Just over a month ago here at Fortune Frenzy, we added a number of Felt Gaming Blackjack variants to our games roster, and they’re already proving hugely popular among players. This month also it was announced that one of Felt Gaming’s games has been shortlisted for the EGR Operator Awards Game of the Year. What we realised, however, is that not many people know all that much about the Felt Gaming as a developer, and thought it might be a good idea to take this opportunity to educate you about this relatively young company. It is already making a big name for itself in the online and mobile table games scene!
About The Company
Launched back in 2013, Felt Gaming might not be a name you recognise straight away, but if you’re a fan of online and mobile table games, there’s a pretty decent chance that at one time or another you’ve stumbled upon one of their titles. The speciality of Felt Gaming is table games – specifically card games – of which it creates vivid and intriguing versions.
Vivid because the attention to aesthetic detail is outstanding: these games look fantastic and the detailing on the cards and tables is almost without par in the industry. That’s intriguing because Felt is so skilled at creating game variants and side bets you’ve either never seen before, or never seen so well put together in a slot.
Anyone who knows anything about casino table games will know exactly what the ‘felt’ in Felt Gaming refers to. In land-based casinos, the tops of tables for playing on are covered with green felt, which makes it much easier to handle cards and chips, looks better than an uncovered table and isn’t liable to as much damage. Felt is an iconic element of mobile casino games, so it’s unsurprising that this developer so dedicated to creating table games should choose to associate itself with this concept.
Felt Gaming Games
Felt Gaming has its fingers in a number of table game pies, with many people knowing the company’s name from its popular Caribbean Stud Poker game. That said, what Felt does really well is blackjack variants. Creating new ways to play blackjack, with variations on the rules and a collection of different side bets seems to have become Felt Gaming’s mission. Titles like High Hand Blackjack, Side Bet Blackjack, Blackjack Perfect Pairs, Blackjack Buster and Blackjack 21+3 have made Felt Gaming synonymous with the classic casino game.
This is the magic of Felt: it lifts age old game formats and through the expert application of modern gaming technologies transforms them into something truly new and thoroughly exciting. Their designs are as beautiful as they are intuitive and their game modes are as innovative as they are exciting. We’re great fans of Felt Gaming games, which is why you can already play Blackjack Perfect Pairs, Blackjack Buster and Blackjack 21+3 here on Fortune Frenzy.
EGR Game Of The Year
As previously mentioned in this post, one of Felt Gaming’s games has been nominated for arguably the top honour in mobile casino game development – the EGR Game of the Year. The game in question is (unsurprisingly for Felt) a blackjack variant; Blackjack 6 in 1. The 6 in 1 refers to the fact that in the game you are able to enjoy any one of 6 side bets alongside the base blackjack game. Though these bets differ in the likelihood of them paying out, they add an extra bit of drama to the game, and can really inflate your payroll if you win them.
Blackjack made its way into the Game of the Year shortlist no doubt in no small part thanks to the fact it offers players a number of new ways to engage with a classic game. This is one on only two non-slots games to find its way into the shortlist for Game of the Year, which definitely speaks volumes about the quality and innovation which is perceived to have been poured into the game. We wish Felt Gaming all the best in the competition and hope very much we see a departure from the traditional slots win to give Felt victory.
