Yggdrasil – Yokozuna Clash

Enter the dohyo and prepare for the ultimate battle in Yggdrasil’s latest offering, set in the heart of Tokyo as the Grand Sumo Tournament is about to begin.

Beginning with two fighters in the ring ready to earn the highest rank in sumo wrestling, Yokozuna, one bring a random wilds feature while the other offer random multipliers.

Natalya Ovchinnikova, product owner of slots at Yggdrasil, explained: “Yokuzuna Clash has unique game mechanics that bring together the action-packed fighting element common in video games with our innovative slots features in a highly intuitive way.

“The game has a lot of incredible features in store and easily triggered free spin rounds. In free spin mode, the wrestlers reflect the happenings on the reels, adding more wilds or multipliers depending on the course of action. If players succeed in defeating the Yokozuna, the tournament is won, and players’ wins are doubled.’’

Red Tiger Gaming – Pirates’ Plenty, Battle For Gold

Get set to conquer the seven seas once again once again, as Red Tiger follows up a successful prior introduction with its 100th slot title.

The 5×3 reels come filled to the brim with pirate bounty, with Pirates’ Plenty, Battle For Gold featuring a host of iconography, including bottles of grog, pistols, cannons, pirate hats and skulls and crossbones.

Collecting all the pieces of a treasure map reveals the fourth wild island row which once unlocked, stays unlocked, giving players the chance of wins of up to 5,000x of their stake.

Carl Ejlertsson, director of business development at Red Tiger, stated: “Pirates’ Plenty – Battle For Gold is one of the most immersive titles in our suite of slot games. Its predecessor Pirates’ Plenty – The Sunken Treasure has featured in igaming tracker’s top five games since its release, so we had a lot to live up to with the sequel.”

NetEnt – Butterfly Staxx 2

It’s time for another sequel as NetEnt introduces Butterfly Staxx 2, coming complete with a pick and click bonus game offering even more ways to win.

In the 5-reel, 4-row, 40-fixed line video slot, players can unlock up to three play areas in a single bet, where the reels in each play area spin independently and simultaneously. 

This innovation is triggered during any re-spin round, which is activated when a full stack of four butterfly symbols lands and covers the entire reel or by choosing butterfly spins when a bonus game is awarded.

Bryan Upton, NetEnt director of games, commented: “Butterfly Staxx 2 is a true sequel to the highly successful Butterfly Staxx. It takes a familiar, powerful mechanic that has been amplified to meet the voracious player expectations of today. 

“This game shows the industry needs all different types of games and this is all about player entertainment and stickiness. As always, adding enhanced player interaction means engagement and success, and the multi-level pick-and-click bonus does just that. Another modern-day classic in the making.”

Pragmatic Play – Vampires vs Wolves

The newest 3×5 introduction takes place in a mysterious town, where jewels and elegant vampires filling the reels, and if a wolf and castle symbol fall at the same time a bonus feature is triggered.

Activating this free spins mode in Vampires vs Wolves gives players a choice of pursuing each central character, each with their own unique benefits. 

Transform on the reels, into either vampires or werewolves, players are transported to a creepy forest where huge wins await.

Yossi Barzely, chief business development officer at Pragmatic Play, said: “We are delighted to release our latest videoslot, Vampires vs Wolves.

“Its smooth gameplay, combined with an immersive theme and thrilling bonus feature, makes it one of our most exciting slots yet, and the graphic animation adds a whole new level of engagement to the title.”

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The latest release, which marks NetEnt’s first big release of the year, comes as the content developer continues to strengthen its portfolio of games.

The release builds on the successes of the original Fruit Shop game, which Betsson Group has praised as ‘consistently being one of the top performing games’.

Carl Ejlertsson, Games Director at NetEnt, commented on the exclusive launch with Betsson: “We’re excited to partner with Betsson for the exclusive early launch of Fruit Shop Megaways. 

“The original Fruit Shop has proven to be a timeless classic – still popular 10 years on from its release – and adding the wildly successful Megaways mechanic takes the game to another level. Players are going to love the combination.

“Fruit Shop Megaways stays true to its energetic and colourful predecessor and this time contains a random reel modifier, which varies the symbol height on each reel with every spin, creating 117,649 potential ways to win!

“And the sweetest thing about Fruit Shop Megaways? It’s available on Betsson brands as of 21st January – a week before it’s launched at any other casino.”

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Relating to gaming operator GentingBet, the online entity for the land-based casino group, the move comes as the brand strives to continue to enhance its portfolio of casino slot games to strengthen its online offering. 

