March is well underway and slot releases continue to flood the CasinoBeats inbox. This week’s slot round-up includes Relax Gaming’s firework fiesta, Wazdan’s latest coin-collecting title and a Wild West shootout with Evoplay.
Firewins Factory – Relax Gaming
Fireworks light up the reel set in Relax Gaming’s latest slot release, showcasing a 6×6 reel grid with 950-ways to win and a maximum win of up to x20,000 the player’s bet. The slot has high volatility with an RTP of 96.19 per cent.
Shelley Hannah, CPO at Relax Gaming, commented: “Our portfolio is renowned for creating content that allows players to enjoy the most captivating experiences and Firewins Factory has all the ingredients to become another hit.
“With a multitude of features, engaging graphics and enjoyable gameplay, there will certainly be fireworks in-store for players who go in search of big wins.”
This game uses cascading wins, meaning that symbols in a winning combination will disappear after providing their payout, making way for new symbols to drop in from the top of the reels.
Golden ‘SC’ tickets can drop into play, triggering eight free spins when three land on the same turn.
Five different wild symbols can appear, with four different wild fireworks pointing in diagonal, horizontal, vertical and crossed directions.
These firework wilds will shoot wilds in the directions they point at, with vertical and horizontal firework wilds adding two wilds to the board and diagonal and cross wilds adding four each.
Random spread wilds appear as barrels, causing between three and eight wilds to be placed in random positions across the board.
All five of these special wild symbols will leave standard wilds in their positions as well, with each standard wild represented by a ‘W’.
A multiplier appears above the reel set on every successful spin, starting with a value of x1 and increasing by one when any firework or barrel wilds contribute to a win. This multiplier will then reset on subsequent spins.
During the free spins game mode, this multiplier will not reset in between spins.
If any wilds are placed on the reels without contributing to any wins, a second chance feature can occur, causing symbols around the wilds to disappear, allowing for a chance for the wild to contribute to a win with any symbols that then fall into place next to them.
15 Coins Grand Gold Edition – Wazdan
Wazdan released another instalment of its ongoing Coins series this week, launching a 5×3 reel slot with a maximum win of up to x2,000 the player’s stake. This title uses variable volatility levels, with low, medium and high options, as well as an RTP of 96.18 per cent.
Andrzej Hyla, Chief Commercial Officer at Wazdan, stated: “This game represents the culmination of our commitment to delivering engaging and rewarding gaming experiences”.
“15 Coins Grand Gold Edition combines our hugely popular Hold the Jackpot bonus with our upgraded Chance Level, giving players a chance to enjoy another immersive title.”
There are no standard symbols in this game, as prizes can only be won during the hold the jackpot bonus game mode.
This bonus feature is activated by landing any five gold or bonus coins on the middle row in the base game.
Special cash infinity symbols can also drop on the reels, displaying monetary values between x5 and x15 the player’s stake. These symbols stay sticky on the reels in order to increase the chances of triggering the hold the jackpot mode.
With the bonus game mode, three spins are initially awarded to the player, with each new bonus symbol landing on the reels resetting the number of spins to three.
All symbols that drop onto the reels during this game mode stay stuck on the reels for the entirety of the hold the jackpot spins.
Gold coin symbols will drop into play with values between x1 and x10 the player’s preferred stake, with players aiming to collect as many high value coins as possible before the hold the jackpot spins are completed.
Furthermore, three different jackpot symbols can land on the reels to award players with their corresponding jackpot prizes. Jackpot prizes come in the form of mini (x10), minor (x20) and major (x50) values.
Other symbols that can drop in during this bonus game mode include mystery symbols, which can transform into any other symbol other than the infinity symbols, and a jackpot mystery symbol that will reveal either a mini, minor or major prize.
The mystery symbols will reveal their chosen symbol once all given spins have been played out.
If players manage to land symbols on all nine spaces on the reels, then the grand jackpot prize of x2,000 will be awarded.
Bandit Bust – Evoplay
Evoplay used a popular Wild West theme in its latest slot title, presenting a train robbery on a 5×3 reel slot with 25-paylines and a maximum win of up to x12,548 the player’s wager. While being highly volatile, this slot has an RTP of 96 per cent.
Ivan Kravchuk, CEO at Evoplay, commented: “Bandit Bust provides the ultimate heist for players as they work in tandem with an outlaw to shoot multiplier bullets and unlock a golden safe on a thrilling train journey.
“Taking a popular Wild West theme and combining it with our proprietary mechanics creates an experience that will feel familiar and fresh to players and we anticipate Bandit Bust will become another hit in our portfolio.”
Scatter trains can also drop into play, triggering 10, 12 or 15 free spins when three, four or five land on the same spin, respectively.
Additionally, wild W symbols are available, submitting for all symbols other than the train scatters. These wilds can only appear during the randomly activated bonus ‘wild bandit’ feature.
Throughout the base and free spins game modes, the wild bandit feature can occur, causing between one and six wilds to be placed across the reels.
After the wilds have been placed on the board, a bandit will then take six shots at the wilds, with each wild that gets shot at gaining a multiplier value, starting at x2 and increasing by one with each additional shot that hits it.
Any wilds with multipliers that end up contributing to a payline win will apply its multiplier to the payout.
For the free spins game mode, each wild bandit feature that occurs will cause a meter beside the reel set to increase. If three wild bandit features occur, eight extra free spins will be awarded, while any subsequent wild bandit features will place between two and eight wilds onto the board as well as shoot 12 multipliers, rather than six.
This can be repeated up to four times, with level three offering between three and 10 wilds for each wild bandit feature, as well as 18 multipliers.
The final fourth level sees wild bandit features shoot between four and 12 wilds onto the board, with 24 multiplier shots being made.
Furthermore, a golden safe can appear on the fifth reel during the free spins, revealing instant prizes between x2.5 and x20 the player’s bet, or between two and eight additional free spins to be added to the counter.
Max the Winner – Swintt
A loveable squirrel character offers enhanced wins in Swintt’s latest title, a 5×3 reel slot with 10-paylines and a maximum win of up to x2,100 the player’s bet. With an RTP range of 85.52-96.03 per cent, the studio’s latest title uses high volatility.
David Mann, Chief Executive Officer at Swintt, said: “With the sun starting to poke out and new flowers beginning to bloom, now’s the perfect time to go foraging for free spins in Max the Winner – the new SwinttPremium slot that will soon have players going nuts for its huge instant-win prizes.”
Green acorn scatters can drop into play, triggering the feature spins game mode when three or more land on the same spin. However, one or two green acorns have the potential to randomly trigger the feature spins without the third acorn appearing.
In the feature spins game mode, players are given five spins on an empty 5×5 reel set.
On this special board, a 1×1-sized squirrel appears on every spin, moving to new positions on the board with each turn.
Only special prize coins and green acorns can drop into play when the reels are spinning, each displaying random monetary values.
Any green acorn prizes that appear will be collected, applying their monetary value to the feature spins payout. Additionally, collecting three acorns will cause the squirrel symbol to increase in size to 2×2.
All coin prizes that appear can only be collected into the feature spins payout if they land within the squirrels grid, unlike green acorns, which will be collected wherever they appear.
Once the squirrel is 2×2-size, five acorns will need to be collected for the squirrel to increase in size to 3×3.
This can then be repeated until the squirrel is 5×5-sized, with one extra spin being awarded each time the squirrel is upgraded.
