ELK Studios now live in Ontario

• Industry News
• 01. 04. 2025.
• Nikola Lasica

ELK Studios, the Swedish iGaming behemoth and one of the most innovative mobile-first software providers on the market, has officially entered the regulated Ontario market with seven pokie games.

The chosen titles include fan favorites like Katmandu Gold, Nitropolis, and Cygnus and are set to feature the studio’s groundbreaking X-iter feature. Previously, ELK Studios broke into Denmark and Italy through a strategic partnership with NetBet, signaling a plan to enter as many regulated markets as possible.

The award-winning studio

Established in 2013, ELK Studios is universally praised for its player-friendly features and Pixar-quality visuals. The studio is unapologetically oriented towards mobile phones and other handheld devices, offering a pitch-perfect pokie experience for smaller screens.

In a testament to its enduring quality, the studio’s roster includes two Game of the Year titles. Wild Toro won the prestigious award at the 2017 EGR Operators Awards, while Pirots 2 snatched the win at the 2024 Casinobeats Game Developer Awards.

The award-winning studio is also praised for its proprietary X-iter feature, which triggers up to 5 different modes that players can choose between. Specific to each game, hitting the X-iter button activates spins with growing multipliers, bonus games, or guaranteed base-game features. All have a bonus buy option for added reel spinning gusto.

What else is new for ELK in 2025

On the gaming front, ELK Studios has been on a roll lately. The provider has released 7 games in 2025, most recently a 3-reel Vegas-style online pokie titled In the Zone. Beneath its seemingly simple visual design lie all the goodies of modern video slots like multipliers, Bigways, nudging wilds, bonus games, linked reels, and more.

But perhaps more exciting is the January rollout of Cygnus 5, rocking potential winnings of 50,000x! It is a 6-reel, 4-row pokie set in an interstellar backdrop where the mystic Cygnus society bends time to their will to rule all reality. Highly recommended.