{"id":1671,"date":"2021-12-16T23:21:57","date_gmt":"2021-12-16T11:21:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.skycitycasino.com\/blog\/?p=1671"},"modified":"2023-07-24T23:41:06","modified_gmt":"2023-07-24T11:41:06","slug":"best-festive-game-releases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.skycitycasino.com\/blog\/pokies\/best-festive-game-releases\/","title":{"rendered":"Best Festive Game Releases"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The festive season brings with it some exciting and new pokies to mark this time of the year. Just like presents wrapped and piled up under a Christmas Tree, game providers gifted us with a number of festive game releases in 2021.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Today, we will be taking a quick look at what we think are the best three Christmas pokies released this year.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is without taking anything away from the popular Festive themed pokies released in the previous years. Some that come to mind would be <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Christmas Carol Megaways<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Secrets of Christmas<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Festive Indulgence<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Aloha Christmas<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Let\u2019s sleigh the 2021 festive releases!<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><b>Santa\u2019s Wonderland<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1672 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.skycitycasino.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/DS-1020-Blog-Christmas-Games-Insert-2-1.jpg\" alt=\"santas wonderland\" width=\"580\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.skycitycasino.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/DS-1020-Blog-Christmas-Games-Insert-2-1.jpg 580w, https:\/\/www.skycitycasino.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/DS-1020-Blog-Christmas-Games-Insert-2-1-300x78.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.skycitycasino.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/DS-1020-Blog-Christmas-Games-Insert-2-1-480x124.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Starting off this merry festive game releases list is the one and only Santa himself in <\/span><b>Santa\u2019s Wonderland<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by Pragmatic Play. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This game is set in Santa\u2019s workshop. In the background, we can see a lot of gift boxes along with the icon clock marking midnight.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Santa\u2019s Wonderland<\/strong> comes with a massive eight by eight grid, clearing setting the tone that this game revolves around presents. Moreover, it is a <\/span><b>cluster grid<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> game where players need to hit five symbols connected horizontally or vertically for a payout.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Players cannot miss out on the colourful screen and Christmas cheer, along with colourful baubles. When it comes to symbols, there are four colourful baubles which are the lower-paying symbols. Starting off from the blue, green, red and orange bauble respectively.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Things start getting more interesting with the symbols of the traditional presents. The wooden plane, the wooden train and ultimately the teddy bear which is the highest paying symbol in this game.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Santa himself is the <\/span><b>WILD <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in this game and he can substitute for all symbols. The same WILD symbol can connect to form multiple winning combinations with different symbols.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The great tumble feature makes an appearance in this game. Winning combinations are paid out and replaced with new symbols. This means that you can add a little extra to a win if the tumble is kind.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Apart from being a fun and festive game to try out, it can result in some merry wins of up to <\/span><b>7,500x<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> your stake. Watch out as it is a <\/span><b>high volatility game<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><b>Jingle Ways MegaWays<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1678 size-full lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.skycitycasino.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/DS-1020-Blog-Christmas-Games-Insert-3-1.jpg\" alt=\"festive game releases\" width=\"580\" height=\"150\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.skycitycasino.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/DS-1020-Blog-Christmas-Games-Insert-3-1.jpg 580w, https:\/\/www.skycitycasino.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/DS-1020-Blog-Christmas-Games-Insert-3-1-300x78.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.skycitycasino.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/DS-1020-Blog-Christmas-Games-Insert-3-1-480x124.jpg 480w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 580px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 580\/150;\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1678 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.skycitycasino.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/DS-1020-Blog-Christmas-Games-Insert-3-1.jpg\" alt=\"festive game releases\" width=\"580\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.skycitycasino.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/DS-1020-Blog-Christmas-Games-Insert-3-1.jpg 580w, https:\/\/www.skycitycasino.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/DS-1020-Blog-Christmas-Games-Insert-3-1-300x78.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.skycitycasino.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/DS-1020-Blog-Christmas-Games-Insert-3-1-480x124.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Festive cheer is finally here and Santa is on his way, this time with <\/span><b>Jingle Ways Megaways<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by Red Tiger.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This merry and bright game comes with <\/span><b>117,649 win ways<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. To land a winning combination players need to get three or more matching symbols on adjacent reels starting from the first reel.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jingle Ways MegaWays comes with the all-time favourite <\/span><b>Thumble Feature<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. So whenever you have a winning combination, those symbols are removed and replaced with other symbols. This ultimately means that you can land various winning combinations from just one spin.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The best part about this game is that the man in red himself can randomly appear on the reels and present a gift that awards special features. The gift can be either one of the below:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Mega Wilds<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &#8211; these cover an entire reel. Up to <\/span><b>four Mega Wilds<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> can land simultaneously and can only appear on the middle four reels.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Festive Reels<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &#8211; this removes all the low paying symbols from the panel when activated, hence resulting in a guaranteed win.