IT’S OFFICIAL – IGT RELEASE NEW PEAK CABINET FEATURING A RANGE OF NEW GAMES

IGT are formally launching their new machine, the PeakDual27 and the PeakCurve49 at AGE 2023 along with a raft of new game concepts within new game series including Portal Link & Portal Loot, Cash Ching, and JetSetter Gold. IGT ADVANTAGE CLUB Systems will also feature a cashless update and future concepts in their information pods.

 

New Cabinet – PeakDual27 and PeakCurve49

It’s finally here! IGT will feature their new Peak Cabinets, featuring the PeakDual27 and the PeakCurve49. The Peak cabinets deliver a range of enhanced attributes including a re-imagined player experience with screens perfectly optimised for players, seamless curved dual screen game play transitions and an ergonomic dynamic player panel featuring dual ‘bash’ buttons. The new machine also offers easy access to the cash box and ticket printer.

 

Portal Link and Portal Loot

The initial release for the Portal series will be the Portal Link with a choice of $10,000, $15,000 and $25,000 Grand Jackpots. Portal Loot, the SAP version, will follow. Portal Link is a derivative of Outgrow but is enhanced for an even better player experience. While still focused on traditional poker machine game design, these games are starting to step towards a video game in style, and create adventures that players become involved in through world-building and design detail.  There are four games in the Portal game range: Wild Deer, Wild Treasure, Wild Whale and Wild Wolf. The ‘Portal Feature’ is the common element across all games while a respin feature is different in each game.

In the ‘Portal Feature’, the players are looking for six or more ‘Portal’ symbols to trigger free games. An additional three or more ‘Portal’ symbols during the feature can retrigger and add extra free games. During free games a player is aiming to open the portal by achieving more than 20 times their bet in feature wins. During free games players need to land special symbols which unlocks holding wilds across the screen. As their feature wins increase, the border and the portal changes from blue to gold and grows around the screen.  Once the gold border surrounds the entire screen the portal opens and players collect whatever credit prizes are awarded at the end of the game.  If a player fills the screen with ‘wilds’ and finds the ‘wild creature’ they gain all line wins multiplied by two.

The game really is an on-screen adventure, but it is narrated so players always know where they are throughout the feature. If the player fails to open the portal during free games, they automatically go into a second chance feature which can award the Mini, Minor, Major Jackpots, other credit prizes, or a bet multiplier. Players must match three symbols, then select one of the symbols to reveal their prize.

 

Cash Ching

IGT will also be releasing a new SAP game family, Cash Ching with three game titles – Coral Reef, Fortune Beast and Jungle Spirit. A fourth game, The Great Battle, will follow. The Cash Ching games take Hold ‘N’ Spin to a new level with a repeat win feature common to all four games, and an additional unique free game feature in each of the games.

The ‘Cash Ching’ Repeat Win Feature is common to all Cash Ching games and offers a new concept in Hold ‘N’ Spin game design.  Players are aiming to gain only five Cash Ching symbols to trigger the ‘Cash Ching’ feature and these symbol cash on reel values are collected immediately in the ‘Feature Win Total’ in the top box. They then turn into the repeat win symbols during all the following Hold ‘N’ Spin games. Every time a player lands a ‘Cash on Reel Cash Ching’ symbol in the repeat win spaces the amount will be added to the ‘Feature Win Total, and the respins reset to three. ‘Cash Ching’ symbols landing in other spaces on the reels are held and contribute their amount at the end of the feature. However, if a player lands a ‘Cash Ching’ symbol (without a credit amount) it will become an additional repeat win space and also reset the respin count to three. The repeat wins offer a new concept in the Hold ‘N’ Spin genre that provides players with the opportunity to win many more prizes than they experience in traditional Hold ‘N’ Spin games.

 

JetSetter Gold

IGT has some of best-known game brands in Australia and it is important to leverage those brands that continue to perform and resonate with the players. JetSetter Gold brings one of IGT’s most popular games back to life with on-trend jackpots, features and mechanics that provide an entertaining experience for today’s players. JetSetter Link is now available in NSW and QLD and indications from MAX and Odyssey performance data demonstrates the strength of this popular IGT game concept.

 

IGT ADVANTAGE CLUB Systems

The IGT systems team will be on stand demonstrating exciting products designed for the local gaming market including IGT’s digital wallet solutions developed for the current digital wallet sandbox trial at Club York. They will also walk customers through some future design concepts in their information pods.

 

This year, IGT is your gaming solutions portal at the Australasian Gaming Expo, showcasing new cabinets, games, services and systems designed to meet venue gaming opportunities for today and into the future.