New Online Casino Games October (Week 44) 2023 – Spooky Slots Time – 46 New Casino Games!

Our New Online Casino Games October (Week 44) 2023 update brings you news of a whopping 46 new casino games launched last week! (Image courtesy of casinoplusbonus.com)

Have you stocked up on the candies for when the kids come trick or treating? Decided on the horror movie playlist and prepared your creepiest Halloween costume? Then, the only thing left to do is decide which Halloween-themed casino games to enjoy. Fortunately, I am here to give you the lowdown on all the casino game releases (not just Halloween slots) released since our update last week.

I was expecting more releases than usual, as always is the case over Halloween, but I was not expecting as many as there were. In this New Online Casino Games October (Week 44) 2023 update, I will bring you news of an astonishing 46 new casino game releases. One-third of those were Halloween-themed titles. With that 46, we’re now up to 1,224 new casino games launched since the start of the year.

The majority of those titles were video slots, but there were also a few live casino games launched last week. Two came off the conveyor belt at Evolution with Red Door Roulette and Prosperity Tree baccarat. Plus, Playtech Live got in on the act with the launch of K-Pop Roulette. Relax Gaming and Blueprint added to their respective Dream Drop and Jackpot King progressive jackpot networks with the releases of Snake’s Gold Dream Drop and King Kong Cash Even Bigger Bananas Jackpot King.

Recap Last Report: If you want more slots, especially Halloween-themed games, then check out our most recent new casino games updates prior to this one. Start with our New Casino Games October (Week 43) here and use this section in that update to go back to the week before.

This Week’s Halloween-Themed Casino Games

Halloween-themed slot releases have been coming thick and fast in recent weeks, but none more so than this one. That makes sense, as the spookiest time of the year is right upon us.

With that in mind, before I dive into some mini-reviews of the week’s best slot releases, let me give you the list of 14 frightening Halloween-themed games that debuted in the past week. You will see each of those titles in the accompanying box.

Those, coupled with the dozens of others released over the past few weeks, mean you have more than enough hauntingly-good titles to enjoy over the Halloween period.

Top 5 New Online Casino Games October (Week 44) 2023

You will even find a couple of Halloween-themed slots among our top 5 slot releases of the previous week. Dia De Los Muertos 2 from Endorphina and The Eternal Widow™ from Just For The Win® Studios will both prove excellent choices for slot action over the spooky season. BGaming’s Merge Up™, Wazdan’s Sizzling Eggs™, and  The Money Men Megaways™  from Pragmatic Play round off our top 5 slot releases of the past week.

• Cascading Feature: Dia De Los Muertos 2 operates with a cascading feature, so all winning symbols will be paid out, and then they will disappear. This creates new spaces for symbols to drop down and for new symbols to drop in from above. The cascading makes it possible to win multiple times on a single spin as it continues until there are no more winning combinations formed.
• Free Spins: By hitting 4 or more Catrina bonus symbols anywhere on the reels, it will unlock the free spins feature and award 15 free spins.
• Bonus Multiplier: During all spins, there will be the chance to win multipliers from 2x to 500x. In free spins, they will be added together and will apply at the end of the round.
• Risk Game: Players can choose to gamble further by betting their spin winnings for the chance of increasing it by 10x. At the same time, you risk losing everything. The risk game will be a card game played against the dealer.
• Buy Bonus: This feature allows players to purchase a free spins round anytime. The purchase price is shown on the button that activated the feature, and it will auto-update when you change your bet.

The excellent graphics and gameplay in Dia De Los Muertos 2 are a tribute to the level at which Endorphina produces its games. If you enjoy slots based on the famous Mexican Day of the Dead, check out Dia De Los Muertos, the original by Endorphina. Also, BGaming has Halloween Bonanza, Lady Wolf Moon Megaways, and Lucky Dama Muerta. Pragmatic Play’s Muertos Multiplier Megaways and Taberna De Los Muertos by Habanero also have themes based on the Day of the Dead.

Combination Spin Bet Multipliers: Dia De Los Muertos 2 functions with pay-anywhere mechanics. Symbols can land on any position, and they will trigger payouts as long as there are 8 or more identical symbols on the reels. The more symbols there are, the higher the winning multiplier, with the highest multiplier awarded for 12 or more matching symbols. The highest multipliers are the following: guitar (50x), shakers (25x), chile (15x), lime (12x), gold skull (10x), red skull (8x), blue skull (5x), purple skull (4x), green skull (2x). The bonus symbol landing 6 times will get a 100x multiplier and free spins.

