Strictly Slots July 2022

F or slot-makers lately, great new games and great new cabinets have gone hand in hand. Many of those new cabinet presentations these days are in large formats—and game developers have used those giant canvases to cre ate some of the best new game experiences on the slot floor. That’s the way it’s been with the VertX Grand cabinet from Las Vegas–based Gaming Arts.The VertX Grand, unveiled last summer, features an ultra-bright, 4K 49 inch portrait monitor, theater-quality sound, an ultra-bright LCD button deck, pro grammable LED play buttons, and attention-grabbing LED side lights. Developed during the pandemic shutdowns of 2020, the format is hitting its stride this summer with three great games that take full advantage of that larger-than life presentation. “We’ve been really pleased with the performance of our game titles on ourVertX Grand cabinet,”says JeanVenneman, chief operating officer of GamingArts.“The cabinet has shown to perform well on the floor, and it is visually stunning.And now we’ve got three additional new games that we think players are going to really, really enjoy.” KUNG FU EMPRESS The first of those three has just been released and is already extremely popular.Kung Fu Empress, based on the popular video game of the same name, uses the bigVertX Grand display for an expanding reels feature to great effect, but that’s only one of a generous package of bonus and primary-game features. “We’re really excited about just how feature-rich the game is,”Venneman says.“It offers a ton of entertainment,a ton of graphics,a ton of animations and a ton of intros and outros that are really entertaining.The bonuses are very Gaming Arts highlights its new VertX Grand cabinet with a trio of strong new games DISPLAY, BIG PLANS BIG BY FRANK LEGATO

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