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Week 45/2022 slot games releases
Here are this weeks latest slots releases compiled by European Gaming!
Grab your boots and prepare for a festival of football as Yggdrasil unveils its latest release Firekick! MultiMax™ just in time for the football world cup! The highly volatile 5-reel, 243 payline slot sees players having a chance of winning 10,000x by way of unlimited multipliers, an avalanche feature and, of course, Firekicks! Players can rack up wins in Firekick! MultiMax via the MultiMax mechanic.
Pragmatic Play kicks-off the football festivities with Spin & Score Megaways™, a new football-focused slot featuring the popular mechanic. Spin & Score Megaways™ is set across six ever changing reels with symbols depicting various football players that must form matching combinations across the slot’s up to 117,649 winning ways to award a win.
Nolimit City has been busy waging old western wars with their previous release Little Bighorn. Now, they’re returning to their darker, more sinister side. The provider is known to push the limits when it comes to darker themes with mega-hits such as Mental, Folsom Prison, and Tombstone RIP making seismic waves throughout the industry in recent times. They’re now upping the game, as they go all-out in their latest release, SERIAL!
Just in time for the huge global event, Endorphina has waited 4 years to release this special beast! The B2B online slots provider just released its newest sporty slot – Football 2022 to commemorate this kick-off season. Endorphina’s newest kicking slot has 5 reels, 3 rows, and 10 fixed paylines. You’ll find a footballer’s shoe, red and yellow cards, timers, and some football emojis among the symbols on the reels.
Gem Rush, the latest addition to the Slotmill game portfolio, is an avalanche mining slot packed with bonus features, treasures and a max win of 10,000 times bet. Set in a 5×7 grid formation, the slot offers 16,807 bet ways once the 15 blocker tiles have been eliminated. A total of 7 power-up’s can be activated including dynamites, extra spins, win multipliers and both random- and column wilds.
Push Gaming has announced the network-wide release of Mystery Mission – To The Moon a sequel to the popular title Mystery Museum which will have players exploring the outer reaches of the galaxy. This 6×4 reel 20 payline slot will be available to all partners across regulated markets, following recent hit titles like Space Stacks and Deadly 5.
Play’n GO calls upon three legendary Greek Gods once again in Rise of Olympus 100. Rise of Olympus 100 is a dynamic grid slot sequel to the Play’n GO classic, Rise of Olympus, from 2018. The story picks up where the first game left these characters, featuring mighty brothers Hades, Poseidon, and Zeus. After the defeat of their evil father Cronus, the three brothers unite and rule the realm together.
Blueprint Gaming’s well-earned reputation in producing high-quality branded slots has received further strengthening with the release of D10S Maradona™, a game featuring one of the greatest players of all time, Diego Maradona. D10S Maradona’s™ beautifully crafted design is evocative of the famous footballing murals that can be found across South America and are perfectly partnered by an upbeat Latino soundtrack that plays as the action hots up on the 5×3 reels featuring 20 paylines.
Playson, the fast-growing digital entertainment supplier, has released Treasures of Fire: Scatter Pays, marking the provider’s first ever slot to incorporate the popular Scatter Pays format. In this fiery 6×5 slot, any symbol can carry a random multiplier value ranging from x2 to x100, which is activated when part of a winning combination. With collapsing symbols after every win, there is every opportunity a player can receive numerous multipliers during a single spin, with the final value applied to the total win.
Wazdan, the leading casino games supplier, invites players to venture below the waves and into the deep blue with Hot Slot™: Magic Pearls. The 25-reel slot is drenched in exciting features including the player-favourite Hold the Jackpot bonus round, designed to provide players with hours of thrilling entertainment by helping to boost their results.
MGA Casinos utilising iGaming Group’s White Label Solutions are now able to offer players Betsoft’s most enchanting release of the year, Woodlanders. This high-volatility five-reel, 50-payline slot can see players win up to 3,794x their stake by way of stacked mystery symbols, mystery multiplying wilds, sticky multiplier wilds and free spins. Set in a 3-4-4-4-3 configuration, the reels contain stacked mystery symbols that are replaced by one random symbol after the reel has finished spinning.
