GLOBAL GAMES 2024
One of the game ’ s strongest features is its “ Pick Your Team , Play Your Team ” menu of NFL logos , allowing the player to select his or her hometown team . All graphics , photos and footage then change to reflect that team .
utilized on the hit game Mo ’ Mummy — this time , says Herrick , “ with even more NFL flare .”
In addition to the new NFL games , Aristocrat is re-releasing the first two games in the series , NFL Super Bowl Jackpots and NFL Overtime Cash , in multi-denomination versions . “ Multi-denom is a must , so we ’ ve added multi-denom to those two , and are re-releasing them to coincide with the start of the NFL season ,” Herrick says .
Building on another past hit , at G2E , Aristocrat will unveil House of the Dragon . Aristocrat ’ s game series based on the Game of Thrones HBO fantasy drama series was one of the supplier ’ s biggest hit franchises of recent years . House of the Dragon , begun in 2022 , is the prequel to Game of Thrones , set 200 years before the events depicted in the first series .
Featured on the large-format King Max cabinet , House of the Dragon is anticipated to be released this winter . As with the Game of Thrones slot series , Aristocrat has collaborated with Warner Bros . Discovery Global Themed Entertainment to build out the House of the Dragon franchise with games based on chapters of the show .
“ Game of Thrones was phenomenal for us , and this is the continuation of the storyline ,” says Herrick . “ House of the Dragon is the prequel , focusing on the dragons and the fight for power , so that ’ s something we emphasized with the game design . You ’ ll notice , when you sit down at the game , five metamorphic pots are represented by dragon eggs , each one of those having a unique feature that interacts when you ’ re playing through .”
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On the MarsX Portrait cabinet will be Coin Trio Royal , a follow-up to Coin Trio , one of the launch games for the Neptune Single in 2022 . It also will be offered on the Neptune Single . “ We believe in packaging our content in as many form factors and making it as flexible as we can for the operators ,” says Herrick . The latest addition to the company ’ s most enduring franchise , Buffalo Triple Boost , will be on display at G2E as well . Another franchise extension will be Conan the Barbarian , with a hammer feature similar to the main feature in Jackpot Carnival .
“ Conan ’ s hammer will now be knocking up the cash-on-reels values and awarding multipliers ,” says Terry . “ Similarly , we have a game called Fa Fa Fa that has a lot of the same play mechanics as Bank Buster . We ’ re still very committed to supporting all of the cabinets and providing value to operators by bringing some of the mechanics that have seen success in the lease space over to the for-sale side .”
The MarsX Fit cabinet , the shorter version of the MarsX Portrait designed to accommodate better sightlines than the original , “ became the darling of the show last year ,” says Terry . This year , the company will release classic game content on the cabinet , “ including staples that you still see on nearly every casino floor , especially in mature markets , with games like Wild Panda , Wicked Winnings and Two Wild Ways ,” Terry says .
Also on Mars Fit will be a brand extension of Bao Zhu Zhao Fu called Firecracker Fortunes . “ It ’ s an Americana-inspired Bao Zhu Zhao Fu triple-metamorphic game ,” explains Herrick .
Herrick notes that every game featured in Aristocrat ’ s booth will be available to casinos by the first half of 2025 . “ When we ’ re showing a product on the G2E floor , it ’ s important to us to deliver in a reasonable timeline on what we ’ re displaying ,” he says . “ Sometimes it ’ s cool to have a back room where we can tease products that are far out , but for the most part , operators want to see things that they ’ re going to be able to actually purchase .”
In all , Aristocrat ’ s G2E display will be comprised of approximately 90 percent new content .
There will also be areas within Aristocrat ’ s booth dedicated to the international markets such as LATAM and EMEA . “ These will be populated with games that we created specifically for these markets , in direct response to input from our customers ,” says Gissane .
“ At Aristocrat Gaming , we pride ourselves on offering premium products that deliver the best seat in the house wherever and whenever the world plays .”
50 Global Gaming Business OCTOBER 2024