With November now behind us and the weather getting colder, put your feet up as we guide you through our weekly selection of the industry’s latest slot releases. This week’s round-up includes sugary wins from ELA Games, Betsoft’s enchanted adventure and a Christmas concert with Yggdrasil.
Sugar Spins – ELA Games
Sweet scatter-pays feature in the latest title from ELA Games, offering multiplied muffin wins on a 5×6 reel slot with a maximum win of x5,000 the player’s wager. The slot has medium volatility with an RTP of 95.7 per cent.
Oleksii Shulhin, Head of Studio at ELA Games, explained: “Today is a special release as it marks the 20th title that ELA Games is releasing. This is a fantastic milestone for us. In addition, this is our first online slot title with cascading reels and we’re really excited to see how players react to this feature.
“We’re confident players will find Sugar Spins’ fun graphics and friendly design appealing and dive into the sweetest spins to get their candy-coloured treats.”
The game uses scatter-pays of eight or more identical symbols, with cascading wins causing winning symbols to disappear after providing their payout prizes, making way for new symbols to drop in and increase the win potential.
Scatter pudding bowls are available, triggering 15 free spins when three or more scatters appear on the same spin. Landing four, five or six scatters on the same turn will also award wins worth x3, x5 and x100 the player’s wager.
Additionally, wrapped presents can drop into play, revealing multipliers from x2 to x250 to be applied to any wins that occur on the same spin they appear on.
During the free spins feature, all multipliers that drop into play will be applied to a persistent multiplier meter that will enhance all subsequent wins.
Furthermore, this feature can be retriggered if three scatter symbols appear on the same free spin.
Enchanted: Forest of Fortune – Betsoft
Prepare for a fantasy adventure as Betsoft has taken players within an enchanted forest for a 5×4 reel slot with 40-paylines and a maximum win of up to x4,924 the player’s wager. This fairytale title has high volatility with an RTP of 96.2 per cent.
Fernando Van Velzen, Head of Account Management, Betsoft Gaming, stated: “Enchanted: Forest of Fortune is a great slot that mixes high impact graphics with engaging features to deliver big win potential.
“Our slots are designed to engage and entertain all demographics and styles of play. With this new sequel release, we are confident that we will also charm and reward our players.”
Special orb symbols are available, displaying monetary values from x1 to x500 the player’s chosen stake. Six or more orbs appearing on the same spin will activate the hold and win game mode.
Book scatters can also drop into play on reels one, three and five. Landing three scatters on the same spin will award 10 free spins.
In addition, wild flaming phoenix symbols can appear, substituting for all symbols other than the book scatters and orb prizes. Landing two, three, four or five wilds on a winning payline will provide wins worth x0.5, x2, x7.5 or x100 the player’s bet.
Throughout the base game, stacked mystery symbols are available, revealing identical symbols across the board to increase the win potential.
These mystery symbols can reveal all symbols other than scatters, including special orb prizes to trigger the bonus game mode.
In the hold and win feature, players are given three spins to land as many prize symbols on the board as possible, with each symbol that appears resetting the number of spins to three.
Once all three spins have been completed, the accumulated value of all prize symbols on the board will be awarded to the player.
Rock Star Santa MultiMax – Yggdrasil
Santa has plugged in his electric guitar for a Christmas concert like no other in Yggdrasil’s latest slot release, presenting a 6×6 reel slot with cluster-pays of five or more symbols offering a max win of x10,000. The slot has high volatility with an RTP of 96 per cent.
Mark McGinley, Chief Gaming Officer at Yggdrasil, stated: “We’ve taken a different approach when it comes to festive hits and introduced the world to our show stopping Santa in our rocking new release, Rock Star Santa MultiMax.
“Incorporating a cluster-pays mechanic is an exciting addition to our portfolio, where we strive to deliver incredible experiences for our players.”
This slot uses cluster-pays, with identical symbols needing to land in adjacent clusters of five or more to form cluster wins.
Each win that is formed will cause a cascading wins feature to occur, removing the winning symbols from the board to allow new symbols to drop into play.
