Microgaming to Release Atomic 8s Slot Online

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In May last year the leading online software provider launched a new online slot game with an innovative feature. The slot game was titled Sonic 7s and the feature was called Power Spins. The slot game was so popular at Microgaming online casinos that players were looking forward to another release in that same genre. The wait will end in February when Atomic 8s Power Spins will go live at Microgaming online casinos.

Like Sonic 7s, Atomic 8s also takes its symbols from the classic three reel slots. But the symbols like cherries, bars and bells have their actual colors rather than the steel blue of Sonic 7s. The 7s are replaced by 8s as is to be expected. Atomic 8s is an extremely simple slot game with practically none of the features that contemporary video slots are known for. It offers only 9 paylines, which is also less than the present practice. However it will attract serious online slot players who find free spins and bonus games a distraction and would rather be focused on the line and scatter payouts spin after spin.

The Atomic logo is the wild symbol. It can appear on any reel and will substitute for other symbols in order to make winning combinations. However, it also offers line payouts on its own. Five Atomic logo symbols appearing on an enabled payline offer a payout of 8,000 coins. The Radioactive symbol is the scatter symbol. When five Radioactive symbols appear anywhere on the reels a payout of 300 coins is awarded. This payout, being a scatter payout, is multiplied by the total bet.

Microgaming Atomic 8s does not offer any free spins, not even of the simplest kind. Nor does is offer any bonus game on the reels or on the second screen. But the absence of these is more than made up for by the Power Spins mode. This is an optional mode that has to be activated by the player. Then all paylines are automatically enabled and an additional wager of triple the original line bet taken from the player in lieu of the Power Spins benefits. Players at Microgaming online casinos will recall that in Sonic 7s the Power Spins mode converted each wild symbol in the payline into a 2 times multiplier. In Atomic 8s the symbols payout if aligned left to right as usual, but also if aligned right to left. This means players have a much better chance of getting a winning combination.

Atomic 8s will be live at Microgaming online casinos like Golden Riviera, 7 Sultans, Gaming Club and Mummy's Gold on February 8.

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