{"id":33054,"date":"2017-09-29T09:40:51","date_gmt":"2017-09-29T09:40:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gaming-awards.com\/NEWS\/?p=33054"},"modified":"2017-09-29T09:40:51","modified_gmt":"2017-09-29T09:40:51","slug":"microgaming-signs-licensing-agreement-for-highlander","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gaming-awards.com\/NEWS\/microgaming-signs-licensing-agreement-for-highlander\/","title":{"rendered":"Microgaming signs licensing agreement for Highlander"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: small;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-27561\" src=\"https:\/\/gaming-awards.com\/NEWS\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/MicrogamingLogoRGB_Stacked-300x284.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"284\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gaming-awards.com\/NEWS\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/MicrogamingLogoRGB_Stacked-300x284.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gaming-awards.com\/NEWS\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/MicrogamingLogoRGB_Stacked.jpg 443w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Microgaming has signed a licensing agreement to develop an online slot based on <\/span><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">the original <\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\">\u201cHighlander\u2122\u201d film.<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"oneComWebmail-MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: small;\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">Released in 1986 and <\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\">directed by <\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\">Russell Mulcahy<\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\">, \u201cHighlander\u201d is based on a story by Gregory Widen.<\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\"> The movie is set between 1980s New York City and historical Scotland, and features an immortal Scottish swordsman, Connor MacLeod played by Christopher Lambert, who must confront the last of his immortal opponent to win the fabled \u201cprize.\u201d<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"oneComWebmail-MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: small;\">Since its release, the film has developed an enormous cult following, inspiring a franchise which stands strong to this day.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"oneComWebmail-MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: small;\"><b><span lang=\"EN-GB\">David Reynolds, Games Publisher at Microgaming, comments:<\/span><\/b><span lang=\"EN-GB\"> \u201cHighlander is seen as one of the great cult hits of the 80s. With its action-packed storyline and hefty rock inspired composition, it is a fantastic brand for an online slot. The game studio is busy completing the slot that captures all of the movie magic. The game\u2019s features will incorporate the historical Scottish Highlands and gritty New York City, with a classic movie poster art style and blistering guitar tracks.\u201d<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"oneComWebmail-MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: small;\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">The 243 ways game goes <b>live on Wednesday 6<sup>th<\/sup> December<\/b>.<\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\"> Microgaming has signed an agreement for Highlander through\u00a0<\/span><strong><span lang=\"EN-GB\">Studiocanal, brokered by Creative Licensing Corporation<\/span><\/strong><b><span lang=\"EN-GB\">.<\/span><\/b><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"oneComWebmail-MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: small;\">\u201cMany of the iconic characters from classic \u201cHighlander\u201d are featured in the slot, including Christopher Lambert as Connor MacLeod, Roxanne Hart as Brenda Wyatt and Clancy Brown as The Kurgan. We think fans are really going to enjoy revisiting this epic story, and seeing their favourite heroes and villains in game format,\u201d <b>comments Stephanie Kupperman at Creative Licensing.\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Microgaming has signed a licensing agreement to develop an online slot based on the original \u201cHighlander\u2122\u201d film. Released in 1986 and directed by Russell Mulcahy, \u201cHighlander\u201d is based on a story by Gregory Widen. The movie is set between 1980s New York City and historical Scotland, and features an immortal Scottish swordsman, Connor MacLeod played [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":33055,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[58],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33054","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-press-releases"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Microgaming signs licensing agreement for Highlander - iGaming Post<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/gaming-awards.com\/NEWS\/microgaming-signs-licensing-agreement-for-highlander\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Microgaming signs licensing agreement for Highlander - iGaming Post\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Microgaming has signed a licensing agreement to develop an online slot based on the original \u201cHighlander\u2122\u201d film. 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