Kendoo: Hold and Win and pots-mechanic slot studio, launched in January 2025
Kendoo is a slot studio that launched as a standalone provider in January 2025 after starting out as an outsourcing studio. It lists an office in Douglas, Isle of Man, and a licence from Anjouan, and builds mainly Hold and Win and pots games.
The studio
Who Kendoo are
Kendoo trades as Kendoo Play LTD and gives its address as Third Floor, 34 Hope Street, Douglas, Isle of Man. Its about page says it was founded in 2024. In a January 2025 interview with European Gaming, the company said Kendoo began as a small outsourcing studio and that launching as a standalone provider was the natural next step.
The launch was announced in January 2025 with three first titles, 3 Hungry Pandas, Nights of Fire and Mariachi Lock, and a management team then listed as COO Sergii Busygin, CPO Polina Koltunova and head of commercial Kate Romanenko. At the time it named Eastern Europe, Asia, South America and Africa as target regions.
Its site claims more than 30 games with monthly releases; its public games page showed 18 titles when we checked in September 2026. Kendoo says it was shortlisted for Casino/Slots Developer of the Year (Small Organisation) at the SBC Awards 2026 and that it won the same category in 2025; we did not find an independent record of the 2025 win.
The IGP catalogue holds 28 Kendoo titles.
- Full name: Kendoo Play LTD (company-stated)
- Founded: 2024 (company-stated); launched as a standalone provider in January 2025
- Headquarters: Douglas, Isle of Man (address on its site)
- Owner or parent: Not published
- Licences: Anjouan (Offshore Finance Authority), company-stated, no number published; not on Isle of Man GSC registers
- Certifications: Gaming Associates and Riskcherry, company-stated
- Content types: Online video slots: Hold and Win, pots and jackpot mechanics
- In the IGP catalogue: 28 titles
The games
Kendoo titles
Selected Kendoo titles. Years are given only where a dated announcement exists; mechanics are from Kendoo’s own pages and NEXT.io.
| Title | Released | What it is |
|---|---|---|
| 3 Hungry Pandas | — | 5×3, 25 lines; Hold and Win with three panda bonus modes, one using two grids |
| 3 Super Hungry Pandas | 2026 | Sequel with an evolving bonus, a Super Wheel and locking respins |
| 3 Fortune Trees | — | Kendoo calls it one of its strongest-performing games |
| Nights of Fire | — | One of three titles named at the January 2025 launch |
| Mariachi Lock | — | One of three titles named at the January 2025 launch |
| 4 Fire Rockets | — | In the IGP catalogue |
| Coin Tornado | — | In the IGP catalogue |
| Cash Volcano | — | In the IGP catalogue; Kendoo’s site lists a Cash Volcano XXL |
Every title in this table is in the IGP catalogue. The full list of 28 Kendoo titles is available from the IGP team on request.
What makes it different
What the studio is built around
Kendoo’s catalogue leans on a few mechanics reused across numbered series.
Hold and Win
Hold and Win respins with jackpot symbols run through its promoted titles, from 3 Hungry Pandas, with multiplier and double-grid bonus modes, to Bingo Twist.
Pots mechanics
3 Super Fortune Trees is built on a 3 Pots mechanic with Mystery, Multi and Collect features, and Kendoo has discussed 3 Pots and 4 Pots designs in several trade interviews.
Super sequels
Kendoo follows its better-performing games with Super sequels: 3 Super Hungry Pandas in January 2026 and 3 Super Fortune Trees in September 2026.
Twists on known formats
Bingo Twist, released in August 2026, moves a Hold and Win bonus onto a 5×5 bingo grid with 12 possible lines, which Kendoo presents as a new mechanic of its own.
Where it runs
Markets and licensing
Kendoo’s website states that it is licensed by the Offshore Finance Authority of the State of Anjouan and publishes no licence number. It shows Gaming Associates and Riskcherry as certification partners, without certificate details.
In January 2025 an advertising feature on iGaming Business said Kendoo used the Isle of Man Gambling Supervision Commission’s framework, and a European Gaming interview described an Isle of Man licence as in process. When we checked the GSC’s online gambling licensee register and software supplier register in September 2026, Kendoo did not appear on either.
At launch Kendoo named Eastern Europe, Asia, South America and Africa as its focus regions. It does not publish a list of markets where its games are certified.
- Anjouan (Offshore Finance Authority): company-stated, no number published
- Isle of Man GSC: not on licensee or software supplier registers (September 2026)
- Gaming Associates and Riskcherry: shown on site, no certificate details
- Kendoo Play LTD, Douglas, Isle of Man: company-stated
Recent activity
Recent activity
Dated items from 2024 onwards, each taken from a published source.
FAQ
Kendoo — common questions
Kendoo Play LTD gives its address as Third Floor, 34 Hope Street, Douglas, Isle of Man. It does not say where its development team works; it began as an outsourcing studio before launching under its own name in January 2025.
Kendoo’s website says it is licensed by the Offshore Finance Authority of the State of Anjouan, without giving a licence number. It was not listed on the Isle of Man GSC’s licensee or software supplier registers when we checked in September 2026.
Mainly Hold and Win and pots-style slots with jackpot symbols, often in numbered series such as 3 Hungry Pandas and 3 Fortune Trees, plus joker and fruit themes. Better-performing games get Super sequels.
The IGP catalogue lists 28 Kendoo titles. The full game list is available from the IGP team on request.
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