• Merge Up: The Merge Up feature applies whenever four or more identical symbols land adjacent vertically or horizontally, forming a cluster. These symbols will form a winning cluster, and payouts will be made, after which some symbols will disappear, and the remaining symbols will be upgraded to symbols of the next level. There are nine levels of symbols in total.
• Scatter Symbol: The scatter symbol is the symbol of the 9th level, so it will appear when 8th-level symbols get upgraded. The scatter can also appear on the reels at random. Four or more scatter symbols will trigger free spins.
• Free Spins: 4, 5, or 6 scatter symbols will trigger 15, 18, or 20 free spins, respectively. Free spins can also be retriggered during the round by landing 4 or more scatter symbols.
• Free Spins Multiplier Cells: There is an added multiplier feature during the free spins. When a winning cluster is made, those cells are marked, and it receives a 2x multiplier for the next spin, and it will only apply if winning symbols land on those marked cells. Every time winning clusters are formed on marked cells, the multiplier will increase by 2x for the next spin. The cell multiplier can go as high as 128x.
• Buy Bonus: At any time, a player can purchase the free spins feature for a purchase price of 100x your current bet.
• Chance 2x: Increase your chances by increasing your bet with the 2x button.

BGaming always stays ahead of the competition with its design and game features. If you enjoyed Merge Up, you should check out more popular BGaming slots like Wild Cash Dice or Lucky Crew. If you want to play the demo for Merge UP™, head over to the Merge UP™ demo.

Combination Spin Bet Multipliers: Merge Up operates with cluster pay mechanics. Whenever identical symbols land in a cluster, they will trigger payouts. Clusters are 4 or more symbols that land adjacent vertically or horizontally. The minimum amount of symbols you need is 4 and the highest multiplier is awarded for 12 or more symbols. When 12 or more symbols are combined, players will receive the following multipliers (this is also the order of the symbol levels): pink octagram (50x), red heart (40x), blue teardrop (30x), yellow hexagram (25x), blue square (20x), green square (15x), pink triangle (10x), orange jewel (5x).

• Wild Symbol: Wild symbols can be used to substitute any of the other symbols in the game to make or add to winning symbol combinations. The only reels that contain wild symbols are reels 2, 3, 4, and 5.
• Tumble Feature: At the end of a spin, all winning symbol combinations are paid out, after that all winning symbols will disappear, creating empty spaces. These spaces will be filled by symbols dropping into the spaces, and new symbols will drop in from above. If new combinations are made, the process will continue until there are no more wins.
• Random Wild Modifiers: Whenever a wild symbol lands, it has the chance to trigger a random wild modifier. Depending on which reel contains the wild symbol, it may trigger free spins, add additional wild symbols, or it can add mystery symbols at random. All mystery symbols will transform to show the same paying symbol.
• Free Spins: A free spins round with 10 spins will get triggered when a wild symbol lands on reels 3 or 4 and triggers the random wild modifier. During the free spins, wild symbols that land will trigger additional random wild modifiers. Modifiers range from adding wild symbols to the reels, adding mystery symbols to the reels, and retriggering free spins with increased win multipliers of up to 3x. 
• Buy Free Spins: There is a button where players can instantly purchase and trigger the free spins feature. The purchase of this feature will be 100x the current bet amount.
• Increased Chance: By enabling the chance multiplier and increasing the bet amount, players can have higher odds of winning.

If The Money Men Megaways was to your liking, and to find more video slot games that you will enjoy, we will recommend more Pragmatic Play favourites like Gates of Olympus or Infective Wild.

Combination Spin Bet Multipliers: To secure a winning spin, matching symbols need to land on 3 or more adjacent reels from left to right. They can land on any position on the reel, as long as they are present. For hitting a 6-symbol combination, you will trigger the following payout multipliers: golden dollar (5x), music box (3x), car (2x), hat (1x), poker chips/watch (0.75x), A/K (0.6x), Q/J (0.5x).

The win variance is adjustable in the settings from low to high. Amongst the bonus symbols are scatter symbols, wild symbols, collect symbols and cash symbols. Other bonus features include free spins, buy free spins, a gamble feature, and the collect feature.

