Empire Shields

Hold your position and ready your shield on the new slot from Gong Gaming technologies, powered by Microgaming. Empire Shields walks a feature trail charged by lightning to rain down wilds, expanding reels, full reel wilds and multipliers onto the reels. Pick and click your features on entry into the free spins bonus for fully charged wins of up to 7,776 ways and 12,150 times your bet.

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Slot Details

Empire Shields is a video slot with 5 reels, 3 rows and 243 ways to win, increasing to a maximum of 7,776 ways through expanding reels. A spin costs from 0.20 credits up to 20 credits and this game comes with a 4/5 high volatility rating and an RTP of 96.19% at default. Empire Shields will also be released in lower versions of 94.19%, 91.19% and possibly lower. Open the in-game help file to see which version you have loaded.

The entrance to a stronghold is framed by ramparts and fortifications, which make up the dark stormy background of Empire Shields. Dramatic music changes for the bonus, which lights up the landscape with fire before entering the shield feature selector.

The pay symbols start at the low end with 9, 10, J, Q, K and A, which pay up to 2x your bet for five of a kind. A shield and a ring pay 4x and 4.5x respectively for five of a kind. Four fantastical character symbols appear next and will pay from 5x to 15x your bet for five of a kind.

‘W’s act as the wild symbols, substituting for all others except the bonus scatters, which are golden lion heads and trigger the free spins bonus for landing three or more anywhere on the reels. Scatters pay for two or more from 1x, up to 10x for five of a kind.

Empire Shields Slot Features

Gong Gaming Technologies had a fair crack at reel innovation with Maya U Max and an engaging feature trail on Prate’s Quest. Let’s see what the budding European game studio has in store for players with Empire Shields.

Gong Gaming introduces The Topper on Empire Shields, a feature trail above the reels of five spaces filled with four different types of shields. On a basic spin, shields are randomly charged as they shuffle one space to the left in the Topper. If charged before exiting via reel one, the shields activate their unique feature on each spin until leaving:

• Red Lion | 4 Charges | Double Reel: Increases the number of rows on the reel below to six.
• Green Eagle | 6 Charges | Wild: Places a wild symbol in a random position on the reel below.
• Blue Two-headed Bird | 7 Charges | Expanding Wild: Covers the reel below fully with an expanding wild symbol.
• Purple X | 5 Charges | Multiplier: Adds a multiplier to any wins passing through the reel below of either x2, x3, x5, x8 or 10x your stake. Values change with each step to the left and the sum of more than one is calculated before being applied to any wins.

Land three, four or five scatters to trigger 10 Empire Shields Free Spins. The round begins with a pick ‘n’ click to choose shield features to occupy the Topper. Twenty shields are presented and five must be chosen to fill each position.

Shields do not move and hold for the bonus, activating their features on each remaining spin once fully charged. The tenth spin will always award a fully charged set of shields and three or more scatters will grant an extra ten free spins.

Final Verdict

Central to the game, the Topper of Empire Shields, is a neat combination of foresight and frustration that will leave you urging the shields to power up. During our limited demo play, the game felt well balanced with busy enough feature frequency for an action-packed game.

The Free Spins comes with endless combinations of shield features, which charge quickly enough to make each round interesting. On the whole, a release worth checking out from Gong Gaming Technologies. Play the 96.29% RTP version to fortify your chances.

Empire Shields – Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

1. Can a shield become fully charged on a single spin of Empire Shields from Gong Gaming Technologies?

The lightning effect on Gong Gaming's Empire Shields can fully charge one or any combination of all five shields on a single spin.

2. How does Empire Shields reach its maximum of 7,776 ways to pay?

If the Topper on Empire Shields was to be full of five charged expanding reel shields, the number of ways to pay would be 7,776.

3. Does Empire Shields come in different versions?

Microgaming and their partner studios release different versions of games with different RTP models. Empire Shields will appear with RTP values of 96.19%, 94.19%, 91.19% and possibly lower. Open the in-game help file to check which version you are playing. 

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