Evolution Gaming’s NetEnt has released yet another highly anticipated pokie title, and this time around, the rewards are as sweet as honey.

The new title is named Bee Hive Bonanza, and its gameplay experience is draped in a cartoon medieval theme, as stony towers frame the reels, with flowery fields and rolling hills in the sunny background. Zany bumblebees buzz across the reels, acting as symbols alongside colourful tokens.

The five-row, five-reel grid includes a scatter pays mechanic, rewarding you for forming clusters of six symbols or more. The accompanying Avalanche mechanic removes winning symbol clusters, allowing more to fall in their place, and potentially triggering a lucrative chain of wins.

The Money Bee feature activates when Bee Hive symbols land on the same spin as prize-bearing Bee symbols. They will collect all their values and pay out an instant prize and Multiplier and Adder Bee Hive variants also occasionally appear to boost your wins.

If you land at least 3 Honey Pot scatter symbols, the bonus round will activate, and you will have up to 20 free spins available to put your luck to the test. During free spins, The Money Bee feature is permanently activated, and whenever a scatter symbol lands, it will be collected in a meter alongside the reels. Collect up to 12 scatters to generate a multiplier of up to 5x and a few extra free spins along the way.

James Jones, the Head of Business Development at Evolution praised the new release, saying,,

“Bee Hive Bonanza players will love the oh-so-sweet reactions between the different types of Hive and Bee symbols. The team has created a medieval, greenery-surrounded world where Bee Knights humbly serve the Royal Bee while ensuring that the pots are always full of honey. Bee Hive Bonanza is an entertaining example of fable meeting fun in a great gaming experience.”

Stakelogic’s catalogue of phenomenal titles has grown once again with the launch of its new Mexican-themed pokie, El Cowboy Megaways.

The game’s aesthetics focus on a dusty Western-era Mexico town with sugar skull-adorned reels and grimacing outlaws accompanying dangerous weapons and potent drinks as the game’s symbols.

The six-reel layout sports a minimum of 3125 ways to win on each spin and you could claim prizes worth up to 25 000x your bet. The Megaways mechanic means this can all change dramatically from spin to spin as a randomized number of positions could push the ways to win count all the way up to 117 649.

Wild symbols expand to fill entire reels, trigger respins when they drop from above, and appear with multiplier enhancements when special Action Symbols align in the bonus reels above and below the main game grid.

Landing 4, 5, or 6 scatters awards you 15, 20, or 25 free spins, respectively. One bonus reel will display special dynamite symbols, while the other will display wilds or multiplier wilds. When the two bonus reels align, you could get up to 15 wilds on random positions except for the first reel, Multiplier wilds worth up to 5x can appear on 2-6, and a random win multiplier worth up to 100x is added to each spin.

Players who want to get right into the bonus round action can select from four bonus buy options. Trade up to 1,000x your bet to experience free spins with the maximum 117 649 ways to win enabled.

Olga Bajela, THE CCO at Stakelogic said,

“El Cowboy Megaways is a Western-themed slot like no other. The action is explosive, with Wilds, Multipliers, Free Games and more giving players the chance to ride into the sunset with big win bounty of their own. The action-packed gameplay has been combined with gritty artwork and an authentic soundtrack to take players to the heart of the Wild West and make them feel like a true cowboy. This is yet another great addition to our market-leading video slot portfolio.”

Yggdrasil and AvatarUX have joined forces again to bring you along on an African adventure in their new YG Master-powered, collaborative title, RagingPop. A sunny savannah provides the background for a glowing game grid, where vividly drawn creature portraits of crocodiles, rhinos, buffalo, butterflies, fish, birds, and leopards appear as symbols.

RagingPop integrates AvatarUX’s popular Popwins mechanic, which makes every spin a thrill ride. The game is packed with intriguing features, such as the golden rhino symbol, which allows you to land wins with just two matching symbols.

The raging reel feature can activate each time you spin, sending a herd of rhinos on a rampage across the reels. The reel heights increase and multipliers up to 500x are added to the grid. When the game’s primary mechanic kicks in, it activates ‘popping’ wins, which expand the reels up to six symbols high during the base game, and seven symbols high while the bonus round is active.

Land three or more scatter symbols to trigger free spins, where a multi-stage gamble mode allows you to spin a gamble wheel that awards you with added free spins, up to a maximum of 30.

