Some awards arrive as encouragement, others arrive as confirmation. Being named Rising Star of the Year at the International Gaming Awards sits firmly in the second category for us!
This recognition reflects several years of deliberate choices: trusting craft over shortcuts, building games with a strong artistic backbone, and expanding into regulated markets without sanding down our identity. We’ve grown by doing things our way and doing them well.
From the early days of hand-drawn experiments to a portfolio now performing across multiple regulated jurisdictions, Peter & Sons has evolved from an art-house studio into a serious commercial force, without losing its edge. That balance is exactly what the Rising Star award speaks to.
Over the past year, we’ve seen that trust translate into tangible results. Strong performance across key markets. Growing demand for our titles. Expanding partnerships with operators and aggregators who value originality alongside reliability. A catalogue that keeps proving that creativity and commercial success move forward together.
That momentum is perhaps best captured in Barbarossa: Dragon Empire. The third chapter of the franchise took a familiar character into a new cultural and visual territory, deepening the lore, refining the mechanics, and showing how far the studio has come in balancing art, math, and market maturity. It’s a release that reflects who Peter & Sons is today: confident, precise, and unafraid to evolve.
Alongside recent awards recognising innovation and visual design, Rising Star of the Year places this moment in a wider context. It signals where Peter & Sons stands now: not emerging, not experimenting, but building with intent.
We’re proud of the team behind this momentum. Artists, developers, mathematicians, producers, and commercial leads, all pulling in the same direction. And we’re grateful to the partners who continue to back our work and believe in our approach.
