There are “slots” of things we learned at the Ice Totally Gaming Conference in London February 2nd-4th 2016. Ok, sorry for the ridiculous pun, but it’s true, the Free Slot Money team did learn quite a “slot”! Ok, I’ll stop now. I’m still jet lagged.
For those of you not in the gaming industry know, Ice Totally Gaming is the largest gaming conference of the year. It’s held at the Excel convention center in London. It’s basically a who’s who of cock swingers from all sectors such as sports betting, lottery, online casinos, live betting casinos, fantasy sports betting, esports, payment systems and much much more. Each year the conference gets bigger and bigger and more outlandish. You will find things like jello shots, or just regular shots, scantily clad women and luxury sports cars on display. Each booth tries to do something bigger and better than the adjacent booth. This year, I saw the English footballer Michael Owen as well as real boxers fighting in a ring as live betting action was happening around the fight.
The Free Slot Money team make the long haul to the conference to check out the upcoming online slot game releases you will be able to play this year. Here’s what we found out after paying a visit to our favorite online slot developers exhibition booths.
New NetEnt Slots in 2016
We bee-lined it to the NetEnt booth, because let’s face it, those are the new games we care about the most. The booth looked pretty spectacular as usual and all the key figures appeared on screen such as Per Eriksson, NetEnt’s CEO, to discuss it’s focus on delivering a virtual reality slots experience with 3D sound. Visitors could put on a pair of 3D goggles to view Jack’s VR world which is a virtual re-make of their popular Jack & The Beanstalk slot. This leading 3D sound quality is like nothing we have heard before and we look forward to seeing what NetEnt will deliver with this new technology.
New NetEnt games to be seen in 2016 are Fantasini: Master of Mystery which was released today, February 11th. You can also expect to find more rock and roll themed slots in their Rock series of games following the release of their Guns N’ Roses slot. The first one announced is a Jimi Hendrix online slot. The third online slot in the Rock series is due to be released in September of 2016.
Microgaming
The Microgaming stand is always the biggest, or atleast it looks it, and this year was no exception. The new online slot games they revealed on the big screen are Lost Vegas and Jurassic World. The latter is a slot game release based on the Jurassic Park blockbuster thanks to their licensing agreement with Universal Brand Development.
BetSoft Gaming
BetSoft Gaming will continue to release new online slots in 2016 expanding their Slots3™ series of video slots. Such titles you will expect to see released this year are The Birds, Frankenslot’s Monster, Money Maker and Rise of the Dragon. From clean and polished perfections to innovative blockbuster slots, BetSoft will pave the way to greatness in 2016!
Yggdrasil Gaming
Yggdrasil Gaming is one of our favorite online slot developers and we review their games regularly. The two new games they shared with conference attendees are Monkey King and Golden Fish Tank. I suspect there will be more titles than just those two, but expect to see both coming to an online casino near your screen very soon.
NYX AKA NextGen Gaming
NYX Gaming Group were loud and proud about their new partnership with Inspired Gaming who will be delivering a number of HTML5 slots, virtual sports and table games onto NYX’s Open Gaming System (OGS). Titles include the popular Centurion and The Musketeers. Also on display was NextGen’s new Witch Pickings online slot, a 5 reel and 25 payline online slot with a witchery theme.
There are loads more that will be released in the upcoming year and we will pick and choose which are the best ones to review for our loyal followers. Hopefully this gives you a bit of a taste of what’s to come from the big online slot development players in the industry. Rest assured, 2016 will be a great year for online slot players!
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