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Market · Sat 25 Jul · 2 min read

PhilWeb lands Games Global in content push

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What happened

PhilWeb Corp filed a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange confirming an exclusive partnership with Games Global, a content and technology provider that emerged as one of the significant independent content houses following Microgaming's exit from direct game distribution. The deal adds Games Global's catalogue to PhilWeb's aggregation platform, available to Philippine licensed operators who source product through PhilWeb. This is framed as an exclusive arrangement, meaning operators who want Games Global titles under Philippine-licensed terms will need to go through PhilWeb.

This is not PhilWeb's first exclusive tie-up of this kind. The PSE filing language specifically calls it "its latest exclusive tie-up," signalling a deliberate strategy of building a stack of exclusive or preferential content agreements rather than competing purely on platform infrastructure.

Why it matters

Sources: GGRAsia

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