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The German Games Industry Association Congratulates Winners of the German Computer Game Awards 2025
Outstanding games from Germany and a great show with many well-known personalities: the year’s best games made in Germany were honoured at the German Computer Game Awards 2025 (DCP) in Berlin. In the Palais am Funkturm, guests from the areas of culture, society, media, politics and the game industry celebrated the creative teams behind the high-quality games. The hosts Katrin Bauerfeind and Uke Bosse led the audience through the entertaining evening, which numerous viewers also followed via live stream.
The winner in the highest-profile category, “Best German Game,” was “Enshrouded” from the studio Keen Games. The coveted award was presented by Federal Minister for Research, Technology and Aerospace Dorothee Bär, who is responsible for computer and video games in the new Federal Government. The survival RPG game also won in the category “Best Innovation and Technology”. The award for “Studio of the Year” went to Megagon Industries from Berlin, the studio behind the successful “Lonely Mountains” games. The games community and DCP jury chose the streamer Stephan Bliemel, known as Steinwallen, “Player of the Year”. For over a decade, Steinwallen has impressively demonstrated in his video streams how history can be successfully imparted through games. Prize money totalling 800,000 euros was awarded in the framework of the DCP 2025.
The German Computer Game Awards were hosted by the German Federal Government and game – The German Games Industry Association.
“We congratulate all the award winners. Impressive variety, captivating stories and first-rate technologies: once again, on the grand stage of the German Computer Game Awards 2025, the enormous strength of German games studios was clear to see. Germany produces exciting games with world-market potential. These successes send a strong signal and show what Germany has to offer as a game production location. Together with the new Federal Government, we want to enable this creative and technological excellence to shine even more brightly on the international stage in the future,” said Felix Falk, Managing Director of game – The German Games Industry Association.
Overview of all the winners of the German Computer Game Awards 2025:
Best International Game (not endowed)
• Split Fiction (Hazelight Studios / Electronic Arts)
Best German Game (endowed with 100,000 euros)
• Enshrouded (Keen Games)
The other nominees each receive 30,000:
• Lonely Mountains: Snow Riders (Megagon Industries)
• Thronefall (Grizzly Games)
Best Family Game (endowed with 40,000 euros)
• PRIM (Common Colors / Application Systems Heidelberg)
Newcomer Award – Best Debut (endowed with 60,000 euros)
• Nordhold (Stunforge / Stunforge & HypeTrain Digital)
The other nominees each receive 25,000 euros:
• Footgun: Underground (Turtle Knight Games / CobraTekku Games)
• Mindlock – The Apartment (Roof Cut Media / United Soft Media)
Newcomer Award – Best Prototype (endowed with 50,000 euros)
• Blob the Klex (Melena Dressel, Alejandro Rebolledo, Laura Octavianus / Hochschule Darmstadt)
The other nominees each receive 25,000 euros:
• MapMap – A game about Maps (HAW Hamburg / Pipapo Games)
• Stuntboost (Julian Höltge, Tobias Kozel)
• Echoes of Mora (HTW Berlin / Meike Strippel et al.)
• Exhibit A (MDH München / Olivia Falke et al.)
Best Innovation and Technology (endowed with 40,000 euros)
• Enshrouded (Keen Games)
Best Audio Design (endowed with 40,000 euros)
• ODDADA (Sven Ahlgrimm et al.)
Best Game Design (endowed with 40,000 euros)
• Thronefall (Grizzly Games)
Best Graphic Design (endowed with 40,000 euros)
• Harold Halibut (Slow Bros.)
Best Mobile Game (endowed with 40,000 euros)
• Duck Detective: The Secret Salami (Happy Broccoli Games)
Best Story (endowed with 40,000 euros)
• Vampire Therapist (Little Bat Games)
Best Serious Game (endowed with 40,000 euros)
• Deine Stimme (Sebastian Grünwald & Reality Twist / Bavarian State Centre for Political Education)
Studio of the Year (endowed with 50,000 euros)
• Megagon Industries (Berlin)
Player of the Year (not endowed)
• Steinwallen
Special Jury Award (endowed with a total of 10,000 euros; the two winners each receive 5000 euros)
• Flipper und Arcade Museum Seeligenstadt
• GAME:IN
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Slotozilla is an industry-leading online casino and slot review platform. Since its inception, the company has published refreshed analyses covering iGaming operators and software – with the intent to provide accurate, informative data for all users.