That’s not all, because, once the bonus round is active, the reels grow in height every 10 spins, until they hit their maximum size.

Nicola Longmuir, the CEO at AvatarUX, said,

“RagingPop is another exciting addition to our portfolio, and we’re thrilled to launch it across Yggdrasil’s broad network of operators. It’s another strong milestone for us, and we look forward to seeing how our collaborations continue to bear fruit.”

Stuart McCarthy, the head of product & programmes at Yggdrasil, added,

“AvatarUX is a standout studio in its own right and it’s a fantastic partnership for us that brings innovative content to players across the world. We can’t wait to see how operators receive the latest popwins creation.”

Pragmatic Play recently unveiled a new addition to its gaming content portfolio with the 5×4 reel, ranch-themed Black Bull online pokie. The game’s hazy arid backdrop supports wooden reels, with vividly illustrated creatures like eagles, wolves, and iguanas appearing as symbols.

Sacks of gold coins are the money symbols that appear with values between 0.5x and 50x your stake attached to them. If a wild symbol happens to appear on the same spin as money symbols, their values will be collected and added to your win.

Land a minimum of 6 money symbols to activate the bonus round. Before it kicks off, the combined value of all money symbols in view will be collected and stored for the duration of the free spins that you receive. When money symbols land during free spins, their value is added to the previously collected amount, and when wilds land, each one will award the current collected value. Every additional 6 money symbols that land during the bonus round will award an extra 2 free spins.

Yossi Barzely, the Chief Business Development Officer at Pragmatic Play, said,

“Black Bull builds upon the money collect mechanic seen in some of our current titles. However, this has now been augmented to allow the collection of these prizes within the base game and also has a way of increasing the value of collected prizes during the bonus round.”

“This feature has proven popular with every iteration we have made of it and expanding the scope of this further ensures that Black Bull will be loved by slots enthusiasts throughout its initial release and into the future,” he added.

The developer recently launched another new pokie title that has animals as its focus. Gorilla Mayhem features a rainforest environment with exotic leopards, crocodiles, hippos, macaws, and snakes serving as symbols, alongside the titular giant ape.

Yggdrasil has collaborated with its new YG Masters partner studio AceRun to release a new Egyptian-themed pokie adventure. Book HOTFIRE is a high volatility title that emulates the iconic book-style pokies that have proved enduringly popular with players. The new title offers an atmospheric flame-engulfed theme with iconic Egyptian images, including a golden sarcophagus, and ancient gods.

The book symbol is a magical tome surrounded by a ring of fire and when three of them land anywhere on the game reels, you will trigger the bonus round and receive 10 free spins. Before the bonus begins, a wheel of fortune spins and the symbol it selects will be the special symbol until the feature ends.

The special symbol expands and covers to cover the entire reel that it lands on. If you land three more bonus symbols during the feature, you will retrigger it and gain another 10 spins.

Book HOTFIRE, AceRun’s debut title.

The studio is a fresh addition to the YG Master’s program and only launched recently. The new game was produced via Yggdrasil’s innovative GATI technology that provides partners with a preconfigured, regulation-ready, development toolkit that enables them to deliver engaging content with rapid distribution.

Stuart McCarthy, the Head of Product & Programs at Yggdrasil, said,

“Egyptian-themed slots have been a mainstay within iGaming for many years now, and players know and love them. We’re truly thrilled to add another top-class book-style game to our ever-growing YG Masters Portfolio via AceRun. It’s very exciting when partner studios launch their first game through our program, and we look forward to working closely with them going forward to create fantastic gaming experiences.”

Jeroen van der Heijden, the Head of Development at AceRun, added,

“There have been some incredibly impressive slots released through the YG Masters program in the past and we’re proud to release Book HOTFIRE alongside them, we’ve designed and built a sleek and modern game that delivers timeless gameplay we believe players will enjoy.”

Pragmatic Play has added another unique experience to its live casino offering with the introduction of a new dice game, Boom City.

The live game plays out on a 6×6 grid layout, where players can place bets across the 36 squares, and win or lose with the roll of a pair of dice. The dice can trigger one of three bonus games, pay instant cash prizes, or boost your winnings with random multipliers via the Power-Up feature.

