The Mummy Slot Released by Playtech - 12-28-11

December 28 - Online casino software provider, Playtech, has released its second Universal Studios-branded video slot game to online casinos that use its software.

The new Playtech released The Mummy slot is based on the 1999 movie starring Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz, which itself was loosely based on a 1932 horror movie of the same name.

The movie, directed by Stephen Sommers, grossed over $400 million around the world and was the catalyst for sequels in 2001 (The Mummy Returns) and 2008 (The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor), as well as several spin off movies.

The Mummy slots incorporates all of the excitement of the original movie and features such popular characters as Rick O'Connell and Evelyn Carnahan, as well as the High Priest Imhotep, to make the game even more realistic.

Some of the most striking scenes from the 1999 movie can be viewed in the slot game when winning combinations are landed.

The video slot game has been billed as one of the most exciting releases of the year and is expected to become a major hit at Playtech-powered online casinos.

The Mummy Slot Boasts Dazzling Features

The Mummy Slot is not only graphically stunning, it also boasts dazzling features which promise to keep players entertained for hours.

Lost City Adventure

This is one of the key features of the Mummy video slot game and it is randomly activated during game play. In order to win bonus points, players need to choose ancient boxes, which also produce one of six special features, each one offering its own rewards.

• Scorpion Scatter Feature - presents an extra scatter symbol (the Rock) and extra payouts.

• Expanding Mummy Feature - The Mummy icon becomes an expanding wild.

• Scarab Attack Feature - If players land a wild icon on reel 3, it produces two random wilds.

• Collapsing Reels Feature - Symbols which appear in a winning combination 'explode' and fill empty spaces in order to see higher payouts.

• Mummy Power Feature - Wild symbols which create a winning combination also multiply payouts by 3.

• Mummy Re Spin Feature - Wild symbol freezes the winning reel for free respins until another winning combination is made.

Free Spins

If players land the Balloon symbol on reels one, three and five, they earn five free spins and one super spin.

Mummy Hunt

When the Mummy Hunt logo appears on reels one and five simultaneously, a second screen bonus game is triggered, where players need to kill up to ten mummies in order to win prizes.

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