• Free Spins: A free spins round will be triggered when 3 or more Scatter symbols hit anywhere on the reels. 3, 4, or 5 Scatters will trigger 10, 20, or 30 free spins. It is also possible to retrigger more free spins by landing the Scatter symbol during the free spins round.
• Free Spins Buy Feature: This feature makes it possible to purchase a free spins round without waiting to land 3 or more Scatter symbols. Different levels can be chosen depending on how many free spins you want and what level of collect symbols you want. The price starts at 50x your bet and goes up to 600x.
• Gamble Feature: After winning a spin, players will have the choice to gamble that round’s winnings for the chance to double it (or to lose it all).
• Collect Feature: There is a collect reel on top of the other reels. This reel will hit special egg symbols, which will stick for a certain amount of spins. While it is present, it will accumulate all the values from the Cash and Jackpot symbols. The collect symbols will only pay out during the free spins round. The jackpot amounts are listed next to the reels.
• Collector Modifiers: Several modifiers can land that will affect the collect symbol on top of that reel. Modifiers include increasing the number of spins it sticks, adding multipliers to the value, and the Collect to Infinity modifier, which locks the collect until the end of the free spins.
• Wild Symbols: Wild symbols are present on the reels, and they will count as a substitute for any of the other symbols, excluding the scatter and special symbols.

If you enjoy the classic fruit-themed slots, check out other classics like Sweet Bonanza by Pragmatic Play, or Jumbo Joker by Betsoft.

Combination Spin Bet Multipliers: For a winning payout, matching symbols need to land from left to right on consecutive reels and on one of the 5 fixed betting lines. 3 or more symbols get a payout, and the maximum of 5 symbols get the following payout multipliers: 7 (50x), orange (20x), lemon (2x), cherries (1.5x), A (1.2x), K (1x), Q (0.8x), J (0.6x).

The game has a 5×4 reel layout with 30 fixed paylines that pay both ways. The payout stats are pretty standard, with a 96.06% RTP and a high win variance. The 5,000x max multiplier can be reached with the help of exciting features like Wild Symbols, Free Spins, Wild Frenzy, Widow’s Thirst, and Bloodlust.

• Wild Symbols: Wild symbols are present only on reels 2, 3, and 4. When wilds hit, they will count as a substitution for any of the other symbols, excluding the free spins symbol.
• Wild Frenzy: This feature can get randomly triggered whenever a wild symbol lands on the reels. The wilds that are already on the reels will remain in place, and the Wild Frenzy feature will add from 2 to 9 additional wilds to the screen.
• Free Spins: When 3, 4, or 5 free spins symbols hit anywhere on the reels, it will trigger 8, 12, or 16 free spins, respectively. After each free spin, the Widow and Wild symbol will be collected. When 10 Widow symbols are collected, it will trigger the Widow’s Thirst feature, and when 10 Wild symbols are collected it will trigger the Bloodlust feature.
• Widow’s Thirst: Widow’s Thirst is triggered by collecting 10 Widow symbols. This feature will upgrade a symbol to the next more valuable symbol while also adding 1 more free spin.
• Bloodlust: When this feature is triggered by collecting 10 wilds, it will increase the wild symbol multiplier by 1. This can go as high as 5x. You will also receive 1 additional free spin when Bloodlust is triggered.

Just For The Win has a fairly basic and classic game style, but if you enjoyed it, and you enjoyed the bloodsucking vampire theme, you should check out some more similar games. To get your bloodsucker fix, we recommend Bloodthirst by Hacksaw Gaming or Immortal Romance by Games Global.

Combination Spin Bet Multipliers: Winning multipliers are awarded when 3 to 5 matching symbol combinations are made on 1 of the 30 fixed paylines. The paylines pay both ways, so from left to right and from right to left. When the max number of 5 symbols are combined, the symbols award the following multipliers: Widow (10x), purple/red vampire (7x), blue/yellow vampire (5x), book/stake (3x), potion/garlic (2.5x).

Another 27 New Casino Games Coming Your Way

So, with the 5 mini reviews and the 15 Halloween-themed slots, that brings us up to 19 for the week so far. Well, that’s not even half of the new releases from the last seven days. In fact, I have another 27 in the accompanying box for you to check out. These come courtesy of iGaming brands such as Evolution Playtech, Red Tiger Gaming, Play’n Go, Stakelogic, Swintt, and Gold Coin Studios.

This Week: I’m super confident we will not have close to the number of new releases for our next report. However, I still expect over 20 new titles to tell you about. One slot I’m looking forward to is a another toothache-inducing candy-themed slot from Pragmatic Play. Called, Sugar Supreme Powernudge™, this looks like it will be one of the tastiest slots coming our way this week.