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First look at 2 By 2 Gaming

Founded in 2012 near Chicago, 2 By 2 Gaming was set up by Shridhar Joshi after more than twenty years at WMS Gaming. Head of development Darryl Hughes joined from the same background. The team carries a combined 125-plus years of industry experience, which shows in the maths rather than the glitz.

Personally, I rate them as a specialist rather than a household name. They build for online, land-based and social casino at once, and their patent portfolio (over 65 issued) is genuinely unusual for a studio this size.

What makes 2 By 2 recognisable

Mechanics here lean on Expanding Reels, Sliding Reels and Multipliers, often stacked together during Free Spins. The studio loves giving you a choice of bonus rounds within a single game. Wild Force Frosty Wins even bolts on a Mission Feature that unlocks prizes once you complete challenges.

Payouts split between traditional paylines and win-ways engines. In Medusa's Golden Gaze a full stack on reel one triggers Reel Copy, cloning that reel across the grid. I find that mechanic the most distinctive thing in the whole catalogue, honestly.

The flagship games worth testing

History and mythology dominate the themes. Gunsmoke runs 50 paylines, while Riches of the Sea and the Egyptian Secrets of the Tomb anchor the older lineup. Loki Wild Tiles ditches spinning reels for a 5x5 cascading tile grid with up to 50 free games, which is the boldest thing they've shipped.

Elsewhere you get Golden Tides with its golden Mermaid wilds, Wizard of the Woods and its retriggering scatters, plus quirkier fare like Greener Pasteur and Cosmic Invaders. Giant Riches and Wolfheart use eight-reel layouts with extended symbols. Legends of Africa is built on a diamond-shaped grid with 30 paylines. My honest take: Pinocchio's Fortune and Spell of Odin are the ones I kept reloading.

How the games reach players

Distribution is where this studio punches above its weight. Games flow through Microgaming Quickfire, OpenBet, Amaya and ORYX, which is how a small Chicago outfit ends up on hundreds of sites across Europe and North America. They also convert third-party land-based titles to HTML5 and offer consultancy on new markets.

Where 2 By 2 falls short

Fair point worth flagging though: the catalogue is small, and new releases are rare because own-brand games aren't the studio's main business. Max wins stay capped between 1,000x and 5,000x, so volatility hunters will feel underwhelmed. The visuals get the job done without ever wowing me.

There's also a transparency niggle. RTP and volatility aren't always exposed in the game files, and some titles dip to around 94%. Quick aside for the sceptics: check the paytable every time, because you can't assume 96% across the board.