Playtech is one of the biggest software developers in the online casino industry offering several hundred high-quality games, however it is their range of Marvel slots which are most popular amongst players.
There are currently 15 Marvel slot machines at Playtech casinos and we had only reviewed 4 of them – but that all changes now. In the last few days we have reviewed three more of these incredible games (Captain America, Fantastic Four and The Avengers) and we plan on reviewing the others within the next few months. If you are eager to play them all already make sure you check out Bet365 Casino – it’s by far the best Playtech casino around!
Whether you are a fan of the comics, the movies, or simply love playing slots – these are must play games and they could see you win a life changing amount thanks to the Ultimate Power Progressive Jackpot which is usually worth several hundred thousand, and sometimes even over a million. There are also three other smaller progressive jackpots to keep you enticed while spinning the reels (as if the games weren’t exciting enough with all their bonus features)!
Captain America
Captain America was one of the earliest Marvel characters and remains one of the most popular. Playtech released the Captain America slot in the Summer of 2013 however since its release it has rapidly become one of the most played Marvel slots. Once you load the slot you will see Captain America in the background on the left, his shield in the center, and his nemesis Red Skull on the right, however the symbols used are very basic indeed. They only feature the Captain America logo, a few of the movie characters, and playing card symbols, though if you land five Captain America or Red Skull character symbols in a row you will be rewarded with 5,000x your line bet.
The ‘Super Energy Free Games’ feature in Captain America is simply incredible. It is activated by landing Captain America on reel one, the free spins symbol on reel three, and Red Skull on reel three. You are then given four free spins, but what is most interesting is you are taken to a new screen where you must select from 9 symbols to boost your spins. You could get additional free spins (+4), a +1 multiplier, a free games retrigger (places a free spins symbol on center reel giving you a chance to retrigger it during play), an expanding wild which can cover a whole reel, two super spins, or there is a ‘collect’ symbol which simply takes you to your four standard free spins.
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Fantastic Four
The Fantastic Four first appeared in the public eyes way back in 1961 when Marvel Comics first released a comic on the superhero team. It wasn’t until 2010 that Playtech released the Fantastic Four slot machine and it is now one of the most popular online slots by Playtech. There are actually two slot versions, both of which feature 5 reels, however one contains 20 lines and the newer version has 50 lines. All of the superhero characters are used as symbols including Mister Fantastic, Invisible Woman, Human Torch, and Thing. A great feature is that when you land a win on a line featuring one of the Marvel characters their symbol turns into an animation, with a different one attributed to each character. The highest paying symbol is the Fantastic Four logo which rewards 10,000 coins for landing five of them in one spin.
The biggest attraction of playing the Fantastic Four slot machine is its sensational free spins mode. To trigger the free spins mode you need to land three or more scatter symbols anywhere on the reels and you are then rewarded with a total of 12 free spins which are supplemented with bonuses should you cover the center reel with one of the characters. When it’s Mister Fantastic you receive four additional free spins plus an expanding wild of him available on all reels, for the Invisible Woman you get four more free spins with an increased multiplier each time you land her symbol on the reels, for the Human Torch it’s also four extra free spins with the first reel wild for your first spin and him replacing all of the other character symbols, and for Thing you only receive three more free spins but every Thing symbol you land stays in place and becomes wild.
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The Avengers
The first Avengers comic was published back in 1963 and hit our screens at the box office in 2012 which led to Playtech releasing The Avengers slot machine midway through 2013 – and it has become one of their most played online slots for real money. It is a 5 reel, 20 payline slot and as you would expect from such a blockbuster game it features all the main Avengers characters as symbols on the reels. You will be greeted with Captain America, Iron Man, Thor, and Incredible Hulk who are also joined by Nick Fury, Hawkeye and Black Widow. It is the S.H.I.E.L.D. symbol (the games Wild) which has the highest value in The Avengers, with five of them being worth 10,000 coins.
On top of the progressive jackpots featured, there are two other very exciting bonus features in The Avengers. Firstly is the ‘Avengers Assemble’ feature which rewards you with 200x your line bet should you land Captain America, Thor, Iron Man, Hulk and Nick Fury in any order consecutively on the reels. The other is the free spins mode which is titled ‘Wall of Heroes’. This feature is triggered when you land three or more Avenger logos anywhere on the reels and sees you taken to a different screen where you are presented with 20 avenger symbols – your task being picking them at random until you match three characters and you then play their free spins mode, returning to pick more symbols when you finish until you find the Loki symbol. Captain America earns you 9 free spins with a random multiplier of 2x to 5x attached to each spin, Iron Man also earns you 9 free spins this time with a wild placed in the center of reel 3 for all spins and you begin with a 1x multiplier which increases by one every three spins, Thor again rewards you with 9 free spins with between 0 and 5 wilds added to the reels after each spin you make, and finally Hulk rewards you with 9 free spins with stacked Hulk wilds on the center reel.
