Another week has flown by and another flurry of slot titles have hit the CasinoBeats inbox. This week’s slot round up includes Wizard Games’ enchanted forest, Gamomat’s elemental extravaganza and Apparat Gaming’s crazy cocktails.
Golden Elk – Wizard Games
Wizard Games transported players to an enchanted forest with its latest slot release, showcasing a 5×3 reel grid with 50-paylines and a maximum win of up to x2,576 the player’s wager. This slot has medium volatility with an RTP range of 88-96.25 per cent.
Benedict McDonagh, Managing Director at Wizard Games, stated: “Golden Elk sees us exploring an enchanted forest in our latest release, where our dazzling graphics clearly shine through.
“The action-packed game contains both a free spins and a respins mode, as we look to continue to refine our portfolio to appeal to a broad player base.
“2024 is set to be a milestone year for us, and we’re delighted to kickstart it with this exciting new release.”
When six or more golden elk symbols appear on one spin, the spinning wheel bonus feature is activated.
This presents players with three spins on a mini 3×1 bonus reel that can only reveal either nothing or a golden elk.
Nine wheel pointers sit above the mini reel and each one has the chance to light up when a golden elk symbol lands on one of the three reels. Only one will be selected per elk, and this will also reset the number of spins to three.
Once all spins have been played out, the wheel will spin and each highlighted wheel pointer will point to a multiplied bet amount prizes from x1 to x50 or jackpot prizes of minor (x20) or major (x100), which is then awarded to the player.
However, if players manage to light up all nine wheel pointers, the spinning wheel feature will be skipped as the grand jackpot prize of x2,000 is awarded.
Book of Elements: Burning Ice – Gamomat
Gamomat turned to the ever-popular ‘Book of’ mechanic for its latest title, presenting players with a 6×4 reel slot that has 20-paylines. The studio’s fantasy-themed slot release uses high volatility with an RTP of 96.13 per cent.
Book symbols are available, working as wild symbols and as scatters. As wilds, these symbols will substitute for all other symbols in the game.
As scatters, the book symbols will trigger 10 free spins when three or more appear on the same spin. Landing three, four, five or six books on a winning payline will also provide payouts worth x2, x20, x200 or x500 the player’s stake, respectively.
When the free spins feature begins, one random paytable symbol – not including the book – will be chosen to be enhanced throughout the game mode.
This chosen symbol will be able to expand across the reels each time it appears across three or more of the reels.
These expanded symbols can then provide wins without the use of paylines, increasing the win potential significantly.
Landing three or more scatters in the bonus game itself will result in an additional 10 spins being awarded to the player.
Sticky Star Fruits – Apparat Gaming
Apparat Gaming implemented a cocktail of features into its latest fruity slot releases, offering wins through 10-paylines on a 5×3 reel grid. This juicy slot title uses an RTP of 96.14 per cent.
Martin Frindt, Co-Founder, and Chief Product Officer at Apparat Gaming, commented: “Fruit slots are an absolute blast and in Sticky Star Fruits we deliver explosive big win action through free spins and sticky wilds.
“This is a bold, bright fruit slot that will stand out in any operator game lobby, drawing players to the fruit-filled spectacle they can experience when they fire up the reels for the first time.
“The gameplay is volatile, but this adds to the anticipation of a fruit frenzy occurring with each spin which we know makes for a fruit-lover’s paradise.
“As always, Sticky Star Fruits has been developed with a German accent, an approach that has seen our games be a hit in our home market of Germany and beyond.”
Low value symbols are represented by cherries, lemons, oranges and plums. If the right number of matching combinations land on a single spin, these symbols can offer between x0.5 and x10 the player’s bet.
Next up, grapes, watermelons and coin purses depict the medium value symbols, offering between x1 and x25 the player’s wager.
Bells and lucky sevens top the paytable as the game’s high value symbols, providing wins between x0.2 and x50 the chosen stake.
Blender scatters are also available, triggering 10 free spins when three or more land on the same spin.
Finally, wild star fruit symbols can appear, substituting for all symbols other than the blender scatters. During the free spins game mode, these symbols will stay sticky in their positions on the board.
Pandastic Adventure – Play’n GO
Transporting players to the Far East, Play’n GO’s latest slot releases sees players hope to land high value panda symbols on a 5×3 board, offering 20-paylines and a maximum win of up to x6,500 the player’s wager.
Gold coin scatters can drop into play, triggering eight free spins with instant cash prizes of x3, x5 or x15 when three, four or five land on the same spin, respectively.
Additionally, wild W symbols can appear, substituting for all symbols other than the gold coin scatters. Landing five wilds on a winning payline will award an instant win of x30 the chosen bet.
In the free spins game mode, players need to collect eight wild symbols across the eight free spins to trigger the game’s extra bonus feature – the temple treasure bonus.
For this extra bonus feature, players are given three spins for a hold-and-win style game mode that takes place on an empty reel set.
On this empty grid, flowers can drop into play depicting monetary prizes including x2, x4, x6, x8 and x10 the player’s bet.
Also, jackpot prizes can drop into play, with values of mini (x50), minor (x100), major (x1,000) and grand (x5,000) available.
Each prize that drops into play will stay sticky on the reels, while resetting the number of spins to three.
Once all spins have been completed, or the board becomes filled with prizes, the player will win all displayed prizes.
