New slot releases for April 2022: Five games to watch this month
Slot studios release new games throughout the year, with developers vying for players’ attention each month.
The April 2022 schedule included new slots from Blueprint Gaming, Pragmatic Play, Red Tiger Gaming, Play’n Go and Relax Gaming. Here’s an overview of that month’s announced games and features.
Fishin Frenzy “The Big Catch” Megaways – Blueprint Gaming
Blueprint Gaming returned to the Fishin Frenzy series with a Megaways edition: ‘Fishin Frenzy The Big Catch Megaways’. It features 15,625 ways to win and 6 reels that vary in height, displaying between 2 and 5 symbols per spin. Features include random wins through ‘Fish-win Frenzy’, ‘Wilds’ and ‘Free Spins’; ‘The Big Catch’ can award extra free spins.
- RTP: 95-96%
- Pay ways: 15,625 ways to win
- Reels: 6x2-3-4-5
- Min/ Max Bet: 0.10–100.00
Drill That Gold – Pragmatic Play
Pragmatic Play often releases several video slots each month. April’s Drill That Gold stood out with its mining theme, 5 reels and 20 pay lines. Features can award up to 5,000x times the spin stake, with animated effects. Players join dwarf gold hunters in dark caverns, where ‘Gold Spins’ triggers a free spins round with 10x multipliers of up to 1,000x. An ‘Ante Bet’ option increases the chance of activating the free spins game.
The ‘Drill Feature’ adds another option, with multipliers from 2x to 100x the spin bet. A spin modifier can also make winning combinations pay at least 10x the spin bet or trigger the free spins bonus round.
- RTP: 96.49% (96.45% with ante bet)
- Pay ways: 20
- Reels: 5x3
- Min/ Max Bet: 0.20–125.00
Narcos Mexico – Red Tiger
Narcos, a NetEnt slot inspired by the hit Netflix series, transported players to the shadowy Colombian cartel world of the 70s and 80s. The television story later moved to Mexico, before Pablo Escobar’s era, in another successful series. For Narcos Mexico, NetEnt sister studio Red Tiger Gaming brought the show’s music and characters to the reels, creating a notable follow-up to the original game.
The game offers wins of up to 10,000x the bet across 5x3 reels and 243 ways to win, retaining its predecessor’s layout. ‘Cartel Spins’ lets players gamble winnings for bigger prizes using substantial multipliers. Planes can pass over the reels and drop random wilds, while a mafia boss may double a win after any winning spin.
- RTP: 95.70%
- Pay ways: 243 ways to win
- Reels: 5x3
- Min/ Max Bet: 0.20–10.00
Moon Princess 100 – Play’n Go
Play’n Go expanded its cluster-pays slot range with another game in its ‘Grid Pay Slots’ collection. The collection includes more than 36 games, including 30 cluster-pays titles. The original Moon Princess, built around 20 paylines, remained among the developer’s 10 most-played slots worldwide. Moon Princess 100 is the third game in the series, following the cluster-pays release ‘Moon Princess Christmas Kingdom’.
Moon Princess 100 brought the latest instalment in the series to the online casino market. Three anime princesses help form cluster wins on a 5x5 grid, and the reels cascade when a cluster lands. Players can collect symbols on a meter to pursue up to 100 free spins, with 100x multipliers available. Princess Live, Star and Storm may also appear at random to add wilds, turn symbols into a single type or remove symbols to create winning clusters.
- RTP: 96.2%
- Pay ways: Clusters
- Reels: 5x5
- Min/ Max Bet: 0.20–60.00
The Great Pigsby Megapays – Relax Gaming
The Great Pigsby Megapays from Relax Gaming rounds out the month’s new slot lineup. The provider had won EGR B2B 2021 awards for ‘Innovation in Mobile’ and ‘Casino Software Supplier’, as well as the IGA 2021 ‘Unique Gaming Company’ of the year award. The new release adds another game to Relax Gaming’s portfolio.
The Great Pigsby Megapays follows The Great Pigsby, a 243-ways-to-win slot. Its setting nods to F. Scott Fitzgerald’s classic novel ‘The Great Gatsby’, transporting players to Pigsby’s mansion. Megaways reels offer 117, 649 ways to win and a stated maximum win of x20,000. The game may also feature a Megapays progressive jackpot, along with Re-spins and Wild Re-spins. The top-paying Pigsby symbol can spread across the reels at random. Players can get up to 10 free spins, with lower-paying symbols removed from the reels in sequence.
- RTP: 96.1% (86.75% 9.44% Jackpot)
- Ways to win: 117, 649 ways to win
- Reels: 5x2-3-4-5-6-7
- Min./max. bet: 0.20-0.50
5 Top Slots for April 2022
The April line-up included 5 online casino titles to try. The article stated that, when played with bonus funds, each contributed 100% toward wagering at almost every casino. Bonus terms differ, so check each offer’s conditions to confirm eligibility and contribution rules.
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