When these cascades occur, Santa wild symbols are guaranteed to appear in one of the spaces left by the cluster. This is the only time wilds will drop into play.
Each wild that does appear will also cause a reel multiplier above the reel it sits in to become active, starting at x2 and increasing by a value of one with each extra wild that appears in any subsequent cascades on the same spin.
While these reel multipliers reset in between base game spins, they will not reset in the free spins game mode.
Additionally, Christmas present bonus symbols can appear, awarding either instant prizes between x5 and x100 the player’s stake, between seven and 11 free spins or four extra wilds when they appear in the base game.
These Christmas present scatters will offer different prizes during the free spins, providing either between x5 and x100 the player’s bet, extra free spins, four added wilds or additional multipliers.
Crabbin’ for Christmas Jackpot King – Blueprint Gaming
Blueprint Gaming has placed a Christmas spin on its crazy crabbing series, showcasing a festive 5×3 reel slot with 10-paylines and a maximum win of up to x5,000 the player’s wager. This icy-cold title has medium-high volatility with an RTP of 93 per cent.
Four crustaceans depict the game’s medium value symbols, which can provide payline wins between x1 and x20 the player’s bet. However, these symbols will also showcase monetary values from x1 to x50 the player’s bet, or jackpot values of mini (x10), minor (x25), major (x100) or grand (x1,000).
These prizes can be won in the lightning spins game mode, triggered by landing four or more crustacean symbols on the same spin. The prizes can also be won in the free spins.
Boat scatters can also appear, triggering the free spins feature if three or more appear on the same spin. Landing three, four or five boats on the same spin will trigger 10, 15 or 20 free spins.
Moreover, wild Santa fishermen and gold wild Santa fishermen can drop into play during the free spins, substituting for all symbols other than scatters while performing crustacean-collecting features.
In the lightning spins game mode, players are taken to an empty reel set where only crustacean symbols or wild fishermen can drop into play.
Players are given three spins to land as many symbols on the board as possible, with each symbol that drops in resetting the number of spins to three.
As crustaceans land on the board, their prize values can be collected by wild fishermen for individual spins, while all crustacean prize values will be awarded to the player when all three spins have been completed.
If gold fishermen land during this feature, not only will they collect all prize values in view, but they will also apply a multiplier of up to x10 to the prize values.
For the free spins game mode, players will hope to land crustacean symbols on the same spins as wild fishermen, as they will collect all available prize values on spins they appear on.
Additionally, gold wild fishermen will also apply x10 multipliers to prize values in this game mode as well.
Furthermore, for every four wild fishermen that appear in the free spins, the game mode will upgrade to a new tier, awarding 10 extra free spins and removing the lowest-value crustacean prize values from play.
Cursed Can – Evoplay
Viscous vegetables grow across Evoplay’s latest slot release, taking place in a pumpkin patch with a 5×3 reel slot that has 20-paylines and a maximum win of x2,225 the player’s bet. This title uses high volatility with an RTP of 96.12 per cent.
Ivan Kravchuk, CEO at Evoplay, commented: “Cursed Can takes players on a voyage to an enchanted garden where spooky prizes and scary symbols await.
“The trio of captivating features bolsters the distinctive player experience whilst the Bonus Buy version adds another level of thrill and win potential to this exciting title.”
Scatter watering cans are available, triggering the free spins feature if three or more appear on the same spin. Landing four or five scatters on one spin will award respective wins of x10 or x100 the player’s bet.
When the free spins feature is activated, players will receive 10 spins while four meters sits beside the reel set with four water droplets underneath each high value symbol.
If a scatter symbol drops into play during the free spins, one water droplet will be removed from the first high value symbol, starting with the blueberry and then leading to the apple, turnip and pumpkin symbol.
Once the four water droplets have been removed for one symbol, it will transform into a wild symbol for the remainder of the game mode.
Additionally, during the base game, a randomly activated highlighted reels feature can occur, causing one, two or three reels to have a full stack of high value symbols.
Wild ‘W’ symbols can also appear, substituting for all symbols other than the scatter watering cans. If three, four or five wilds land on a winning payline, wins worth x2, x16 or x60 will occur, respectively.
