New Siberian Standoff Online Slot

April 17, 2012

When it comes to oddly named online slots, then Microgaming may have just won the award for the strangest. Tiger vs. Bear Siberian Standoff is the name of a recently launched slot developed by slots developer Microgaming.

This is a new online slot is only available as instant play, and is not part of the Microgaming downloadable slots platform licensed by many online casino operators.

Tiger vs. Bear Siberian Standoff is a 5 reel, 25 pay line online slot which was added to the Microgaming product catalogue with the business goal of increasing the number of graphically rich, high quality themed online slots the company offers licenses.

As one can image, the backdrop of Tiger vs. Bear Siberian Standoff is the dramatic arctic landscape of Siberia. Reel symbols are typically arctic, including a snowflake and of course both a tiger and a bear. The wild symbol is depicted by a pair of claws, one from a tiger and the other from a bear. The Tiger vs. Bear Siberian Standoff logo is used as the scatter symbols.

When it comes to gameplay this new Microgaming online slot has much to offer. Most notable is the incredibly fun bonus feature, which sees the tiger and the bear arm wrestling. Whoever came up with this idea was either a genius or certifiably mad, but it’s one of the best side game bonus features we have seen in a long time.

This innovative bonus feature is triggered by spinning in the tiger symbol on the first reel and the bear symbol on the fifth reel (again something new). The player then chooses the side he wishes to participate as, either the tiger or the bear. The arm wr4stling contest then commences. The free spin feature offers four free spins, but during these free spins the tiger claw will often appear and scratch away some of the symbols, replacing them with random ones and possibly triggering an additional win.

Overall, Tiger vs. Bear Siberian Standoff is one of the most intriguing new online slots to be launched by Microgaming in quite some time. Despite the rather strange name, this is a great online slot, good fun to play with a feature set which incorporates a few new angles on the traditional wild symbol and scatter symbol gameplay. Definitely worth checking out.

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