Blueprint, the UK-based game studio and part of Germany’s Gauselmann Group, rolled out the first of its B3 machines for Thomson Cruises, a British cruise line.
A total of 14 B3 machines, housed in the Aurora cabinet were installed in the live casino area of the TUI Discovery 2 cruise ship by specialist maritime defence and leisure operator OBL Group, ready for a summer season around the Mediterranean.
“The machines went live last Monday, following the shakedown cruise over the weekend and the system worked perfectly,” said Simon Barff, managing director of Blueprint.
“The machines house our current B3 compendium of classic titles from Blueprint plus leading third-party content.”
Jon Dyson, managing director of OBL, said: “We chose Blueprint to supply machines for this project because of the look as well as the feel of the games. The TUI Discovery 2 has been refurbished to a very high standard in a contemporary style and the live casino room is all about glamour and excitement. The Aurora delivers this in spades.”
TUI Discovery 2 is the lead ship of the Vision class of cruise ships originally operated by Royal Caribbean International. The ship joins the Thomson Cruises fleet this summer and is already 95 per cent sold out for the 2017 season, with around 2,000 people expected per week.
Pictured: Simon Barff from Blueprint (left) with Jon Dyson, managing director of OBL Group
