ICE PICKS
“Say hello to my little… slot!”
game provider’s most popular video slot titles, Gonzo’s Quest and Jack Hammer, are the first to undergo the conversion, and will initially be joined by blackjack on the platform. ICE is a geographical anomaly much like the
Bermuda Triangle in that when you just wander around aimlessly you seem to bump into all the big companies, but as soon as you actually need to be at a particular stand it’s as if the exhibitors all move round and swap places like books in a haunted house. I somehow find myself back at the Microgaming bar time and time again like some kind of alcoholic pigeon while trying to get to BetSoft for an appointment. Luckily Microgaming has a big name movie tie-in
of its own to announce, having successfully signed a licensing agreement for two massive Batman properties. This huge coup gives Microgaming permission to develop online video slot games using animation materials, themes and characters from both The Dark Knight motion picture (the third highest grossing film of all time in the
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US), and from this summer’s blockbuster: The Dark Knight Rises. The first of these games will be released summer 2012, with The Dark Knight Rises slot following on in 2012. No wonder they have a big bar. Talking of the bar, here’s a joke: How do you know
you’re at a trade show bar? Answer: when you spend an hour and a half sitting in one with a PR agency and they STILL don’t buy you a drink! Learning to extract enough moisture from a free jelly bean to last a whole day is a skill very few journalists manage. In extreme cases hungry young staff writers have died trying to eat stress balls. Such is the toll of a trade show.
FOOD UPDATE
The Quixant stand has very small plates of Parma ham and pots of pistachios. It’s very minimalist but still has me drooling down my press pass as I waft towards a bowl of boiled fruit sweets I’ve spotted up for grabs at the Bally Technologies stand. Bally is also touting a movie licensed slot, this time based upon the legendary John Travolta/Olivia Newton John musical, Grease. This title is Bally’s first double-play game, enabling the player to effectively play two 25- line games at once. It also offers seven grease-themed bonus features with ‘big win movie celebrations’ so should liven up any dull slot session. Making off with more than my fair share of Bally’s boiled sweets I find myself once again at Intralot
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