On May 31st, London-based HTML5 game developer Push Gaming released 10 Swords, an Ancient Roman-themed slot featuring the Colosseum, the site of a bloody battles between gladiators for the entertainment of the crowd. However, there the gladiators didn’t fight only against each other, but also against large animals.
Stunning visual:
True to its name, the main theme of the slot is a battle, more precisely a bloody event in the Colosseum, and players have the opportunity to see how the people of Ancient Rome had fun. The background of the reels includes a place full of peace and harmony among beautiful nature, with big white pillars standing tall. Additionally, the game can be played on any device.
To win, players must form a combination of 3 or more matching symbols on adjacent reels beginning from the reel furthest to the left on a dynamic 5×3 grid that offers 20 paylines.
The basic low-value symbols are J, Q, K and A, the medium-value symbols are objects in green, blue and purple, and the high-value bonus symbols are characters in green, blue and gold. A combination of five low-value bonus symbols is worth 4x, increasing to 10x to 15x for a combination of five medium-value symbols and 30x to 40x a player’s bet for a combination of five high-value bonus symbols. In addition, among the specific symbols, there is a shield that is the Scatter symbol, and throughout the spins, the player can also land sword symbols.
The game has low/medium volatility, a default RTP of 96.41% and a maximum win of 5000x a player’s bet. However, if the player chooses to trigger the Ante Bet feature, the chance is 1 in 606’060 spins to get the maximum win, but, if they choose not to trigger the said feature, the chance is 1 in 934’579 spins to get the maximum win.
Slot features:
Wild Symbol – the Wild, aka the W with the golden eagle, is tasked with providing extra winning combinations by replacing other paying symbols, apart from the Scatter and Sword symbols. It also has the same payout as the highest paying symbol type.
Sword Symbol – throughout the player’s spins, they may trigger Sword symbols anywhere on the reels. However, if the player lands 4 or more of these symbols at the same time, they get an instant reward, which is: landing 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 or 10 of the Sword symbols at the same time awards the player an instant win of either 2x, 5x, 10x, 25x, 100x, 1000x or 5000x the bet, and this represents an increase in the prize ladder.
Free Spins – a combination of 3 or more Scatters triggers this feature. As soon as it starts, the player is automatically rewarded with 8, 10 or 12 free spins depending on whether it is a combination of 3, 4 or 5 Scatters. Furthermore, while making a combination of 4 or 5 Scatters, 2 or 4 low symbol types will transform into Sword symbols from the beginning.
Also, during the feature, Scatters that appear will be collected on the meter on the left, where 4 collected Scatters result in the low-value symbol turning into a Sword symbol. In this regard, the player can succeed to transform any low-value symbol by collecting Scatters. Additionally, they will get 4, 3, 3 and 2 additional free spins where the player creates the first, second, third and fourth transformation of the low-value symbol, individually.
Ante Bet – the player may activate this feature by paying an additional 20% of their bet. As soon as the feature is triggered, the player increases the chance of getting Scatters and at the same time increases the chance of triggering the bonus game.
Bonus Buy – in order to trigger this feature, the player should want to get to the Free Spins feature immediately. As soon as it is triggered, the player needs to pay 50x of the bet to get 3 or more Scatters to trigger the aforementioned feature. However, the RTP is 96.75% as long as this feature lasts.
Commenting on the launch, George Fil, Group Managing Director at Push Gaming said: “10 Swords exemplifies our commitment to provide varied and entertainment-focused games to our global audience. As we continue to enter new markets and introduce more players than ever before to our content, having a wide array of mechanics, features and volatility levels available to players keeps us at the forefront of game creation. Players have so much gameplay to enjoy and features to wield in 10 Swords, we’re confident they will enjoy an epic experience.”
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