Microgaming has just released Beautiful Bones, a slot game based on the local Mexican festival Day of the Dead. There are plenty of festivals celebrated globally and Microgaming has many online slots for most of them. They are live at online casinos such as Golden Riviera, All Slots and Platinum Play.

The best Valentine’s Day video slots are those that go back a few centuries when romancing was a fine art. Microgaming’s Starlight Kiss is perfect for the occasion. The lass and her beau pay the most and unabashedly express their love in the win animations. The other romantic symbols are the love letter and the box of chocolates. The mansion awards 14 free spins at doubled payouts. The couple trigger a pick objects bonus game on the second screen.

Mardi Gras is one of the most colourful festivals, especially the parade in Rio. The Mardi Gras Fever online slot symbols include the Samba queen, jester, jazz musicians and dragon. Peppy background music enlivens the atmosphere. In the bonus game on the second screen you select three windows to win bonus credits. The Irish festival of Saint Patrick’s Day is associated with luck and is therefore very popular at online casinos. Microgaming offers a slot game titled Rainbow’s End. The symbols used are rainbow, leprechaun, shamrock, lucky horse shoe and toadstools. The expanding wild symbol is a pot of gold. The leprechaun triggers 15 free spins at doubled payouts. Microgaming is lacking a proper Easter themed online slot game. Perhaps this will come sooner rather than later.

Coming to the latter half of the year, Halloween is the first festival. The trend in current online slots is to feature sexy young witches. But the popularity of Halloweenies endures because it is based on trick or treat. Witch, werewolf, skeleton and Frankenstein are the trick symbols, whereas delicious sweets offer the treats. The bonus features include 13 free spins and a pick pumpkins game. Sweet Harvest is appropriately the Thanksgiving themed with symbols like pumpkin, corn, basket of vegetables and barn. The free spins feature is rewarding with additional stacked wild symbols. Deck the Halls captures the spirit of Christmas with symbols that include Christmas tree, reindeer, roast turkey, log fire and stockings. Santa Claus appears stacked on the reels and the game logo is the wild symbol. The bonus game wards 10 free spins in which all the payouts are doubled.