Microgaming offers two western themed video slots featuring women. Sunset Showdown and Pistoleras are fairly old. So the leading software provider has launched the more male aspects of Westerns through its new video slot titled Showdown Saloon. It has been developed by Fortune Factory Studios exclusively for Microgaming. It has gone live on December 4 at online casinos like All Slots, Platinum Play and Gaming Club.

Showdown Saloon is a five reels, three rows and 15 paylines slot game loaded with thrilling features and vibrant artwork. The high paying symbols include features richly depicted saloon accessories, such as pistols, playing cards, craps dice, whisky and poker chips. The low paying symbols are stylised playing card icons. The background audio includes distinctive sound effects such as train whistles and ricocheting bullets and helps build suspense and intensity.

Large Mystery Stacks are loaded on every reel. Each reel’s Mystery Stack is replaced by a single symbol, with a maximum of three different symbols substituting across all five reels. In addition, the Mystery Stacks on reels one and two will always get the same matching symbol. The Re-Spin feature is triggered when the full stacks of the same symbol land on reels one and two. These stacks are then locked and the remaining reels spin again. Mystery Stacks within the remaining reels always match the symbol in the locked reels, increasing the chances of payline wins or retriggering more respins. The ultimate result is a full reel blackout of a single symbol. And if this is a high paying one then the rewards are humungous.

Showdown Saloon includes an exciting bonus feature that awards Free Spins with Re-spins. It is triggered by the gun-toting cowboy. Players can win 5, 10 or 15 free spins depending on how much of the screen they can cover with the cowboy. In free spins, Mystery Stacks always match across all reels. It is much easier to fill the reel deck with matching symbols. So players can set their sights on some high stakes wins up to 1500x their bet.

David Reynolds, Games Publisher at Microgaming, said, “Showdown Saloon is a fast-paced, thrilling and rewarding experience for all kinds of players.” He pointed out that this was the second game under the Fortune Factory Studios brand. The first one was Romanov Riches, which went live in October. Reynolds added that there are plenty more exclusive titles coming from this talented team.