underworld setting. The original 2023 release used Sticky Wild Frames and Big Boss Free Spins. More Unusual Suspects followed in 2024 with a Perk Pick Bonus, Exploding Wilds, multiplier modifiers, and a 15,000x Vault Jackpot. Wanted: Unusual Suspects moved the crew to the Wild West in September 2024, adding a Cash Collect mechanic. It is one of the few slot franchises in the industry where players recognise and request the characters by name. -
What is the Ultraways mechanic in Golden Stallion?
Ultraways is Northern Lights’ proprietary ways-to-win format offering 196,608 ways to win in a single game, achieved through an expanding reel set that grows as players collect horseshoes and progress through the game. It remains one of the most ambitious ways-based mechanics in the Games Global ecosystem. -
What does the rest of the catalogue look like beyond the flagship series?
Enormously varied. Rocky’s Gold, All Star Knockout, Prized Pets Gigablox, God of Fire, Ticket to Riches, Bison Boom Link and Win, Treasure Ireland, 4 Corners of Rome, and 3 Laughing Lions Power Combo are among over 40 titles spanning Western adventures, retro knockouts, pet shop charm, Irish pirates, and Roman mythology. There is genuine breadth here. -
Where are Northern Lights Gaming titles available?
Through the Games Global platform and the Yggdrasil YG Masters distribution network, reaching a wide range of operators across regulated markets globally.
Mark Bowley
Head of Content
