Slots Hero

We have online slots games for just about every holiday: Halloween, Christmas, New Year’s and St. Patty’s Day to name a few. But up until now I had not heard tell of an Easter online slots game. Perhaps this was the one holiday that not even software developers would touch and turn into an online slots game.

Seems I was wrong.

Windows Casino is going to be launching an Easter themed online slots game next week. Playtech has designed this one and named it of this new online slots game is Easter Surprise. Not the most inspiring of titles, but it does not leave players in any doubt as to what this online slots game is about.

Easter Surprise is a five reel, twenty payline online slots game.

There are two bonus features that players can trigger. One is for free spins and the other is an Easter themed bonus game.

There are ten free spins to be triggered here. This is done by landing three or more of the Logo. All free spins have a 3 xs multiplier on them. Should players be lucky enough to land three more Logos during a free spin, they will receive another set of ten free spins.

As for that bonus game, it is called the Easter Gift bonus. This one is triggered by landing three Baskets on an active payline. Players are then taken to a screen with a giant Easter basket on it where they choose eggs. Each Easter egg reveals a cash prize. The number of picks a player has is limited to the number of bonus symbols that triggered the bonus round; minimum number of picks is three while the maximum is five.

UK online slots players will be able to check this Easter themed online slots game at Windows Casino next week.

Playtech | Comments Off

Microgaming has again taken a much beloved online slots game, and redesigned it to create another in a series. The series in question is its Retro Reels online slots game series.

Earlier this year we saw the release of Microgaming’s second in the Retro Reels lineup: Retro Reels Diamond Glitz.

Diamond Glitz was a reinvented variation of the original Retro Reels online slots game with a snazzy upswing to the classic look of the slots game. The second variation was about being flashy and giving off the rich, glamorous vibe that comes with money.

Now in March, two months after Diamond Glitz went live in Microgaming powered online casinos, the third Retro Reels online slots game was launched: Retro Reels Extreme Heat.

Extreme Heat still maintains the classic design of this slots series, with the sleek rounded look famous of slot machines of the bygone era. But flames have been added to signify that the heat has been turned up.

The traditional fruit and bells and bars are still on the reels, but flames have been added to the 7’s. A Flaming Dollar Sign is the wild.

Players can trigger free spins in Extreme Heat by landing the Flaming Free Spins symbol. Three Flaming Free Spins award 10 free spins while four and five symbols award 15 and 20 free spins respectively. All payouts in the Flaming Free Spins bonus carry a 2 xs multiplier.

On the surface, Retro Reels Extreme Heat is a simple online slots game. Other than the flames, there is nothing over the top about its graphics.

However, this is the third installment that Microgaming has made in the Retro Reels lineup, so there clearly has to be something to this online slots series. The classic look and simplicity of play may just be what makes this online slots game series so popular.

Microgaming | Comments Off

You have read of racinos right? Horse tracks that offer slot machines as well. Makes sense. So why not offer horse racing with slots?

Rival Gaming has done just that, they have combined horse racing and slots into a five reel online slots game they are calling A Day at the Derby. The reels are filled with horses and jockeys as well as horse and track sounds for those of you who play with the sound on.

The wild works a bit differently in this online slots game. The Brown Horse, which is the wild, only appears on reels one, two and three. There is a multiplier on the wild, but it is passed on the number of wilds that make up the winning combination. If there are two wilds in a winning combination, then the multiplier on that combination is 2 xs.

Slots players can win up to twenty free spins in a Day at the Derby. Five of the Blue Jokey scatter will award the twenty free spins while four Blue Jockeys give ten free spins, and finally three will set off five free spins. Regardless of the number of free spins, all have a 3x multiplier applied to them.

And what would a horse race online slots game be without a race? It simply would not be one. That being said, three of more Gray Horses will trigger the horse race. Players have to choose one of the three horses on the second screen, and then get to cheer on their chosen horse. A photo finish reveals the positions of the three horses. Depending on where the player’s horse finishes will determine the size of the bonus prize.

