Avoid Turning to Stone on Microgaming’s New Release Temple of Medusa!

Avoid Turning to Stone on Microgaming’s New Release Temple of Medusa!’ (Image from Microgaming’s YouTube Channel)

Microgaming has just announced the exciting release of Temple of Medusa, a 5-reel, 25-payline video slot featuring a snake-haired mythical creature that could turn you to stone with a single look!

Exclusively developed by Microgaming’s independent studio All41, offers a ton of fun, amazing graphics, smooth animations, and a bunch of lucrative bonus features including random 5,000x time payouts, spreading Medusa wild symbols, scatters, and free spins!

If you know your Greek mythology, you will instantly recognise the theme used on the Temple of Medusa video slot. With snakes for hair, Medusa is a mythical female character you should avoid making eye contact with. Look into her eyes, and you will turn to stone! Medusa was one of three mythical gorgons and is by far the most well known. Have you even heard of her sisters Stheno and Euryale?

Microgaming, who revealed they would release four slots in June, regularly sign exclusive deals with up and coming independent studios. Responsible for this particular slot, All41, an Estonia-based iGaming development company, signed an exclusive deal with Microgaming in 2019. Mutually beneficial, this deal allows Microgaming to benefit from the obvious talents at All41, while All41 gets increased exposure as their casino titles get listed at hundreds of Microgaming partnered online casinos!

All41 is just one of many independent game studios that develop titles exclusively for Microgaming. Others include Triple Edge Studios, Alchemy Gaming, Pulse 8 Studios, Stormcraft Studios, Gameburger Studios, and Neon Valley Studios.

Temple of Medusa Offers 5,000x Lucky Prizes & Medusa Spreading Wild Symbols!

Aside from having an interesting theme and some delightful snake-themed graphics, the Temple of Medusa slot also carries some lucrative bonus features you will want to take advantage of. You can look forward to the chance at unlocking up to 15 free spins, random 5,000x payouts, and medusa spreading wilds that could spread in all kinds of directions!

• Medusa Spreading Wilds: The Temple of Medusa video slot actually has two wild symbols. The first is a standard wild symbol that can appear on all reels and will substitute for all other symbols. The Medusa Spreading Wild, however, lands on the middle reel only but could spread in one, two, or all directions. As it spreads, it turns other symbols wild.
• 5,000x Lucky Prizes: One of the key selling points of Temple of Medusa is the top payout available in the game. This 5,000x your total stake could roll in on any given spin of the reels!
• 4 Free Spins Configurations: When you land 3 scatter symbols on the 3 middle reels, you not only win 2x your bet for that spin but also trigger the Temple of Medusa free spins round. Here you get to choose from four different free spins configurations. You can choose 15 free spins with wilds spreading in 1 direction, 10 free spins and two directions, 5 free spins in all directions, or a mystery option that gives its own random configuration.

RTP, Volotility, and Big Wins: Temple of Medusa carries an RTP of 96.40% and is classed as a highly volotile slot! The best single wins obviously come from the 5,000x lucky prize random payout, but you are more likely to trigger the free spins round. This pays you 2x your stake for triggering the round in the first place and gives you free spins featuring spreading medusa wild symbols!

Symbol Combination Wins

The top payout in the base game, aside from triggering the 5,000x lucky prize, is 625x your total stake. This is achievable by filling all reel positions with wild symbols. This is the top paying symbol on the game and will pay 25x, 10x, and 2.5x for 5, 4, and 3-symbol combinations respectively. Medusa’s sisters Stheno and Euryale are the top-paying standard symbols, while helmets, boots, and swords make up the remaining high-paying symbols. Playing cards from Ten to Ace are the lower-paying symbols you will find on the reels on Temple of Medusa.

All in all, Temple of Medusa is another solid offering from one of Microgaming’s independent iGaming development companies. The bonus features will appeal and become your main source of the bigger wins, but the wilds and spreading wilds do help you to create some impressive payouts from the base game. Graphically the game is of a good standard, while the ancient greek theme always proves popular!

Not ideal for High Rollers: Temple of Medusa offers a modest betting range, but one that will not appeal for any high rollers out there. The min bet on this slot is €-£-$ 0.10 per spin and the max is €-£-$ 40.00.