At the beginning of the New Year, every single provider will try to get the best starting position with a brand-new release. January is a month of festivity and celebration, and, of course, a variety of new games players may enjoy.
There is an entire list of video slots that will be released in the first month of the New Year, but we decided to present the best four among them. Keep in mind that this is the list of the best four video slots, in our humble opinion.
1. Cash Truck (QuickSpin)
We begin with Quickspin’s Cash Truck, a five-reel, four-row video slot that is themed after Mad Max and the apocalyptic future. Bear in mind that the reels can be expended, offering up to 8 cells in total. The release date is set for 11th January 2022, but there are websites that offer the demo mode for free.
The reels are set at the back of a money truck, and it seems like the action takes place at the famous Route 66. The symbols that populate the reels are characters that can be found in Mad Max movies. The slot pays left to right, starting from the leftmost reel, with three of a kind being the minimum for landing payouts. Thanks to Tumbling Reels, all winning symbols disappear, making room for new icons to land.
That is not all. Each winning combo will unlock three randomly chosen locked tiles on the upper part of the reels, creating new winning ways, up to 1,024. Get two Bonus Scatters on the reels to trigger the Second Chance feature. All symbols but the Scatters are cleared, the grid is expanded, and if you land a new Scatter, you will trigger the Truck Raider Bonus feature.
The feature starts with 3 Cash Stack icons on random positions and 3 free spins. Each new Cash Stack icon landed resets the number of freebies. Players will also benefit from special symbols. The Expander unlocks three random positions on the locked part of the reels. Booster and Super Booster add values to all icons on the unlocked part of the grid. The Super Booster appears in the Bonus game. Grabber and Super Grabber add values to icons that land on unlocked tiles. The Doubler doubles its value each time free spins are retriggered. Win 25,000x bet and you end the Bonus game.
2. Wild Depths (Pragmatic Play)
Pragmatic Play starts the New Year with Wild Depths, an underwater adventure that is played on a 5×4 reel grid and will be available from 13th January 2022. This highly volatile game offers a max win of 5,000x bet and comes with an RTP of 96.48%. The Wild appears on all reels but the first and doubles all wins when part of a winning combo. If more Wilds are included in the same winning combination, they multiply each other.
The Wild is also a Roaming Wild. This means that the Wild stays on the reels and moves one position to the left after each spin. During the time a Wild is on the reels, players get free respins.
Pearl is used as a Scatter that triggers free spins. Depending on the number of Scatters landed, players get 6, 9, or 12 freebies. The Roaming Wild feature is active throughout free spins. Each time a respin occurs, the total win multiplier goes up by 1x. Three or more Scatters landed during free spins will get you 5 extra freebies. If you reach a max win of 5,000x, the feature will immediately come to an end.
3. Agent Jane Blonde Max Volume (Stormcraft Studio, Microgaming)
Agent Jane Blonde returns in 2022, and she is hotter than ever. The cooperation between Stormcraft Studio and Microgaming brings us Agent Jane Blonde Max Volume, a medium variance game that offers a max win of 10,000x bet and an RTP of 96%. This is a five-reel, three-row video slot that benefits from 243 ways to win.
Agent Jane Blonde is the Scatter that may reward you with a delicious jackpot. Get 5 or more Scatters on the reels at the same time, and you will win either Bronze (5x), Silver (25x), or Gold Jackpot (100x). Due to the fact that the Jackpot Bonus can be triggered both in the base game and the Free Spins feature, players may get a boosted jackpot, increased by the active multiplier in the Free Spins feature.
Get at least 1 Scatter on each of the reels and you will trigger the Free Spins feature. There are three options you can pick from. Each of the options secures you the possibility to retrigger free spins infinitely. The Multiplier Trail is active in all free spins options and will get you a win multiplier up to 100x.
Pick 15 free spins and you start with a 1x multiplier that increases by 1x after each spin. If you select 10 free spins, the win multiplier begins at 2x and increases by 2x with each successive spin. Finally, the third option is to get 5 free spins with a starting win multiplier of 5x. Each subsequent spin increases the win multiplier by 5x.
The Rolling Reels feature is active on every spin in the base game and during free spins. This means that all winning symbols are removed, and new land on vacant positions. The Wild appears on all reels but the first. It can also be stacked on the central reel.
4. Gigantoonz (Play’n GO)
On 27th January, you will have the pleasure of enjoying Play’n Go’s Gigantoonz. This space adventure is played on an 8×8 reel grid and offers a max win of 4,000x bet. The volatility of the game is high, while the RTP is 96.25%. The sequel of the popular Reactoonz video slot benefits from cluster pays. Get at least 6 matching icons in a cluster to win payouts.
Winning clusters will fill the Quantumeter. It needs a certain number of charges to release one of the modifiers – Disintegration, Metamorphosis, Radiation, and the Gargantoonz modifier. The previous three modifiers will remove instances of randomly chosen symbols, transform icons into other symbols, and add Mega Symbols on the reels.
The Gargantoonz modifier, triggered after 100 charges, turns all Mega Symbols into Mega Gargantoonz, and then they are broken down into normal symbols when removed from the grid. Mega Symbols appear in sizes between 2×2 and 7×7. They appear as 1 icon, but their cluster value goes up to 13 symbols.
As for Quantum Wilds, 5-10 of them will appear on a non-winning spin to help you land wins.