This is a game of two phases. In the first Phase, you place bets on the square you think will be selected after you roll the pair of dice. The game grid displays Bronze, Silver, and Gold prizes that award 1x, 2x, and 5x multipliers, but if you land on a bust symbol, it’s an instant loss.

If the roll results in a Bust Square, you lose, and the round comes to an end. If you get a Power-Up square, 2x and 5x multipliers are added to 24 random squares, taking on the multiplier value displayed at the bottom of each column. All bust squares will transform into bronze squares that hold multipliers between 20x and 50x and the dice will roll again.

When the roll result is a coloured square that matches one of your active bets, you will claim a win. If the square happens to be a Bonus round, you will trigger one of the three bonus rounds, Dice Battle, Lucky Drop, or Boom or Bust.

While the bonus games are active, special Level Up, Safe Value and Hyper Jump modifiers will appear, boosting multiplier values, or helping you progress through the level-based bonuses.

The Dice Battle square will have you choose between two battling dice, where each side will roll three times and the winning dice pays out its total winnings and the losing dice’s accumulated amount.

The Lucky Drop bonus round rolls a dice six times, giving you the choice of six columns, peppered with increasing multipliers. The Boom or Bust Bonus round tests your resolve with a game of risk and reward. Roll golden dice on a 7-row, 6-column grid with multipliers and bust squares. The more rows you ascend, the more bust squares are generated.

The level-up squares move you up a row, while the Hyper Square takes you all the way to level 6.

Production Value

Boom City live streamed with 4k camera technology and players have instant access to their detailed bet history. The charming hosts are free to chat, and the game’s live support feature is designed to create a seamlessly enjoyable experience.

Yossi Barzely, the Chief Business Development Officer at Pragmatic Play, said,

“Boom City offers various bonuses, features and outcomes that will appeal to both Live Casino fans along with those that typically enjoy our wider offerings. Its highly entertaining gameplay provides players with decision-making opportunities that further increase engagement and also offers a huge max win of 20,000x, all played out in a custom-built set that combined create a unique, fun and easily consumed experience.”

Yggdrasil and ReelPlay have collaborated once again to create a world of mechanical wonders in their new pokie, Professor Clank’s Combinator.

The game boasts a six-reel format with up to 707 possible paylines and a host of phenomenal features. The theme takes you on a zany steampunk adventure with the reels encased within a bizarre machine frame against the backdrop of a cluttered workshop. The titular professor is an eccentric, cackling character clad in red who appears as the wild symbol.

The reels begin at three symbols high when you start the game, and when you land a winning combination, all non-winning symbols are obliterated, allowing more symbols to drop down from above.

If more than one symbol type remains after the non-winning symbols have been removed, they will all transform into the highest paying symbol. If, after this, any previously winning symbol is not in a winning position, additional matching symbols are added to one or more adjacent reels to guarantee a win.

More drops can happen on reels with fewer than five symbols, which boosts your chance of encountering scatters and achieving more wins.

The bonus round comes to life when you land five or more cash value-bearing scatter symbols. All non-scatter symbols will explode, and you will be awarded 3 respins.

With each respin, a new symbol will drop into each column with less than five symbols. When new scatter symbols land, they will reset the respins to 3, while non-scatter symbols explode and disappear. Once your respins are depleted, the scatters in view will pay out their assigned values worth 1x to 100x your bet, or Bronze, Silver, Gold, and Platinum bonus prizes, worth 10x, 50x, 250x, or 2,000x your bet, respectively.

Professor Clank’s Combinator is ReelPlay’s most recent title to emerge from the YG Masters program, following hot on the heels of the release of ARRR! 10K WAYS, a pirate-themed pokie romp with cannon wilds and bonus respins.

Stuart McCarthy, the Head of Product & Programs at Yggdrasil, said,

“Working with ReelPlay allows us to bring numerous concepts and excitement to the market through a plethora of unique titles. Professor Clank’s Combinator brings a thrilling take on the popular hold and win style gameplay, while its cascading win mechanics elevate the game to a new level.”

David Johnson, CEO at ReelPlay, added,

“Professor Clank’s Combinator is ReelPlay’s fresh take on cascading gameplay, where only winning symbols remain. Ways, reactions, morphs & boosters along with feature bonus re-spins and feature gamble are all in the mix. Professor Clank is the most extraordinary inventor engineer; with his funky gear and trusty robot, he’s nothing like you’ve ever seen before.”