Insight G2E: LAS VEGAS


Mission:Accomplished


Firing on all cylinders at G2E,AristocratTechnologies showed its newVerve cabinet alongside new licences and technologies


Aristocrat's new Verve cabinet is stunning. If Apple were to scale the iPhone beyond the iPad to the size of a slot machine, they'd arrive at the Verve - a sleek touchscreen driven gaming device (cabinet seems an inappropriate word). Already on trial in Nevada with the game Rockin' Olives, a title that also demonstrates the aural capabilities of the Verve to excellent effect, Aristocrat's Doug Fallon explained at G2E that feedback to the device had been phenomenal. “We have launched a number of games in the Verve cabinet at the show, including Tarzan, Rockin' Olives and Mission: Impossible, which have each drawn huge crowds to the stand and a great buzz around our latest products."


Each of the major slots manufacturers ticked the boxes of new cabinets, button panels, game mechanics, interactivity and big licensed themes. Aristocrat's launch of the Verve included a fibre-optic button panel which is driven by an LCD screen beneath the button deck that is protected by the fibre-optic button above which carries the image to the surface of the button while isolating the screen from the impact of the button hit. It's a clever


solution to the issue of panel resilience and one that shows the level of depth Aristocrat is investing in its new platforms and games.


New gameplay mechanics were evidenced by the Win Your Win feature, in which players choose their own pay-tables, with the backgrounds changing to show the player exactly what they're able to win on a wide variety of different spins. The game adapting to the player's choice within the same theme. Hyperloop is a game with a mechanical aspect, whereby the top box features a loop of ping pong balls held in a cylindrical hoop. The player spins the balls during the bonus features which plays out graphically and mechanically as the balls journey round the hoop and finally settle on the top video screen.


Speaking to David Punter from Aristocrat's Asia office, he was enthused by Imperial House, a game with an interesting drag and drop player mechanic that he's looking forward to introducing to his Asian customers. "Reel Power is very popular with Asian players, and in games such as Gazillions we are showing


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“We have launched a number of games in


the Verve cabinet at the show, including Tarzan, Rockin'


Olives andMission: Impossible,which have each drawn


huge crowds to the stand and a great buzz around our


latest products." Doug Fallon, Aristocrat


Technologies.


“ReelPower is very popularwith Asian players, and in games such as


Gazillionswe are showing the


innovation driving Aristocrat's latest products.Gazillions


enables the player to play four separate


games at once,while REMIXshuffles, swaps and


repositions all the


base game symbols fromtheir original positions."


DavidPunter Aristocrat


Technologies Asia.


the innovation driving Aristocrat's latest products," described Mr. Punter. “Gazillions enables the player to play four separate games at once, while REMIX shuffles, swaps and repositions all the base game symbols from their original positions."


Mission: Impossible took centre-stage on the Aristocrat stand with multiple Verve cabinets creating an interactive community and competitive feature rich game. Having secured the licence, the Mission: Impossible theme was created just eight weeks before the G2E show, but


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