Daily News: NetEnt and Nintendo, Pragmatic Play and Yggdrasil gladiator slots

Swedish studio NetEnt released the third game of the Staxx series with unusual cubic 3D images of fruits on the reels. The slot with unusual design, visual and sound effects invites gamblers to plunge into the popular Nintendo games. The Strolling Staxx slot machine created on the HTML5 technology has interesting bonus features.

Unlike previous games in the series, the new 5-reel slot machine with three symbol rows has only 10 fixed paylines. 3D images of plum, cherry, lemon, strawberry and watermelon have an original cubic shape. The game features a wild but there is no scatter. However, each symbol can occupy an area of several cells on the reels (2x3 or 3x3). Such combinations activate re-spins.

Strolling Staxx was one of the first NetEnt video slots released in 2019 after Turn Your Fortune slot. In total, the studio plans to present up to 35 new virtual gambling entertainments throughout the year. NetEnt's Scudamore’s Super Stakes slot which is based on horse racing is considered to be the most anticipated slot machines of 2019. When developing the slot, the company's employees work closely with the famous jockey Peter Scadamore.

Both developers of virtual gambling shared their plans to release slot machines dedicated to gladiator fights. The Champions of Rome slot from Yggdrasil Gaming will be released on February 21, 2019, and the release of Wild Gladiators slot from Pragmatic Play is scheduled for March 7. Both games have high-quality visual performance and original bonuses.

In the Champions of Rome video slot, the action takes place in the Colosseum under the Roman Empire. Bronze, silver and gold coins appear on the reels, as well as bas-reliefs depicting animals which often decorate ancient Roman buildings as generic emblems. In the Gladiator bonus game, the player should collect various types of weapons (sword, mace, trident) in order to gain additional benefits to get a big win.

Free spins are activated when three to five scatters fall out on the playing field. Several free spin modes are available not only when a bonus combination is made, but also when buying a bonus for an amount of 50x of the bet. The original Deathmatch function consists of 3 levels, and the player will have to collect at least 450 coins on each of these levels. If this result is not achieved, all the money will be confiscated from the gladiator, and the gambler will receive a consolation prize.

As well as in the slot from Yggdrasil, the action takes place in the Colosseum, and the symbol with the image of the arena is a scatter. When three special symbols fall out, 10 free spins are issued.

The main feature of the video slot from Pragmatic Play is the presence of the sixth reel, on which additional multipliers are played out, as well as the super wild that launches re-spin mode. The maximum payout in the Wild Gladiators machine is 4,000x of the bet and is paid when five expanding wilds fall out on each of the reels.