Throughout 2024, Slotozilla collected relevant data pertaining to player usage of the platform. These insights unveiled clear illustrations of player preferences, gender distribution, age-related data and other appropriate gaming behaviour. The report outlines significant findings laid bare by Slotozilla’s year-long study.
Explosive Global Favourites: The Demo Slots That Dominated 2024
Clear regional preferences were brought to light during Slotozilla’s 2024 analysis, as Book of Ra dominated the European industry. Where’s the Gold represented Australia’s favourite slot, while Plinko, Wolf Run and Sizzling Hot garnered significant attention from a worldwide player base.
Sizzling Hot Deluxe earned plaudits within the French gaming arena – attaining nearly one-quarter of the nation’s demo playtime. Industry developers and operators should expect these slots to influence the iGaming scene in 2025 and beyond.
Beyond the Numbers: Surprising Engagement and Demographic Shifts Revealed
The previous year detailed a clear shift towards all-encompassing domination by particular titles and demographics. For example, Columbus proved a major hit among USA bettors – racking up an average playtime of 194.8 minutes. That figure sits far ahead of the next game in line, King of Atlantis, which garnered 72.5 minutes per average session from French users.
Similar lob-sided statistics exist when comparing gender-based play, as male German players form 73.91% of the nation’s users—potentially guiding marketing efforts.
Modern Industry Impact
Data collected by SlotoZilla evidences various marked industry shifts spanning several key demographics. The report’s holistic view of the modern iGaming industry highlights the increasing necessity for targeted marketing campaigns, relevant themes and boundary-pushing features.
Users located in Australia, Poland and Canada are notable in this regard – as players from all three vital nations tend to access online slots from the age of 25 onward. Strategies around this data are central to maintaining a robust industry.
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BGC Raises Concerns About Potential Negative Impact of Further Tax Hike on the Gambling Industry
The Betting and Gaming Council (BGC) has warned against further new tax rises on members, as it was confirmed Levy payments to the Horseracing Betting Levy Board are expected to increase for the fourth year in a row.
BGC members are expected to contribute a record £108m in Levy payments to the HBLB for last year, new figures reveal.
The figure, provided by the independent HBLB, is an increase of £3m on the previous year.
It is the fourth year in a row that Levy contributions have increased, from £97m in 2021/22, to £100m in 2022/2023, £105m in 2023/2024 and £108m in 2024/2025.
This increased contribution came despite a concerning fall in betting turnover, and amid threats of a further new tax hike on online sports betting.
The independent HBLB said average turnover per race was down by about 8% on 2023/24, representing a 15% fall on 2022/23 and 19% drop on 2021/22.
Meanwhile, earlier this month the Treasury announced a new tax consultation, proposing replacing the three current online betting and gaming tax rates, with a single new one, sparking fears for sports like racing.
Betting and Gaming Council CEO Grainne Hurst said: “For the fourth year running Levy contributions have increased to record levels, demonstrating the growing, long-term investment regulated betting provides British horseracing.
“But it is concerning to see once more that despite record Levy contributions, racing continues to struggle, both as a sport and as a betting product, with betting turnover down again year on year.
“BGC members remain committed fans of racing and recognise better than most the huge economic impact it makes in communities across the country.
“It’s now more important than ever this vital contribution is not undermined by further new tax rises through the creation of a single tax for online betting, which risks driving punters away from the sport, or into the arms of the growing, unsafe gambling black market.
“These parasite operators don’t pay tax, don’t care about safer gambling, and do not contribute a penny to the Levy. The BGC wants sustainable growth, for our members and for racing, but any new taxes would halt investment, hurt punters and harm racing.”
This fourth annual increase is a new record since the Levy collection reforms of 2017/18.
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