While there have been other horse race online slots games in the past, none have had the graphic panache that Rival Gaming has given a Day at the Derby. If you cannot make it to the local racino, this online slots game might make for a nice substitution.

Rival Gaming | Comments Off

Basketball season is upon us. So is based ball, but apparently Real Time Gaming would rather focus their attention on basketball rather than baseball. As a result fans of basketball will be pleased with Real Time’s latest online slots game—especially if they happen to be Chicago Bulls fans.

The name of the latest online slots game from Real Time Gaming is called Basketbull and it follows the efforts of a bull basketball player on the court. Hence, why Chicago Bulls fans will be the most prone to liking this online slots game.

Basketbull joins the ranks of Real Time Gaming’s Real Slots series. This means that it offers the Win-Win feature along with two randomly triggered jackpots for the player who is so lucky to randomly win the jackpots.

But Basketbull is not without features of its own. This online slots game’s call to fame is its Free Throw free spins feature and it follows the idea of free throws in a basketball game.

The feature is triggered by landing as least three of the Basketball symbols. The player is initially awarded three free spins. For every basketball that lands on the reels during those three free spins, the title character, Basketbull, is given a free throw.

Once the number free throws is established, the players watch as Basketbull takes his free throws. For every free throw that he makes, the number of free spins is doubled. Should the slots player land all five Basketballs and if Basketbull makes all five free throws, the slots player is looking a total of 96 free spins. And every free spins carries a 3x multiplier.

The basketball theme is carried throughout this online slots game with other animals on the court, but players will be following Basketbull in hopes either triggering one of those random jackpots or of seeing Basketbull make a heck of success with his free throws.

Real Time Gaming | Comments Off

Real Time Gaming is getting in on the February new slots action. And just when I thought that we were not going to be hearing from them this month; it is a short month after all. But low and behold, here comes Real Time with their latest online slots game: Ocean Dreams.

This is not the first ocean themed online slots game to come out of Real Time, but the first one centered around a mermaid. Instead the stars of this slots game are the Orcas. Joining them on the reels are Butterfly Fish, Seahorses, Rock Crabs and Conch Shells.

There are actually two Wilds in this online slots game. As I have said, the star in Ocean Dreams. This is because there are two of them, an Orca and a Golden Orca.

The Orca will substitute for all symbols in the game except for the Island and the Golden Orca; it also will only payout the regularly scheduled payout. But! If you land a Golden Orca on the third reel and it completes a winning combination, it will double that payout.

Ocean Dreams does offer players the chance to trigger a free spins round. The triggering symbol is the Island. Players must land at least three Islands on consecutives reels, going from left to right OR right to left. Three Islands are worth ten free spins, four for twenty five, and five Islands for one hundred free spins.

A little extra in the free spins is that all Orcas are turned into Golden Orcas, awarding more multipliers than would normally happen in regular game play.

Once the last free spin has finished the Win-Win feature will begin. If nothing was won in the free spins, the player receives 1,000x her triggering bet. If the free spin amount is less than 2x the triggering wager, then a prize of 100x the triggering bet is awarded. If the free spins wins are greater than 2 xs but less than 5 xs, a 20x multiplier is awarded on the triggering wager. And finally if the free spins prize is more than 5x the triggering wager, a multiplier up to 10 xs is given to the triggering wager.

Ocean Dreams would go on the list of relaxing online slots games to play. While not as exciting as Microgaming’s Planet Exotica new slots game, Ocean Dreams is a slots game that will keep you entertained—and you cannot beat the Win-Win feature.

Real Time Gaming | Comments Off

Any ‘Lady and the Tramp’ fans out there? If so your slots ship has come in.

No, Disney did not magically allow any software developer to make an online slots game from one of its movies. However, Rival Gaming has launched a new online slots game this month that has some similarity to the Disney film.

