Inspired’s Steve Rogers pictured at the G2E show
Inspired previews Jaromir Jágr Virtual Hockey
Inspired Entertainment was launching its worldwide exclusive brand partnership with legendary hockey star Jaromir Jágr at G2E, which will be used for an upcoming Virtual Hockey game, as well as with casino, lottery sectors and digital variants
Jágr is one of the greatest professional hockey players of all time and is one of only 29 players in the Triple Gold Club, having won the IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship, the Olympic Ice Hockey tournament and the Stanley Cup.
He said: “I am very excited about this partnership and the opportunity to be the face of Inspired’s suite of hockey gaming products. I have been increasingly impressed with their creativity and innovation in using live action to establish themselves with leading edge technology in Virtual Sports. I’ve done almost everything imaginable on the ice in my hockey career so I can’t wait to see the breakout plays that Inspired puts together for Virtual Hockey.”
As well as Virtual Hockey, Inspired will launch a new slot game called Jágr Super Slot later this year with a penalty shoot-out game and a bingo game to be released in 2020. Brooks Pierce, President and Chief Operating Officer, said: “We are thrilled to announce Jaromir Jágr as the face of Inspired’s newest suite of games. With an impressively long and successful career, Jaromir is one of hockey’s greatest performers and personalities. Jaromir’s fans will appreciate the realistic quality of the action and imagery in all of the gaming products we are creating.”
Inspired has also recently signed an agreement with VEEPIO, the mobile technology arm of the NFL Alumni, whereby it will use the name, brand, image, persona and likenesses of the NFLA
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Inspired intends to use its award winning visual effects and the latest in motion capture technology to bring the NFLA greats to life in its Legends of Football game.
NFL Hall of Fame players like Franco Harris. Harris said: “I’m excited to see the Inspired virtual product and connect with fans who may not have seen me or some of my contemporaries play during our careers. I’m especially proud of the benefit that will be derived by the NFL Alumni retired players as they transition into their lives after football.”
“We are pleased to announce our partnership with the NFLA and VEEPIO,” said Mr. Pierce. “We have had great success since the introduction of our Virtual Football games but we expect this partnership to take it to the next level. VEEPIO allows us to produce the first-ever suite of entertainment products featuring the brands and images of the ‘Legends of Football’. Fans will love cheering on their favourite superstar players of all time, creating a more passionate and competitive experience.”
“As the award-winning recognized leader in Virtual Sports, Inspired is the perfect fit for VEEPIO and the NFLA,” said Jonathan Ohliger, CEO of VEEPIO. “Tey have grown the Virtual Sports category massively in recent years, but no one has offered a virtual football game with the
Inspired’s Brooks Pierce and Lorne Weil sandwich hockey star Jaromir Jágr
former players. We have every confidence that Inspired will put together an exhilarating suite of games that will help benefit NFLA member initiatives.”
Te company was also launching its first GLI- approved Illinois VGT product, which following extensive research into Illinois players, has been designed from the bottom up.
Te number of Inspired’s Virtual Sports operators increased to 102 live worldwide, up 5.2 per cent from the same time last year with BetVictor becoming the first customer to launch Virtual Basketball.
Lorne Weil, Executive Chairman of Inspired, said: “Our North American business has been building momentum and we’ve had outstanding feedback on our new Valor terminal. In October we delivered our first gaming terminals in Illinois and are very pleased with the performance thus far. We continue to lead the industry in Virtuals innovation and are excited about our new license agreements with NHL legend Jaromir Jágr and with NFL Alumni. Te popularity of our Gaming and Virtuals content is fuelling the growth in our Interactive business, where we are in the process of launching new content and integrating several customers.”
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