Release the Kraken

It’s time to get your fur wet with the Release the Kraken slot by Pragmatic Play. And for any of you who haven’t seen Pirates of the Caribbean, the Kraken is a huge squid-like sea monster who’s been crushing ships in its slimy tentacles since the time of the Vikings, at least.

Just the kind of monster you definitely don’t want to see popping up out of the water when you’re on a boat. But when he appears in one of his many forms on the 5x4 grid of this great slot, you’ll be rubbing your hands with anticipation. And not at the thought of turning him into a giant portion of sushi either!

This is another bonus-crammed game from Pragmatic Play, and the Kraken is key to forming big wins across the 20 active paylines in the base game, or the 40 in the Free Spins.

At the low end of the paytable are card ranks of J – A. The premiums are two friendly fish, a turtle and a very smug-looking shark. The game’s logo is at the top of the table as the most valuable regular symbol. 

In the base game, a bubble Wild will fill in for regular symbols on a payline to help form wins. And that’s right, me foxy friends, I said in the base game, ‘cause in the bonus rounds you’ll see Kraken Lockin’ Wilds, Colossal Kraken Wilds. And Infectious Kraken Wilds. Other feature symbols that can land are Bonus, Free Spins, or Chest Bonus symbols. And I’ll tell you all about what they do below.

In the base game, the Kraken will randomly stretch three of his tentacles over the grid waving “Pick Me” signs. Players choose one to reveal one of the following bonuses:

Kraken Locking Wilds: The lucky fox gets to choose chests to win extra Wilds, a win multiplier, or nothing at all. 

Colossal Kraken Wilds: a giant 3x4 wild lands partially or fully on the reels.

Infectious Kraken Wilds: The Kraken Wild will infect adjacent symbols and turn them Wild.

Bonus symbols on reels 1 and 3, and a Chest Bonus on reel 5 trigger the Sunken Treasure Bonus, where players get to pick chests to reveal treasure until they hit a Collect.

The Roaming Kraken Free Spins kick in with Bonus Symbols on reels 1 and 3 and the Free Spins symbol on reel 5. The lucky fox picks another chest to reveal the number of spins in the round, and they’re off. During the Free Spins, another 20 paylines are added to the grid for a total of forty. Every win and every Wild that lands add 1 to the win multiplier. And all the Wilds stay on the grid, moving around between spins.

Release the Kraken is a fast-paced, bonus-packed game with plenty going on in the base game and the Free Spins to keep you entertained. But when you’re playing in the water, you don’t want to go in over your head, so always set a loss limit for this high-volatility slot. Try it now at Gala Spins. Good Luck!