Highlight Games is a British virtual sports specialist with a distinctive approach: rather than rendering matches in 3D animation, it stitches together exclusive archive video footage — real goals, real riders, real commentary — and lets a certified random number generator decide the outcome of each short, bettable event. The result feels like watching genuine sport, while behaving like a fair, repeatable RNG game.
For a SoftVault operator, that means a virtual product that appeals to sports bettors specifically: recognisable football action, MotoGP races, tennis rallies and darts finals condensed into minute-long events that run around the clock. It fills the gaps between live fixtures and gives sportsbook-led casinos content their audience already understands.
Founded in 2014 and based in London, Highlight Games is licensed and regulated in Great Britain by the Gambling Commission and has built its reputation on one clear idea — that virtual sports are more compelling when the action on screen is real.
The studio's flagship title, Soccerbet, draws on decades of football footage from major European leagues, presenting unforgettable goals and moments with authentic commentary and a full range of betting markets. The same template extends across MotoGP Podium Racer, ATP Tennis, IIHF-style Ice Hockey and PDC Darts, each licensed or produced to feel like genuine broadcast sport.
Beyond the core sports, Highlight Games produces Instants — scratchcard-style games that reveal classic sporting clips as you play — and branded slot content such as La Liga Grand Chance, extending recognisable sporting IP into the casino lobby.
Every event is underpinned by a tested RNG and delivered in HTML5, so the same product runs online, on mobile and across retail terminals. The heavy use of licensed, real-world footage is what sets the catalogue apart from purely animated virtual sports rivals.
Highlight Games gives sportsbook-oriented operators a virtual product that speaks their audience's language:
Highlight Games is available through SoftVault's single aggregation layer, so there is no separate contract or technical integration to negotiate with the studio directly. The virtual sports, instants and slots are carried via SoftVault's upstream connection and appear in your back office ready to switch on.
Once your platform is live, enabling Highlight Games on an existing SoftVault deployment takes days; for new operators it is included as part of the standard 14-day launch. New events and titles are added automatically as the studio ships them, with no extra integration work on your side.
Revenue-share billing runs through your normal SoftVault GGR statement — there is no separate invoicing from the provider — and any promotional mechanics the studio exposes are managed through the standard SoftVault admin.
No. Highlight Games is primarily a virtual sports studio. Its core products are footage-based virtual football, motorsport, tennis, ice hockey and darts, with instants and branded slots as complementary content.
Instead of 3D animation, its games use exclusive real video footage of genuine sporting moments, combined with authentic commentary and a certified RNG that decides each outcome — so the action looks like real broadcast sport.
Soccerbet is the flagship, alongside MotoGP Podium Racer, ATP Tennis, PDC Darts and Ice Hockey. The Instants range and La Liga Grand Chance slot round out the offering.
Yes. The studio is licensed and regulated in Great Britain by the Gambling Commission, and its games run on independently tested random number generators to ensure fair, unpredictable outcomes.
On an existing SoftVault platform it takes days to switch on. For new operators it is included within the standard 14-day launch, with no separate provider integration required.
Yes, via SoftVault, subject to each market's regulatory rules. The games are delivered through the same aggregation layer regardless of the operator's payment model.