December 2025
2025 has been another busy, yet rewarding year for us at ionoco. From exciting new projects, live experiences and shows, to welcoming new faces to the team. It’s been a year defined by progress, creativity and innovation. As the year comes to a close, here is a snapshot of what we’ve been working on, and what’s next.
Thank you to all of our fantastic clients and the brilliant teams behind them for their continued trust and collaboration. Wishing you a wonderful holiday season and a successful 2026.
Netflix’s newest mobile game show, Best Guess Live, invites players across the US to test their brains in real time, with ionoco behind the interactive game engine making it all possible. Hosted by Hunter March and Howie Mandel, players nationwide compete from their phones each weekday, tackling five clues in a race to answer before anyone else for a share of the prize pool. We’re proud to work alongside Apploff Entertainment to help bring a brand-new kind of play-at-home television experience to life, with special thanks to Exmachina.
Normally, Best Guess Live features a prize pool of $15,000 per episode, split across two puzzles each weekday. But for the special holiday week of Monday, Dec. 22, through Friday, Dec. 26, the prize pool is being raised to a total of $1 million.
The cash prizes will escalate throughout the week, culminating in the largest single-day jackpot the show has ever offered. You can see the full breakdown of the special holiday cash prizes below:
Join in weekdays in the US by downloading the Best Guess Live app from the Apple App Store and Google Play and playing along on Netflix at 8pm ET / 5pm PT.
Best Guess was created by Jeff Apploff, who acts as Executive Producer along with, Noah Bonnett, Kevin Williams, Michael Miller and our very own Simon Ingram.
Season 2 of MrBeast’s Beast Games will officially be unleashed on January 7th 2026, and ionoco is thrilled to once again be involved with the record-breaking series. This year’s focus is strong vs smart, as 200 contestants battle their way towards $10,000,000 in increasingly high-adrenaline challenges, our real-time scoring and data systems ensure every result is fast, accurate, and reliable. Season 2 promises to be even bigger and bolder, and we can’t wait to see how it has turned out.
Don’t miss the all-new series of Beast Games, starting January 7th 2026 on Prime Video.
Two of the most iconic family game brands, and now game show formats, Scrabble, with new host Craig Ferguson and Trivial Pursuit, hosted by LeVar Burton are back for a second series. With gameplay powered by ionoco software, from category selection and puzzle validation to clue delivery and on-screen scoring.
SCRABBLE is a captivating, fast-paced take on the global board-game phenomenon. In each episode, wordsmiths battle it out by playing a series of addictive, word-based games to win points and add words to a giant SCRABBLE board in the center of the set. SCRABBLE is produced by Hasbro Entertainment, The CW, Mattel Television Studios and Lionsgate Alternative Television. David Hurwitz serves as showrunner and executive producer. Raven-Symoné serves as executive producer alongside Gabriel Marano, David Garfinkle and Chynna Weiss. Scrabble returns to CWTV at 8/7c on 22nd January 2026
In TRIVIAL PURSUIT, the beloved board game is reimagined in a question-packed entertainment format. Play occurs on a giant version of the iconic Trivial Pursuit game board, as contestants battle through a range of play-along question categories to win wedges and beat each other to the center. The victor then takes on a dramatic finale against the clock to claim the big money jackpot. TRIVIAL PURSUIT is produced by Hasbro Entertainment, The CW, Lionsgate Alternative Television and Talpa Studios. David Hurwitz serves as showrunner and executive producer. Gabriel Marano, David Garfinkle, John De Mol, Matt Walton, Matt Pritchard and LeVar Burton serve as executive producers. Trivial Pursuit returns to CWTV at 9/8c on 22nd January 2026
We were honoured to sponsor this year’s Brains Behind the Games fall event in Los Angeles, bringing together creators, producers, and thinkers shaping the future of entertainment. With discussions exploring emerging technology, evolving audience participation, and the world of digital and broadcast gameplay. It was fantastic to see so many familiar faces, and meet some new ones too. We can’t wait for the next one!
One of television’s most enduring formats shows no sign of slowing down. With Season 43 of Wheel of Fortune and Season 6 of Celebrity Wheel of Fortune, ionoco continues to provide the software systems that ensure every letter reveal, wheel spin, and scoring event is delivered in real time with absolute reliability. Decades of a trusted format, powered today by next-generation gameplay technology.
Make sure to check out both shows:
Wheel Of Fortune: Weekday Nights, and stream on Peacock and Hulu
Celebrity Wheel of Fortune: Friday Nights on 8/7c ABC and stream on Hulu
The much-loved format The Wall continues its global momentum, now airing a brand-new season in Greece, with a new US season scheduled for premiere in 2026. ionoco is once again the system provider behind the fast-changing probability-based gameplay, with ball tracking, scoring, and randomization that makes The Wall such a high-stakes format. More territories, more unforgettable moments, and another showcase of ionoco systems delivering great entertainment.
Catch The Wall Greece on Skai.gr
The Wall US returns with new episodes starting Monday, January 5, 2026 on NBC
Is It Cake returns to Netflix for an all star holiday mini series pitting nine contestants from the first three series against each other for the ultimate grand prize. Hosted by the brilliant Mikey Day, expect incredible creations, talented bakers, and plenty of shouting answers at the screen. We had great fun working with the team at Alfred Street Industries to bring this together for a second year running
Make sure to follow us to stay updated with all of the shows that we’re involved with!
We’ve been putting together some really exciting eye tracking software ready to power some great new formats!
Play At Home (PATH) continues to evolve as we integrate an all new quiz system…
Surely we broke a record for this? Beast Games saw us managing 1,000 iPads using ionoco technology…
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