Join Negan, Rick & Carol to Survive Playtech’s The Walking Dead!

Sherriff Deputy Rick Grimes is Back in Action!

In June, Playtech announced they had clinched a deal with AMC Networks for exclusive worldwide rights to a host of AMC and WE TV-branded titles, including the hugely popular The Walking Dead by AMC plus WE TV’s Bridezillas and the Marriage Boot Camp franchise. The agreement would allow Playtech to create online slots and instant wins based on the hit tv series for a global audience. At the time, we were given release dates of 2022, but we’ve some good news!

The world’s leading gambling technology company is ahead of schedule, and this means one of their television-branded slot machines and scratchcards is now very much available to play!

At the time, Shimon Akad, Chief Operating Officer at Playtech, said: “We are honoured to have been chosen as AMC Networks’ exclusive partner to bring their flagship brands to the online gaming market. Playtech has a long and proud history of combining the very best brands with our industry leading products; this new partnership demonstrates our continued commitment to delivering an entertainment-led experience to key strategic audiences across regulated markets.”

“You’re as Cold as Ice Officer Friendly”

Boasting 5-reels and 50 win lines, The Walking Dead slot machine aims to recreate vital storylines from the television series, with Negan, Rick, Michonne, Carol and Daryl at the forefront of the plot. Negan was once a man who loved nothing more than splattering the brains of the living onto the walls with Lucille, his baseball bat full of nails, but he’s long since a changed man and is doing his best to uphold his promise to keep the dead at bay.

Daryl and Carol (why these two never got it together I’ll never know), are a little weary of Negan and his newly changed ways, but Rick has a forgiving nature. Michonne is there to wield her sword and keep the undead from gaining access to Alexandria. You’ve a part to play in the battle of the living vs the dead, and you can help by picking up some weapons along the way.

Aaron Berndtson, Head of Strategic Partnership & Entertainment at Playtech, added: “The Walking Dead is a once-in-a-generation franchise, and we look forward to delivering best-in-class games true to the loyal and passionate audience. Additionally, to partner on the iconic Bridezillas and Marriage Boot Camp brands, which have been part of the lexicon for years, complements our branded content strategy to deliver the most engaging entertainment experience in the market. We cannot wait to start working together with AMC Networks to bring these products to life.”

“Life is Always a Test”

There are multiple bonuses available including wilds, two bonus spins rounds, re-spins and more, including a jackpot win chance! The hand with the word ‘WILD’ is the wild symbol in the game and will substitute for all symbols except scatter and coins. The symbol with 3 shields showing ‘FREE GAMES’ is the scatter symbol in the game. Coin symbols appear on the reels displaying a cash value, a key or a Biohazard Sign.

Three or more scatter symbols anywhere on the reels trigger 6 free games in 1 of 5 bonus spins modes:

• The Horde Free Games: During The Horde feature, each wild and coin symbol landing on reels 2, 3 or 4 will expand to fill the reel. Look out for zombies!
• Saviours Free Games: During this bonus, each wild and coin symbol landing on reels 2, 3 or 4 will receive a random multiplier and each position on those reels will get its own multiplier too. Multipliers are additive.
• Alexandria Re-Spins: Every time a full stack of coin symbols lands anywhere on the reels, the re-spins feature starts. During re-spins, the free games counter will be frozen. The stack shifts 1 position to the left on each spin. Three or more coins in addition to the stack of coins during the Alexandria Re-spins triggers The Tower Feature. The re-spins will end when the coin stack leaves the reels or after The Tower Feature is completed. Free games will then resume. When 6 or more coins appear on the same spin, The Tower Feature is immediately triggered without triggering re-spins.
• The Whisperers Free Games: Every spin sees up to 3 reels appearing as special reels with distinct graphics of wilds or coins only. The Tower Feature is accessible via the Whisperers Free Games feature.
• Wild Walkers Re-Spins: When a stack of wild symbols fully lands anywhere on the reels, they are transformed into Wild Walkers, and the re-spins feature starts. Free games counter is frozen at this point. The Wild Walkers stack shifts 1 position to the left on each spin and will continue until it shifts off the reels, when this happens, the free games commence.

The Tower Feature is where one of four jackpots can be won with coins locking into place and re-spins taking place. As long as new coins are landing, more re-spins will take place. The feature will end when you either have an entire grid of coins or no more re-spins remaining. Mega multipliers are active during the feature all thanks to locked coins and key symbols. Jackpots available are:

• The GRAND prize value = total bet x 1,000
• The MAJOR prize value = total bet x 200
• The MINOR prize value = total bet x 50
• The MINI prize value = total bet x 20

Clayton Neuman, VP of Games at AMC Networks, comments: “From undead hordes of flesh-eating walkers to an army of enraged brides, AMC Networks is home to some of the most explosive dramas on television. We are delighted to partner with Playtech to deliver that same action and excitement from our iconic brands for the first time in a world-class online gaming experience.” 

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Source: “Playtech and AMC Networks Announce Multi-Title Gaming Partnership”. Playtech. June 14, 2021.