Gaming Corps’ 3 Pigs of Xmas launches in Brazil, with Ontario next
Swedish slots developer Gaming Corps has released its new slot, 3 Pigs of Xmas Bonus Pot 20,000, in Brazil, with an Ontario launch expected to follow.
The Christmas-themed slot is a holiday twist on its 3 Pigs of Olympus slot, with a 4×6 grid and 4,096 ways to win.
Festive features in the slot are triggered by prize coins, pig coins, and collect symbols, set against graphics of icy temples and lightning-lit skies.
Players will win prize coins instantly when a collect symbol lands on reels one and/or six, with multipliers that can reach 20,000 times.
Pig Coins also grant players eight free spins if activated, with different ‘pig-powered’ upgrades, including extra spins, multipliers, and reel syncs.
Additionally, during free spins, instant prizes that are collected add to a bonus pot, starting at 3x the bet, which is revealed at the end of the round and rewarded if a collect symbol lands on reels one and/or six.
Gaming Corps Product Owner Viacheslav Pecheryni said, “3 Pigs of Xmas is the kind of joyful, high-energy game we love making at this time of year. It builds on the personality of 3 Pigs of Olympus but gives it a full festive glow-up, including bigger characters, bigger moments and a Bonus Pot mechanic perfect for Christmas campaigns.”
Last month, Games Corps launched its 3 Pigs of the Caribbean slot in Brazil and Ontario. Part of the same series, the pirate-themed slot features 243 ways to win on a 5×3 grid.
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Why this release matters now
Gaming Corps’ latest holiday-themed title arrives as the Swedish developer presses two levers at once: momentum in Brazil and a regulated path into Ontario. The company has been stacking launches in Latin America while cementing access to Canada’s largest legal online market. That one-two approach explains the sequence of recent rollouts and the timing of a Christmas entry in a franchise that Gaming Corps has been steadily expanding since the fall.
The studio has leaned on Brazil as a first-stop market for new content this year, then followed with Canadian distribution where licensing permits. In parallel, it has broadened mechanics and themes across its portfolio to keep players moving between titles. The holiday spin on its Pigs franchise fits that template: release into a growth market with a familiar IP, then translate that demand into the tightly regulated Ontario ecosystem as soon as approvals and operator integrations are in place.
A franchise built to travel
Gaming Corps has worked to turn its Pigs series into a modular brand that can carry different mechanics and RTP profiles across regions and seasons. The mythological entry, 3 Pigs of Olympus, landed earlier in Brazil and Europe with Zeus multipliers, Poseidon extra spins and Hades-synced reels — a blend of recognizable lore and a Bonus Pot design capable of scaling win ceilings up to 10,000 times the stake. The studio then steered the trio into a pirate motif with 3 Pigs of the Caribbean, a 5x3 grid with 243 ways to win. That title layered in a Hold & Win bonus, a Collector Chest that vacuums coin values as they land and a Mystery Pig that adapts to volatility needs.
Those back-to-back launches show how Gaming Corps is using familiar characters to carry feature sets that can be tuned to market or season. The Christmas release continues the pattern: it borrows the Olympus layout and Bonus Pot structure, then reskins and upsizes moments for holiday promotions. In practical terms, that means the Pigs remain the vehicle while mechanics do the heavy lifting on engagement and conversion. The strategy reduces the creative lift for each deployment while preserving novelty for returning players.
Brazil as the testing ground
The company’s Brazil-first cadence is not incidental. Gaming Corps established a route to the country through a distribution deal earlier this year, which helped clear the way for a run of local releases. Beyond its slots, the developer has used the market to pilot instant win and sports-flavored content. The basketball-themed Hoop Champion debuted in Brazil and several European countries with a “choose your volatility” X-MY-WAY mechanic that maps risk to shot selection. The studio positioned the title against Latin America’s growing basketball audience and broader instant-win adoption, a sign it sees Brazil as a proving ground for mechanic-led differentiation.
That same philosophy surfaces in the studio’s Smash series. Piggy Smash 2 launched with an upgraded Smash4Cash system, multipliers and a random instant-win mode that can climb to 5,000 times per stake. By placing these experiments in Brazil first, Gaming Corps can measure player behavior, prize tolerance and promotional performance before scaling the most effective configurations elsewhere. For a holiday release, that testing loop can be particularly useful as operators calibrate campaigns that live and die on a few peak weeks.
Ontario in the crosshairs
The second half of the plan is distribution into Ontario’s mature, regulated environment. Gaming Corps secured market access with its operator license from the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario, positioning the studio to roll out content that meets one of North America’s stricter compliance bars. The company framed the approval as a gateway to the wider region, but the immediate draw is Ontario’s scale and growth. iGaming Ontario reported CA$3.2 billion in gross revenue in the market’s third year, a 32 percent year-over-year gain, underscoring why developers sequence launches to land before key promotional windows.
Gaming Corps said sports titles such as Hoop Champion and Shootout Champion would be among its early-available content in Ontario, signaling a diversified slate rather than a single-franchise push. Still, the studio has used the Pigs brand as a carrier wave. After the Caribbean installment went live in Brazil, the company told operators an Ontario release would follow, mirroring the pattern now set by the holiday game. That staggered approach allows time for certification, operator handoffs and localization while keeping brand continuity between hemispheres.
Mechanics, monetization and operator calculus
For operators, the appeal of the Pigs roadmap is less about mascots and more about predictable engagement math. The Olympus title’s Bonus Pot and final Bonus Spin introduce a reveal mechanic at the end of free spins, stretching session length without leaning hard on high-volatility spikes. In the Caribbean version, the Hold & Win triggered by coin combinations lets operators tune frequency and perceived value with relatively simple table changes. Across both, Pig Coins and color variations create a lattice of multipliers, grid expansions and free spins that can be promoted in segmented campaigns.
Hoop Champion’s X-MY-WAY feature and Piggy Smash 2’s Smash4Cash system add another dimension: player agency over variance. That can moderate churn for recreational users while preserving ceiling potential for risk-seeking segments. As regulators tighten disclosures and responsible gaming rules, features that help users self-select risk may also find favor with compliance teams. For a seasonal title built on an existing chassis, Gaming Corps can emphasize a fresh bonus pot and festive framing while slotting into operator lobbies with minimal UX friction.
What to watch as launches converge
The near-term question is how quickly Ontario distribution catches up to Brazil for the holiday release. Certification timelines, operator pipeline depth and promotional real estate will dictate traction. If performance tracks the pattern set by the Caribbean installment, the Pigs franchise could become a reliable relay for Gaming Corps between test-and-learn in Brazil and monetization in Canada.
Longer term, the developer’s cross-genre posture—spanning narrative slots such as 3 Pigs of Olympus, sports titles like Hoop Champion and interaction-led games such as Piggy Smash 2—suggests it is hedging against audience fragmentation as new markets regulate. The Ontario license creates a base to scale those bets, while Brazil offers a large, engaged audience to refine them. Both markets reward fresh content during peak calendar moments. A holiday-themed game built on proven mechanics gives operators a fast-loading option for that window, and gives Gaming Corps another data point on how far the Pigs can run.
