Everything We Know About New Lara Croft Temples And Tombs Slot

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Back in January, we told you that Microgaming had re-signed up with Square Enix to create a new Tomb Raider slot for 2019.

They are one of the longest and most successful partnerships between a brand and a casinos game provider. And it makes sense – both are game makers and respect their contribution to their own genre.

Square Enix has a great gaming character that everyone knows and love, but their expertise are Playstations, Xboxes and gaming consoles.

Microgaming is one of the biggest online slots creators, and the original Tomb Raider slot and then the sequel Tomb Raider Secret of the Sword were both massive hits thanks to them.

How do you play the New Lara Croft slot?

Unlike the last two games, this won’t be using the usual Tomb Raider brand, but instead putting the heroine front and centre.

It certainly looks impressive.

This Lara Croft Temples and Tombs is a 5 reel, 243 ways to win slot machine with cascading wins, increasing multipliers, free spins and 3 in-game jackpots.

Technically, if we are going to be honest, this isn’t a Microgaming Lara Croft slot. Nope. The casino studio creating this new game is Triple Edge Studios… which is owned by Microgaming.

See how this goes?

So it’s a little odd, but we have faith that a game studio like Microgaming wouldn’t entrust one of their biggest brands to just any old intern.

A Quick look at the slot features in this Temples and Tombs:

• 5 x3 reel slot game with 243 ways to win
• You get wins by getting 3 or more consecutive symbols from left to right
• Min/Max Bet: 0.20 / 200
• RTP: 96.05%
• Medium variance
• Rolling or Cascading Reels with an increasing multiplier on every win
• 3 in-Game Jackpots
• Trigger up to 32 starting free spins round with bigger multiplier on the cascading wins

That’s the game in a nutshell, but what does it all mean?

Is this new Tomb Raider casino game any good?

Until the 8th of May 2019, it will be almost impossible to tell whether this will be any good.

However, having a look at the features list, it certainly feels like this new casino game will have a certain Gonzo’s Quest game feel to it… or did we miss the point?

Adventurer, seeking treasure in an ancient tomb, stone blocks falling onto the reels and exploding on a win, big multipliers on each successive win…

But then again, the comparison may be unfair. After all, any cascading win slot with multipliers will generally be compared with Gonzo, because he’s the gold standard.

But even the multipliers are the same

So because the symbols explode on a win, a second set of symbols fall from above. If you get another win, the multiplier increases and so on.

In the base game the multipliers are:

• Initial spin – 1x multiplier
• 1st win – 2x multiplier
• 2nd win – 3x multiplier
• 3rd win and more – 5x multiplier

In the free spin bonus games the multiplier increase to:

• Initial spin – 3x multiplier
• 1st win – 6x multiplier
• 2nd win – 9x multiplier
• 3rd win and more – 15x multiplier

Which is exactly the same as Gonzo! So you know that any Lara Croft slot review is just going to compare one to the other – and if it doesn’t match up, no one will play the new game if the original is better.

Ah ha! But Lara Croft is a jackpot slot!

That’s true. Triple Edge Studios have announced that there will be three in-game jackpots in this new slot, ranging from somewhere around 10x to 20x your bet in the minor jackpot up to 5,000 times your bet as the major.

Will it be a progressive jackpot that increases with every player bet? That’s not been confirmed yet. As soon as we know, you’ll know.

But at least it looks like there will be real treasure in this game that won’t require big multipliers to catch – just a whole load of luck.

When is this Lara Croft Temples And Tombs Slot released?

The official release date for the Lara Croft Temples And Tombs Slot is the 8th of May.

We are looking forward to it, because even if it’s not Microgaming creating this branded phone game, Triple Edge has not disappointed us so far.

And it’s ok if you don’t know who they are. They exclusively create content only for Microgaming, so it’s easy to get the two confused as they load with the Quickfire banner and are only found at Microgaming Casinos online, Android and iOS.

And this new Tomb Raider 2019 slot looks impressive, in theme if nothing else. With our heroine front and centre and a real adventurous theme, we will almost definitely be taking more than our fair share of spins come May 8th.

Who cares if it’s stealing from other machines. Hopefully, it will have its own unique charm that might make this the modern favourite over Gonzo. Who knows? It could happen.

What shall I play until May the 8th 2019?

How about discovering some of the hidden gems created by Triple Edge Studios?

Their Snow and Sable slot was a decent 5 reel game, but it was what you’d call a very classic take on a very Microgaming looking game.

For something a little more unusual we would try the Wicked Tales Dark Red mobile game which has 25 paylines but wandering reels (yes reels, not wilds) and mega symbols. You’ll be charmed by this dark creature, we promise.

However, if you really want to see what they are capable of, we’d take a quick spin on the Playboy Gold slot machine which has 6 reels, 10 rows and 100 paylines, with two beautiful hostesses keeping you company the whole way through.

And where can you find these great Microgaming inspired games? At one of the best Microgaming casinos Grand Mondial, who give you up to 150 spins on the Mega Moolah slot on your very first deposit.

Now that’s a good way to get introduced into the world of Microgaming.