Aristocrat Technologies is bringing a breath-taking array of new products to London’s ICE 2019 show, incorporating a mixture of popular brands, trending game mechanics and innovative developments in hardware and software design. Stand S5-150 in ExCeL’s South Hall will offer a glimpse of the EMEA region’s biggest ever display of the latest market-leading gaming content and cutting-edge hardware solutions drawn from the Company’s extensive global portfolio.
Erik van den Berg, Vice-President of Sales & Business Development for Aristocrat’s casino interests in EMEA, said, “Our diverse portfolio strives to meet the broad range of needs across and within varied European, Middle Eastern and African markets.”
“Our global design and development teams continue to build on previous successes with a balance of proven and brand-new maths models, imaginative ways of using renowned characters and stunning, new methods of delivery to ensure our customers’ gaming floors can continue to deliver for players across the region.”
Following hugely successful introductions in North America and Australia, the Helix™ XT cabinet now begins its roll-out across selected EMEA markets, offering a premium-style housing for standard sale games. This upright cabinet displays portrait content on a 4K 42-inch P-curve screen, complemented by an LCD topper and enhanced virtual button deck.
“Many new Aristocrat games are now being developed in both dual-screen and portrait formats, allowing operators even more flexibility in gaming floor presentation,” explained Erik van den Berg. “And we have taken steps to ensure that this new cabinet form factor is well supported with a proven game library from launch.”
Aristocrat’s new range of C-Series™ core games offers outstanding diversity, with highlights including:
Trending persistence and metamorphism in Joe Blow™ Gold and Joe Blow™ Diamonds, combined with character theming inspired by Where’s The Gold™;
Block Bonanza™ adds a metamorphic twist to reel games, with cash-on-reel prizes from a laterally spinning wheel dropping down onto the reel set. In addition, Rio™ and Hawaii™ offer two distinctly exotic base game themes;
9 Princes of the Dragon King™ sees Asian-themed Koi™ and Tiger™ adding more metamorphic game play elements along with escalating returns and player-selectable multi-denom options;
The Wild Wild™ series of games, fronted by Wild Wild Nugget™ and Wild Wild Samurai™, brings new frequent wild features, together with reel growth, free games, replacement wilds and wild multipliers;
Brand extensions of some of Aristocrat’s most popular characters include: Buffalo™ Max and 5 Dragons™ Gold Max, with extended free games selections and scaling volatility; Sun & Moon™ Gold, a classic favourite injected with reel growth, multi reel sets and a new re-spin feature; Fortune King™ Rapid, with more choose-your-volatility options and special scatters introduced; and 5 Kings™, a 5 Dragons™ derivative resplendent with mythical Korean styling;
Timeless Classics, faithfully reproduced with upgraded graphics, include Brazil™, Choy Sun Returns™, Pompeii™, Wild Panda™ and Wings over Olympus™.
Aristocrat is also launching inspired new concepts in the J-Series™, for those who love jackpots, comprising:
Ultimate Wheel Blast™, with its industry-first metamorphic jackpot wheels and upgrade mechanics across two base game themes, African Fortunes™ and Alaskan Dreams™;
Cash Boost™, with superbly animated themes Mystical Jungle™ and Mystical Light™ offering scalable bonus prizes, free games, win multipliers and random wild reels;
Cash Panther™ and Thunder Wolf™, two new themes in the mid~high denom Hit it Hot Jackpots™ SAP family, with ‘must hit by’ mystery triggered jackpot progressives.
Innovations in the E-Series™ collection of entertainment games, consisting of:
Two new Mighty Cash™ games, Vegas Wins™ and Outback Bucks™, with ‘reveal symbol’ unveiling jackpot awards on completion of feature;
Four Mighty Cash™ Double Up games – Lucky Tiger™, Money Dragon™, All Gold & Diamonds™ and All Jade & Diamonds™ – with a 50 per cent ante bet rewarding players with an extra reel set during the Mighty Cash feature;
Two Mighty Cash™ Xtra Reel games, Guo Nian™ and Ji Cai™, that add a sixth reel on which high value cash-on-reel symbols can appear;
Fu Fu Fu Panda™ and Fu Fu Fu Tiger™, featuring a metamorphic element as well as wild showers, What You See Is What You Get jackpots, multipliers and unlimited free games;
Panda Lanterns™ and Dragon Lanterns™, with on-trend floating wilds, WYSIWYG credits and jackpot awards extending the Wild Up! ™ family of recently released games, Dragon Lanterns™ and Ocean Song™;
8 Claws™ and 8 Stripes™ – dual platform games packed with random multipliers, expanding reels, wild showers, wheel features, jackpots and free games.
Aristocrat is also showcasing more M-Series™ multigame and multi-reel-set ingenuity, including:
Wonder 4™ Boost, an extension to the extraordinary Wonder 4™ series, hosting highly popular titles Buffalo™, Wild Ameri’Coins™, Rhino Charge™ and Whales of Cash™ and offering a bonus boost of up to eight concurrent reel sets and extreme free games;
Player’s Choice™ Opal Edition, an 8-title multigame with 3-level progressive jackpot, variable denominations and 10 operator-selectable games including 5 Dragons™, 5 Dragons™ Gold, Big Red™, Big Red™ Gold, Buffalo™ Gold, Cash Bull™, Fortune’s Way™, Miss Kitty™ Gold, The Phantom™ and Queen of the Nile™;
Two dual game packs in the new Pay Rise™ series, White/Black Scorpion™ and Roxy’s/Robby’s Rabbit Hole™ both offer low and high denom game variations with integrated 3/4/5-of-a-kind dynamic scorecard and a 2-level ‘must hit by’ deterministic mystery SAP.
Erik van den Berg concluded, “We continue with the theme ‘It’s all about what’s inside’ at ICE 2019, reflecting a sharp focus on innovation, people and products and we look forward to sharing our vision of ‘what’s next’ with our valued partners and stakeholders on Stand S5-150.”
