Another week has passed and a flurry of slot releases have hit the CasinoBeats inbox. Put your feet up as we guide you through a selection of what the industry has to offer, including an introduction to Greek gods with Play’n GO, a sugary slot sensation from Armadillo Studios and Wazdan’s latest Hot Slot.
Slot of the Week
Rise of Olympus Origins – Play’n GO
This week’s Slot of the Week award was handed to Play’n GO for a slot prequel that extended its mythological Greek series with Rise of Olympus Origins, a 5×5 reel slot with cluster-pays and a maximum win of x12,000 the player’s stake. The new title is highly volatile with an RTP of 96.24 per cent.
George Olekszy, Head of Game Retention at Play’n GO, stated: “The Rise of Olympus series holds a special place at Play’n GO and of course in the igaming community as a whole. The popular Rise of Olympus titles continue to shine today, and we’re thrilled to release this fresh new take on the series. We can’t wait for fans to try it out for themselves.”
Wins are formed in this title when three or more identical symbols – or three or more mixed god symbols – appear vertically or horizontally adjacent to one another.
Low value symbols come in the form of Zeus’ lightning bolts, Hades’ helmets and Poseidon’s tridents. These symbols can offer between x0.1 and x2.5 the player’s stake, depending on the number of matching combinations that land on one spin.
Meanwhile, Zeus, Hades and Poseidon depict the high value symbols themselves, providing wins between x0.3 and x10 the player’s stake.
Wild gold coins can also appear, substituting for all symbols in the game while awarding x1, x3 or x5 the player’s stake when three, four or five appear in a winning combination.
After every winning combination is formed, the symbols will disappear after providing their payout prizes. One wild coin is left behind by every win, but new symbols don’t drop into play to replace the disappearing symbols.
When wins are formed with identical combinations of god symbols, each god will perform their own respective bonus feature. Zeus removes two types of symbols from the reels, while Hades converts one set of symbols into different identical symbols and Posiedon adds between one and two wilds to the reels.
Furthermore, every god symbol that applies to a win will be collected in a meter beside the reel set. Once six or more gods have contributed to wins, one free respin will be awarded in which each god is guaranteed to perform their respective feature.
If players manage to clear the board by removing all symbols via wins, the free spins feature will be activated with 10 spins.
Clearing all symbols in the free spins feature will trigger an instant win reel feature. Players get one spin on this special reel that can award cash prizes of up to x10,000 the player’s bet.
Featured Slots
Cookie Kingdom – Armadillo Studios
Armadillo Studios has taken players back to candyland for its latest sugary slot sequel, Cookie Kingdom, a 6×5 reel slot with scatter combinations of eight or more identical symbols required to form wins. This slot has high volatility with an RTP of 96.21 per cent.
David Stoveld, COO of Armadillo Studios, said: “Cookie Bonanza was an instant hit, so we took it upon ourselves to create an even cuter and tastier universe. The result is Cookie Kingdom, a world full of tasty animal-shaped cookies and fun mechanics.”
Free spins cookies can drop into play, triggering the free spins feature when four or more land on the same spin. Landing four, five or six free spins cookies on the same spin will also award x3, x5 or x100 the player’s stake.
Wins are formed in this slot when eight or more identical symbols appear in any combination across the game grid. Each symbols’ highest payout will be awarded when 12 or more identical symbols appear on one spin.
Cascading wins also occur, causing winning symbols to disappear after providing their payout. This makes way for new symbols to drop in from the top of the reels to increase the win potential.
During the free spins feature, special cookie jar multipliers can appear, applying multiplier values from x2 to x100 to any wins that occur on the spin in which they appear.
Special wrapped cookie symbols can appear, which also apply multipliers to any wins that occur. However, these wrapped cookie symbols will stay sticky on the reels while their multipliers apply to a multiplier meter that progresses and upgrades with every wrapped cookie multiplier feature that occurs.
Moreover, players can activate a golden bet function in the base game, which doubles their stake – without impacting paytable prize values – to triple the chances of activating the free spins game mode.
Hot Slot: 777 Cash Out Grand Platinum Edition
Wazdan extended one of its flagship slot series with its latest release, Hot Slot: 777 Cash Out Grand Platinum Edition, a 5×3 reel slot with 20-paylines and a grand jackpot prize of up to x3,000 the player’s wager. The title has variable volatility – low, medium or high – with an RTP of 96.12 per cent.
Andrzej Hyla, Chief Commercial Officer at Wazdan, stated: “Players are consistently drawn to the straightforward yet entertaining gameplay found in the Hot Slot series and with Hot Slot: 777 Cash Out Grand Platinum Edition, we have continued to up the ante with stimulating features and mechanics that players resonate with.
“Sticky multipliers compliment the ever-popular cash and sticky cash out symbols and enhance players’ chances of securing grand wins as well as the eye-catching grand jackpot of 3,000x the original bet.”
Low value symbols are represented by cherries, lemons, oranges and plums. If the right number of matching combinations appear on the same spin, these symbols can offer between x0.25 and x10 the chosen bet.
Moving up the paytable, grapes, watermelons and lucky sevens depict the high value symbols, offering between x1.5 and x100 the player’s stake.
Coin symbols can drop into play, displaying either monetary values of x1 to x10 the player’s bet or jackpot values of minor (x20), major (x50) or mega (x100).
Landing these symbols on the same spin as a special ‘cash out’ symbol will instantly award the displayed prizes to the player.
Additionally, two forms of special ‘cash out’ symbols can land on the reels, with sticky cash out symbols sticking to the reels for between 10 and 20 spins, collecting all coins throughout those spins.
Sticky multiplier ‘cash out’ symbols are also available, sticking to the reels for between two and six spins to collect coin symbols while applying a multiplier between x2 and x5 to enhance all coins they collect.
Furthermore, the game’s grand jackpot prize of x3,000 will be awarded if the reel set becomes entirely filled with coin symbols.
Players can also activate the Chance Level feature, allowing them to double their chosen stake – without impacting paytable prizes – in order to increase the chances of landing a jackpot symbol.
Coin Gobbler – Amusnet
Amusnet introduced players to Oscar in its latest slot release, otherwise known as the Coin Gobbler. This slot uses a 6×6 reel slot with cluster-pays of six or more identical symbols forming wins of up to x6,000 the player’s wager, while offering high volatility gameplay with an RTP of 96.27 per cent.
Wins are formed in this game when six or more identical symbols land adjacent to one another, either vertically or horizontally. Any wild symbols that also land adjacent to any winning clusters will apply themselves to it.
The free spins game mode is progressive, as a guaranteed wild symbol appears on every spin. Each time four bonus gold coins are collected throughout the feature, this wild symbol will increase in size.
Starting at a size of 1×1 when the feature begins, collecting four, eight, 12, 16 or 20 gold coins across the feature will increase the wild to 2×2, 3×3, 4×4, 5×5 or 6×6 sizes, respectively.
Every time the wild symbol upgrades, between one and three additional free spins will be awarded randomly. Only one spin can be won when the wild upgrades to 6×6.