Realistic Games launches The Fruit Machine

(PRESS RELEASE) -- Innovative slots and table games supplier Realistic Games has released The Fruit Machine, their first truly multi-channel game.

The five-reel, 20-line B2/B3 slot, which boasts a unique Reel Runner bonus round and an innovative gamble feature, is available to Ladbrokes' retail players via the terminals in their 2,000-strong U.K. estate.

The online game, which was launched simultaneously with the retail version, showcases many of the same features, appropriately tailored for its digital environment.

It includes a Super Game mode consisting of five linked spins, where the chances of entry to the bonus round are increased.

If three or four Reel Runner scatter symbols appear anywhere on the reels, the Reel Runner Bonus Round is awarded, while the appearance of five of them triggers the jackpot.

A near-namesake version, called The Fruit Factory, has also gone live with Realistic's other digital operating partners.

Realistic's new CEO, Andy Harris, described The Fruit Machine and its provision across multiple channels as a game-changer for the Reading-based provider.

"The Fruit Machine is not only a fantastic game; it is also available in every possible format, including gaming terminals in retail for the first time," Harris said. "As a company with its origins in land-based gaming, it is great to be able to draw on that heritage to help produce a ground-breaking game that provides the optimum player experience no matter what device you play it on.

"So many companies talk about multi-channel, but to actually deliver a game that plays equally well, and with great empathy, across the full range of key channels put us in the top rank of suppliers."

Realistic Games has enjoyed success with a number of its slots, recently producing Hot Cross Bunnies: Loadsabunny, an exciting sequel to its Hot Cross Bunnies game.

Their Super Graphics Upside-Down has twice been nominated for Game of the Year at the EGR magazine Operator Awards.