Brave The Depths With Pragmatic Play’s Release The Kraken Video Slot

In Pragmatic Play’s newest undersea video slot, Release the Kraken, they invite you into the abyss in search of rich rewards and action-packed bonus features.

Melissa Summerfield, Chief Commercial Officer at Pragmatic Play, said:

“With its immersive setting, thrilling gameplay and giant win potential, we are sure players will be battling the fearsome Kraken in search of its treasure.”

Who truly knows what the denizens of the deep guarding down there? Take a deep breath and dive right in.

 Get Lost In The Abyss

Release the Kraken is set deep in uncharted ocean trenches where mankind is the intruder and creatures of myth and legend rule. Your ears are filled with haunting undersea calls and wails, the air you breathe to survive bubbles loudly making it impossible to know the Kraken may appear.

The reels are set against the backdrop of a long-lost sunken pirate ship and are bordered with a frame cobbled together from driftwood, old rope and strips of metal.

Despite the ominous Kraken and foreboding sound design the symbols of Release the Kraken are rather cartoony and somewhat at odds with the ambiance of the slot.

The highest value symbol on the reels is the anchor bearing Release the Kraken logo which pays out at 25x your bet. This is followed by the toothy Shark, cute little Turtle and two other non-descript fish.

The stylised Ace, King, Queen and Jack symbols make up the slot machines four lowest paying symbols with a reward of 2x-5x your bet.

The game features a Wild symbol made up of bubbles as well as three Bonus symbols which include the aforementioned Pirate Ship, a Free Spins ships wheel and a Treasure Chest adorned with a skull.

 Summon The Kraken

Release the Kraken is a high volatility slot machine that is played on an unusual 5-reel 4-row game board and is loaded with 20 fixed ways to win. Pragmatic Play have set the stakes to be as inclusive as possible with low end spins costing only €0.20 and the option to push them as high as €100 for the more adventurous player.

Beware those bet settings though as Release the Kraken bears a treasure chest worth 10,000x your bet. With its higher than average RTP of 96.5% the game holds the potential to deliver magnificent rewards to those who fortune favours.

Release the Kraken has been loaded with a series of entertaining features:

✓Kraken Wilds with Modifiers

During any spin, the game could summon the mighty Kraken from the depths to… hold up Pick Me signs. That is correct the overlord of the deep allows you to pick one of three signs which will trigger the following Wild modifier feature:

• Colossal Kraken Wilds: Selecting this feature will see the next spin awarded with a single 3x4 Colossal Wild symbol somewhere on the reels.
• Infectious Kraken Wilds: This feature guarantees a single 1x1 infectious Wild will appear on the reels, however, it transforms all adjacent symbols into Wilds.
• Locking Kraken Wilds: Triggering this feature will cause up to 3 treasure chests to appear on the reels. These chests will randomly contain either More Wilds, Bonus Spins, All Wins and Collect, or finally Collect.

✓Roaming Kraken Free Spins

This feature begins by placing you in a screen loaded with 10 treasure chests. You need to pick chests to open with each of the 9 chests contain additional Free Spins and one containing a Collect symbol. Gather as many free games as possible before finding the Collect chest.

During your Free Spins, all Wilds on the screen will become Sticky but change positions at random with each new spin. Each additional Wild you land on the reels will also increase your active Win Multiplier by +1.

To give you the best possible chance to claiming a big win the paylines in the Free Spins feature are doubled to 40 ways to win!

✓Sunken Treasure Bonus

Triggering the Sunken Treasure feature takes you to screen where the reels spin non-stop as you choose from among 3 available chests. Each chest contains either a Cash Prize symbol, the option to Continue or the Collect symbol.

The aim is to gather as many Cash Prize symbols as possible, or at the very least get another round by clicking the Continue chest. All rewards as calculated and the feature ended by opening a chest containing the Collect symbol.

 Deeply Entertaining

At first glance the switch from a potentially dark slot to a more upbeat cartoony one feels like a loss, however, the game soon makes you forget all that when you begin summoning Pick Me tentacles, unlock Roaming Kraken Wilds and spin to win the entertaining and rewarding Free Spins feature. Release the Kraken is a great piece of escapism loaded with several great features and the chance to take home 10,000x your bet! This slot is a winner by anyone’s standards.