When you think of online gaming, a few geographical hotspots might spring to mind. There are the hundreds, if not thousands of casino operators based in places like Malta, Gibraltar and Curacao. Then there are the hubbubs for software developers and game studios, we're thinking of North America, London, Scandinavia and Eastern Europe. But rarely, in the world of internet e-gaming, does China factor in to the equation - that is except for the software company Yoyougaming.

Established in 2009, this team of game creators from China is has emerged during a surge of interest in the Asian betting markets, offering a growing catalogue of video slots and 3-reel slot machines. There are currently dozens of titles credited to Yoyougaming, many of which present interesting themes and bonus gameplay features. However, the company does appear to have a limited online presence with no functioning website and they have been absent from their social media pages since 2014, which hardly suggests that this is a thriving games studio with aspirations to make it to the top of the business.

The Story of Yoyougaming

This software company came onto the scene back in 2009, a time in which the online gaming industry was beginning to make way for smaller, independent game studios from outside of the established order. Ostensibly, Yoyougaming were one of those outfits. Hailing from China – a country in which non state-regulated gambling is illegal – this team of game-makers enjoyed a booming couple of years as it grew an impressive games catalogue, including casino games, slot machines and lottery games, some of which held progressive jackpot gameplay and mobile optimised interfaces.

For all of the promise of those initial years, it appears as if Yoyougaming has disappeared off the face of the internet. Their website is, for lack of a better word, inaccessible. Meanwhile, the company's Facebook and Twitter pages haven't shown any signs of activity since July 2014. Therefore, it would seem as if all is not well at the Chinese software company. However, after doing a bit of digging, we discovered that the CEO of the company, Mr. Kevin Li, began a new e-gaming business under the name of Inteplay in 2014. So, for the time being at least, Yoyougaming is on the back burner.