As a result of the deal GentingBet, which also offers live casino content and a sportsbook, is to be provided with a “vast range of casino games”.

Carl Ejlertsson, business development director at Red Tiger, said of the agreement: “We’re delighted to have launched with a brand as well-known and well-respected in the industry as Genting.

“We are confident that our games and the great promotional tools that come with them will resonate with their players, and we look forward to a long and successful partnership.”

The agreement with Red Tiger is to see its casino slot game titles added to the GentingBet platform for the first time, with customers now enjoying access to a number of releases such as Pirates’ Plenty, Jack In A Pot and Mystery Reels MegaWays.

Furthermore, the partnership also provides GentingBet with greater creativity as well as offering themed games at key times of year, like Halloween and Christmas. 

GentingBet is to also gain access to Red Tiger’s engagement tools, which will enable the firm to create campaigns new to the platform, including daily jackpots, smart spins and tournaments.

Jeremy Taylor, managing director of GentingBet, added on the deal: “We are constantly reviewing and updating our product offering to ensure customers have access to a wide variety of games.

“Our partnership with Red Tiger, one of the world’s most innovative game developers, brings a broad range of casino slot games and unique gaming mechanics to our platform for the first time.”

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RELEASE DATE

Set to debut with Nordic facing operator Betsson, Thor’s Lightning is to later be distributed across the Red Tiger Gaming network on Thursday 14 February.

THE PITCH

Set in the frozen tundra of the Viking north, Thor’s Lighting “is the latest video slot off the Red Tiger conveyor belt and joins a high-quality and consistently growing portfolio, currently standing at over 90 titles”.

The title is Red Tiger’s opening ‘portrait-first’ slot, which is designed to allow for an enhanced player experience across mobile devices.

GAME DETAIL

The 7×7 reels are filled with Nordic symbols, with the game featuring nine locked tiles in the middle of the reels, which must be broken as players aim to unleash Valhalla or Muspell free spins.

If Valhalla spins are activated, golden shields take the place of the locked tiles, and each shield reveals a stake multiplier.

Muspell spins, set in the Nordic land of fire, features two exciting bonus modes, including lava showers, which destroy one or more types of symbol on the reels, or lava flow, which creates identical symbols on connected reels.

WHAT THEY SAY

Carl Ejlertsson, director of business development at Red Tiger Gaming, commented: “Thor’s Lightning is one of the most inventive, immersive titles in our portfolio. With its exciting features, and an eye-catching setting that takes players on an engaging journey, it is set to be one of the headliners of our offering.

“We’ve made a real commitment to producing top-tier, mobile games, and Thor’s Lightning is no exception. It is our debut portrait-first slot game, and the great gameplay is possible due to the cutting-edge technology used in developing our content.”

ANYTHING ELSE?

All of Red Tiger’s games can be combined with the supplier’s unique progressive jackpot software, as well as its smart spins marketing tool, which delivers promotions via an in-game dialogue module.

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RELEASE DATE

Fruit Blox is out now.

THE PITCH

Red Tiger Gaming is hoping “to have unpeeled another hit” via its latest release, with its new fruit themed offering containing in excess of 6,000 potential ways from which to win. Furthermore, the title also showcases the software provider’s new connected ways payout, where symbols connected either vertically or horizontally, on at least three reels starting from the left, result in a win.

GAME DETAIL

“In Fruit Blox, the bigger the tile, the bigger the win and if two or more matching mega tiles are adjacent to each other, the resulting win is doubled.

“During free spins, one regular symbol becomes wild for the entire round. Free spins may also be re-triggered during the round, awarding additional wilds and boosting the chances of hitting juicy wins of up to 10,000x stake.”

THEY SAY

Carl Ejlertsson, product specialist at Red Tiger Gaming, stated: “Connected ways is a unique innovation from Red Tiger with the aim of bringing more clarity to slots gameplay.

“Instead of trying to remember every single payline, connected ways offers players a clear rule-set of how the game is going to pay.

“The structure works particularly well with Fruit Blox because every symbol in the game is completely filled with colour, making it very easy to see connected symbols as the slot reels spin.”

CREDENTIALS

Fruit Blox is the latest video slot to join Red Tiger’s growing portfolio which currently stands at in excess of 80 titles.

All games can be combined with the supplier’s progressive jackpot software, as well as its smart spins marketing tool, which delivers unique promotions via an in-game dialogue module.

IS A TRAILER AVAILABLE?

There certainly is, check out the video below.

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