New Slot Games — Weekly Round-up for January 12, 2018
By Brian Cullingworth, Last updated Jan 18, 2018
New NetEnt Slot Revisits The Nordic Mythology Theme
Asgardian Stones release date is February 22
Online gambling games developer NetEnt has released advance details of its next big online slot, a Nordic mythology-themed, 5 reel, 20 line game titled Asgardian Stones which will go live on February 22.
This is NetEnt’s second recent Nordic mythology-themed offering, following the popular Hall of Gods game.
The NetEnt theme suggests that to gain entry to the world of the Nordic gods, punters need to beat colossal giant stones carved in the likeness of the old Gods among the reel symbols.
The game features include Colossal symbols, Multipliers, a Bonus Wheel, Free Spins, Wild substitutions, adjustable play levels and the Avalanche cascade feature.
The Avalanche feature is triggered when Colossal symbols turns up on the reels, breaking down lower symbols and cascading down to cover two full reels. This awards significant wins, and triggers a multiplier bonus of up to 6x, allocated by a side-line meter.
The game has been developed in HTML5 and on release will be available across desktop and mobile channels.
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New Games On The Way From Microgaming And Push Gaming
Chinese and Aztec themes in upcoming slots
London-based Push Gaming and Microgaming on the Isle of Man have made pre-launch announcements regarding new upcoming slots for February.
Push Gaming’s new offering Tiki Tumble is a five reel, 20 pay-line slot with an Aztec temple theme that will launch at the end of February. Features will include Wilds, Scatters, Free Spins, Multipliers and bonuses, all accessed through both desktop and mobile channels,.
Microgaming’s Chinese legend-themed Lucky Little Gods is a multi-featured, five reel, 243 ways-to-win slot that can deliver 433x stake to players who make the right free spin moves and enjoy some good fortune.
Previews showcase a bright, colourful, cartoon-style presentation with theme-related symbols like Chinese script, the gods of good fortune and their apprentices, firecrackers, treasure pots and golden trees.
Several bonus opportunities are available that can dispense random cash bonuses, and one – the Treasure Pot Scatter – that can award up to 100x stake.
Lucky Little Gods is scheduled for release in February.
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Pragmatic Play Launches Gold Rush Slot
Prospectors go in search of their fortune in latest release
The Malta-based online slot developer, Pragmatic Play, has launched its new 5 reel, 25 pay-line online slot Gold Rush, inviting players on a race to unearth hidden riches.
The game takes players back in time to the peak of the American gold rush, lining the reels with prospectors, packhorses and pickaxes, along with an explosive dynamite wild symbol.
Take the mine train to trigger the game’s new progressive spins feature, starting players on a journey from levels one to four.
More prospectors join on the quest for cash as the levels rank up, giving players the chance to win big, while each scatter symbol awards an extra two free spins every time they appear.
Catalin Bratosin, head of games production at Pragmatic Play, said: “Gold Rush draws on our prowess in bringing players the excitement of their favourite, classic land-based slots, with intuitive mechanics revealing bonus features with the potential for big wins.
“Players have been really responding to our philosophy for creating engaging, tightly-designed games, and we are certain Gold Rush will be no different.”
The game features Wilds, Scatters, bonus rounds, free spins and mujltipliers, and is playable across desktop and mobile channels.
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We first met in January 2001 at the ICE in London where I observed him going booth to booth interviewing online casino, software, and licensing jurisdiction representatives. Brian was also heavily involved with our forum as “Jetset“, he was involved as an informal consultant to eCOGRA, the OPA, and was a player advocate who assisted countless aggrieved players with his connections to industry folks. He also published “Casino Cautions” via Infopowa news for quite a number of years. These can be found in our news archives.
His passing in February 2019 was a dark day for us. He will be forever missed.