The new online slots game is called Dog Chaser, and offer players fives reel and twenty paylines. Dog Chaser is another 3D online slots game with exceptionally well-rendered graphics that just might tug at your heart strings.

Dog Chaser follows the story of Cheri, a little Chihuahua that is tired of living a rich life, and sets out in the world at large to meet some other dogs and make some friends. However she finds herself and her friends caught by the dog chaser.

The 3D symbols include Cheri, other dogs, Cheri’s Owner, and a cage. Those are the regular play symbols. There is a Wild, bonus symbol and Scatter for players to land as well.

The Wild is the Dog Chaser. When landed he will expand to cover the entire reel, helping to create even more winning combinations. He will substitute for every symbol except for the Scatter.

The bonus symbol is a Click Me symbol. Click Me bonus games seem to be Rival’s newest from of bonus game. Landing three or more will give players the opportunity to keep clicking symbols until the Collect symbol is revealed—the bonus game ends then.

Then there is the Scatter, which is the Keys symbol. Slots players must collect five keys. To collect a single key, slots players must land three or more Keys symbols in order to earn a key. Once five keys are earned, the slots player is rewarded with twenty five free spins on a second set of reels where there are more winning combinations possible. Landing three, four or five free spins symbols can extend the free spins round with up to 15 more free spins.

Dog Chaser is a slots game which offers a cute them, giving players the chance to help reunite Cheri with her owner and to free her new dog friends. The 3D graphics and animations added to the potential for triggering bonus features makes this another strong addition to Rival’s slots lineup.

Rival Gaming | Comments Off

Despite being the shortest month of the year, February will see Microgaming launch three new online slots games: Sneak a Peek Planet Exotica, Rhyming Reels The Queen of Hearts and Ruby of the Nile.

While the first two online slots games launched this month were both very distinctive and unique in their themes, Ruby of the Nile is a bit more of a classic online slots game in that Egyptian themed online slots have been around and always will be around. Every now and then a software developer will create another new Egyptian slots game.

For Microgaming their newest Egyptian slots game is Ruby of the Nile.

And this one really is more of a classic slots game because it features the high card symbols: 9, 10, J, Q, K and A. But there are also Egyptian symbols as well: Cleopatra, the Golden Eagle and Anubis.

What makes this online slots game unique and gives it flair are the two Wilds it has.

The first is a Double Wild. If a Double Wild is landed and helps to complete a winning combination, the player will receive a 2x multiplier on that winning combination.

The other Wild is a Triple Wild. Like the Double Wild, if the Triple Wild lands as part of a winning combination it will place a 3x multiplier on the payout. Both Wilds will substitute for all symbols except for the Treasure Chest.

The Treasure Chest is on the reels as the Scatter. Landing the Treasure Chest in the middle of reel five will award the player twenty free spins, each with a 2x multiplier on them. Free spins are retriggerable too.

But the highest payout is offered with the Logo. Landing five of the Logo will award players with a 500x payout—the jackpot of Ruby of the Nile.

Players looking to take a break from the flashier online slots games will find a respite with Ruby of the Nile in addition to some opportunity to stretch a bankroll out.

Microgaming | Comments Off

We all have a fond place in our hearts for childhood tales and rhymes. Banking on this, Microgaming has launched a new online slots game this month that is based on a childhood nursery rhyme

The Queen of Hearts, before she made her appearance in Lewis Carroll’s ‘Alice in Wonderland,’ was a nursery rhyme that was first known to appear around 1782. In the rhyme, the Queen baked some tarts, which the Knave stole. When the King asked for his tarts and discovered that the Knave had stolen them; he then beat the Knave and the Knave never stole again.

Now that nursery rhyme is in an online slots game for adults to enjoy. Naturally, it is very brightly colored with the lively graphics that Microgaming is known for. Players will see the Queen, King and Knave along with the Tarts, Oven Mitts and Serving Maids.

