Big Bass Xmas Xtreme
Big Bass Xmas Xtreme is a slot game by Pragmatic Play, which is in the Big Bass Bonanza game series. This title includes imagery related to Christmas and winter and provides an interesting alternative to the typical fishing theme found in this series.
The slot game Big Bass Xmas Xtreme features a game grid that is made up of five reels and three rows, and there are ten pay lines available to land symbol combinations across this.
Behind the reels, a frozen lake can be seen with a fisherman sitting on the ice surrounding the open water. Under the water, frozen plants can be seen, and animated fish swimming around them. Bubbles can also be seen rising from below the screen to the surface of the lake.
The slot symbols found in this title continue with the mixed theme of Christmas and fishing. The higher value symbols feature a fishing rod, penguin, backpack and fishing bait, all with a Christmas theme twist. The lower value symbols are different coloured letters and numbers inspired by playing card imagery.
One of the bonus symbols found in this title is the wild symbol, which is represented by a fisherman holding a large fish. This fisherman wild symbol will appear on all reels during the free spins and substitute for all symbols apart from the scatter and money symbols.
There is also a scatter symbol that features a fish jumping out of the water as the imagery. If three or more of this symbol hits on the reels, the player will be rewarded with ten free spins.
And if four or five scatters land, the pick bonus is triggered, allowing the user to potentially collect a booster for the free spins. Furthermore, during the base game, if only two scatter symbols appear on the reels, without the third, there is a chance of a third being brought onto the game grid by a random feature.
Money symbols can also appear in this title. On every spin, the money symbols will take a random cash value and can be won during the free spins feature. The possible values that the money symbols can take include 0.2x, 0.5x, 1x, 2x, 3x, 4x, 5x, 10x, 15x, 20x, 25x, 50x, 200x, 250x, 333x, 500x, or 1000x the total bet. Randomly, during the base game, there is a chance for the value that the money symbols take to be collected and awarded. If this happens, a random multiplier of 1x, 2x, 3x, 4x, 5x, 10x, 20x, 30x, 40x, or 50x will be awarded and applied to the total value collected from the money symbols.
Mining Rush
Mining Rush is another slot game developed by Pragmatic Play; this title was released on the 1st of December 2024 and has quickly gained a positive reception. The slot game takes place on a game grid of seven rows and seven reels, which is a unique change to the typical game grid that players will be used to seeing. With cluster pays and return to player of 96.56%, this slot game by Pragmatic Play is very interesting as it moves away from the typical format.
Behind the reels, the inside of mine can be seen with a rail cart going through the tunnel. Inside the mine cart, diamonds can be seen in abundance. An animated cart features a subtle vibrating movement. To the right of the reels, a blonde miner stands holding a diamond in one hand and a pickaxe in the other. With a wide grin on his face, he confidently rests one foot on a box beside the game grid.
The symbols on this title range from different coloured letters to a miner holding a shiny diamond to his eye. All symbols pay in a block of a minimum of five symbols connected horizontally or vertically.
One of the bonus features of this title is the tumble feature, which is active on every spin. After every spin, symbol combination prizes will be paid, and the symbols involved in these combinations will be removed to make space for new symbols to fall down. Additional symbols will drop down from the top to fill the gaps left behind at the top of the screen. This can then create further combinations of symbols, which will result in the feature being activated again.
The tumbling will end when no more combinations of symbols are made.
Another bonus feature is the nugget feature. If one or two bonus symbols appear on the reels and there is at least a successful combination that takes place from that spin, the bonus symbols will transform into nuggets. The nuggets are randomly active on reels one, two, three, and four. When a tumble occurs, nuggets will have a chance of paying out a random amount.
Each and every time these nuggets pay, one point will be added to them, and every three points collected on one nugget increases its level to the next one, except for when the nugget has already reached level 4. The possible rewards are as follows:
- Level one nugget: 1x, 2x, 3x, 4x, or 5x the total bet.
- Level two nugget: 6x, 7x, 8x, 9x, 10x, 12x, 15x, or 20x the total bet
- Level three nugget: 25x, 30x, 40x, 50x, 60x, 80x, or 100x the total bet.
- Level four nugget: 200x, 250x, 300x, 400x, 500x, 600x, 800x, or 1000x the total bet.
Free spins are also available on this title, and they can be triggered by landing three, four, five, six or seven bonus symbols. This will then, respectively, award the player with eight, ten, twelve, fifteen, or twenty free spins; when these free spin rounds start, the bonus symbols that triggered the feature will turn into nuggets and feature a random starting level. Furthermore, they will stay on the screen for the duration of the feature, and during the round, they can pay a random amount of money. Bonus symbols that land during these free spins will also turn into nuggets and award two additional free spins.