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Raining Wilds<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &#8211; as the name implies, a random number of wild symbols are sprinkled over the four middle reels for a guaranteed win.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Multiplier Boost &#8211; <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">this can only be triggered while the free spins bonus round is active.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><strong>Free Spins Feature<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Free Spins feature deserves its own limelight in this game. This is triggered by landing three or more Scatter symbols, which are the snow globe Free Spin symbols, anywhere on the reels.\u00a0 <\/span><b>Three scatters award eight Free Spins<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. During this Free Spins if you manage to land more scatter symbols you will be awarded <\/span><b>two extra Free Spins<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for each<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Being a festive and fun game, players need to keep in mind that Jingle Ways Megways is a <\/span><b>highly volatile game<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Players will get frequent wins even though they might not be the biggest win yet. The highest win is <\/span><b>10,500x<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> your total stake per spin.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For those players looking up the ultimate Christmas themed game, Jingle Way Megaways will surely not disappoint. Are you ready to have a Jingle Ways time?<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><b>Spinions Xmas Party<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1673 size-full lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.skycitycasino.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/DS-1020-Blog-Christmas-Games-Insert-1.jpg\" alt=\"Spinions Christmas party\" width=\"580\" height=\"150\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.skycitycasino.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/DS-1020-Blog-Christmas-Games-Insert-1.jpg 580w, https:\/\/www.skycitycasino.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/DS-1020-Blog-Christmas-Games-Insert-1-300x78.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.skycitycasino.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/DS-1020-Blog-Christmas-Games-Insert-1-480x124.jpg 480w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 580px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 580\/150;\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1673 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.skycitycasino.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/DS-1020-Blog-Christmas-Games-Insert-1.jpg\" alt=\"Spinions Christmas party\" width=\"580\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.skycitycasino.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/DS-1020-Blog-Christmas-Games-Insert-1.jpg 580w, https:\/\/www.skycitycasino.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/DS-1020-Blog-Christmas-Games-Insert-1-300x78.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.skycitycasino.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/DS-1020-Blog-Christmas-Games-Insert-1-480x124.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The last of the festive game releases but surely not the least. We could not leave this one out of the best new releases with a festive theme for 2021. Spinions have done it again this time by leaving the <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">beach <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and heading to a snowy Christmas party. Here we are referring to none other than the <\/span><b>Spinions Xmas Party<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by Quickspin.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This game is actually a far cry from the New Zealandish festive season. The background screen is very simply designed and it\u2019s covered in snow. The Spinions themselves are wearing all sorts of scarves and jumpers.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Set on five reels and three rows, the Spinions Xmas Party comes with <\/span><b>25 fixed pay lines<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. No Spinions fun party is complete without the <\/span><b>Sticky Wild Respins<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><b>Sticky Wilds<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the <\/span><b>Free Spins Bonus<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">During the game, the Spinions appear as a <\/span><b>Wild <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">symbol. Landing five of them pay back 20x the bet. Also, the Spinion Wild symbols substitute for all other symbols except the Bonus Scatter symbol.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Bonus Scatter Symbol can appear on reels one, three, and five. Landing three Bonus Scatter Symbols triggers 10 Free Spins.<\/span><\/p>\n<h5><strong>Sticky Wild Respins<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When two or more Spinion <\/span><b>Wilds <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">land on the reels, the <\/span><b>Sticky Wild Respins<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> are triggered. The Wild symbols stay <\/span><b>sticky <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">for the duration of the ReSpins. If you manage to land another Wild symbol, this will remain sticky and another ReSpin is triggered. The feature ends when no new Spinions are added.<\/span><\/p>\n<h5><strong>Free Spins Feature<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When landing <\/span><b>three Bonus Scatter<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> symbols on a single spin, the<\/span><b> Spinions Xmas Party Free Spins Feature<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is triggered. This means that you will be awarded <\/span><b>10 Free Spins<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">! Any Spinion Wilds landing during the Free Spins Bonus stays sticky for the duration of the Free Spins.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Are you ready to join our favourite orange dudes and dudettes?<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Playing Responsibly during the festive season<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Whilst wishing you a spectacular festive season, we also wish to take this opportunity to remind you to keep the fun in the game.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At SkyCity Online Casino you can find a number of tools at your disposal in order to play responsibly. It is important to<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.skycitycasino.com\/account\/responsible-gaming\/view-limits\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">set limits<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for yourself so that you will not get in the habit of betting money that you cannot afford to risk.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Playing at an online casino is a form of entertainment and should never be considered as a way of generating income.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">[button link=&#8221;https:\/\/www.skycitycasino.com\/blog\/resources\/responsible-gaming-tools\/&#8221; type=&#8221;big&#8221; newwindow=&#8221;yes&#8221;]Play Responsibly[\/button]<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The festive season brings with it some exciting and new pokies to mark this time of the year. 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