But the two symbols that will make this game for online slots players are the Logo and the Queen’s Crown.

The Logo, like in the majority of Microgaming online slots games, is the Wild. It is also the key to the 4,000 coin jackpot offered on the Rhyming Reels Queen of Hearts slots game. Five of the Logo will give players those 4,000 coins.

Sadly there is no bonus game in this slots game, but players can win up to ten free spins, each with a 2x multiplier on them. As I am sure you have guessed, they are triggered by landing three or more of the Queen’s Crown. Free spins can be retriggered though.

I do really wish this one had a bonus game. I think the nursery rhyme leaves a lot of ideas open for creating a thoroughly amusing bonus game. Oh well, perhaps in another Rhyming Reels slots game. Yes, it is being speculated that Microgaming is beginning a new online slots series based on Nursery Rhymes. I want to see the one with the cow jumping over the moon.

Microgaming | Comments Off

Playtech is a software developer known for their creation of online slots games based on movies, both current and old. This month sees the launch of the second online slots game in the Iron Man slots series.

Unsurprisingly it has been dubbed Iron Man 2.

The key to making a successful sequel to an online slots game is to keep what works, perhaps improve it and to introduce something new. And if something did not work in the original release, remove it.

In regards to the Iron Man 2 online slots game, slots players can look forward to more stacked symbols than in the original Iron Man slots game. The original boasted only two stacked symbols, while its sequel offers several.

Players can also look forward to triggering an improved free spins feature.

The free spins in Iron Man 2 are triggered by landing three Iron Man symbols—nothing new there. But how the free spins work is a bit different. Ten free spins are awarded but the multiplier is not fixed. Rather is increased by 1x for every two spins. So by a player’s last two spins the multiplier will have increased by 5.

It is reported that the variance on the new Iron Man 2 online slots game is on the low side. But that should not be surprising. The original Iron Man slots game had a low variance as well. True, a low variance does make it harder to trigger the higher payouts, but the good news is that online slots players can ride out their slots bankrolls for awhile, thus giving their playtime some longevity.

Considering that it just launched, time is going to tell if Playtech’s latest interpretation of Iron Man will be as successful as the first. Hopes are high since Playtech has been doing marvel comics and movie themed online slots games for quite some time.

Playtech | Comments Off

It may only be January but already some online casino game software developers are already getting geared up for the summer, although the actual season is still four or five months off yet.

WagerWorks has created and launched a new five reel online slots game with a beach and surfing theme. They have dubbed this new online slots game Wipeout, so naturally slots players will find a bright, colorful beach theme with surfing symbols to match the theme.

The most important symbol is, of course, the Surfer. This dude will trigger a very innovative and entertaining free spins feature, and all a slots player needs to do is land three of him.

Slots players start this free spins feature with three lives and a starting bonus prize of 250x their total triggering wager. While the free spins themselves are worth the watch, slots players will want to pay special attention to reel 5.

There are two symbols on reel 5 to look out for. The first is the Wipeout symbol. This symbol will take away one of the slots player’s lives. Get three Wipeouts and the free spins round ends. On a positive note, there is no set number of free spins won; the feature lasts until all three lives are gone or until the maximum of 50 free spins happens.

But there is also an Extra Life symbol to be found on the fifth reel, and it does exactly what you think it does—it gives the slots player another life in the free spins feature. This can help keep you alive in the feature and getting more out of your free spins.

Also for every Wipeout and Extra Life symbol landed, the slots player gets award a bonus amount worth 4x their triggering bet. So the potential for the bonus prizes to add up in the free spins feature is there.

But the wave riding on the free spins ends if a slots player reaches the 50 free spin maximum.

Now, innovative free spin feature aside, WagerWorks has otherwise created an ordinary  online slots game in terms of other features. The free spins truly are the highlight of their early summer slots game.

Slots Game Reviews | Comments Off