New Slots Round Up: 14th March – 20th March 2026

Another week, another batch of new slots, but how many of them bring something new to the table? Let’s see.

Junkyard Kings 2 is the sequel to Junkyard Kings from nearly 2 years ago. The vibe has changed here, with this version feeling less dark and more cartoonish, but the gameplay remains the same for the most part. It’s essentially another Sugar Rush copy – we seem to have had a lot of those lately.

Yes, this is cluster pays, and squares with winning symbols become highlighted, building up multipliers as the tumbling wins stack up. There’s also a Walking Wild symbol that can contribute Wilds, but there’s a problem overall: whereas it’s easy to build up your multipliers to decent amounts in Sugar Rush, it hardly ever seems to happen in Junkyard Kings 2. Apparently there’s a max win of 20,000x, but this one is only for Bullshark die hard fans and people willing to grind through long dry spells.

High Noon Riches from Popiplay isn’t entirely original either. If you’ve played classic cowboy-themed slots like Duel at Dawn by Hacksaw, this might feel like a cheap knockoff. For example, you have the full-reel Wilds here that mimic the DuelReels of Duel at Dawn, but there’s no duel, which is part of the fun in that game. For the most part it’s a standard video slot with 25 paylines, and a bonus round that can be standard free spins or a Hold & Win game. Did we really need another Hold & Win game?

I’m always happy to see a new Merge Up game – I actually think it’s one of BGaming‘s stronger franchises. The first Merge Up established a cluster wins concept with the clusters folding in on themselves to make way for more gems, then Merge Up 2 introduced the square multipliers (à la Sugar Rush) and Bombs. Both of these concepts have been carried over to Sugar Merge Up – it’s largely the same game as 2, but with candy symbols now instead of gems, and more bonus buy options. It’s still a lot of fun, and a better use of the Sugar Rush mechanic than Junkyard Kings 2.

Royal Easter, also from BGaming, is for a certain type of player. For a start, it’s low volatility and with only a 500x max win, so if you like frequent but lower value wins, it might be worth a go. The game looks nice and crisp, with a pleasant classical music soundtrack. It’s themed around Easter and an egg hunt, and the action takes place on a 5 x 3 grid with 243 paylines. It’s basic stuff but will help you get in the mood for Easter.

Joker Rising, another slot from Popiplay, continues the low volatility, low max win theme, this one clocking in at 1,500x. Popiplay calls this “a fresh take on the classic fruit slot” – I mean, not really. It’s just a 5 x 4 grid with a Joker Wild that extends to cover the whole reel. But someone must like these games, otherwise they wouldn’t keep making them.

Midas Glory – Coin Collect by Gaming Corps ups the max win to 5,000x, but drops the RTP to 95.80%, which is a little lower than I normally like. It’s all ways pays game on a 6 x 3 grid, and it does an interesting thing with its global multiplier – every time a Midas Multiplier lands, it adds 1 to the multiplier field, and the value remains until it’s used up on a win. Not just any old win though – a coin collect win, when Midas himself lands and collects any coins on-screen. He can also trigger a bonus round, where coins stack over the course of the feature until Midas appears to once again collect. He’s really the key to everything – I guess that’s why he’s the king. This slot has charm and will appeal to players who want a coin game with a twist.

Buffalo slots are a whole theme unto themselves, and TaDa is bringing out its own entry into the market, except this one features bison, which are technically different animals. Bison Fortune Coins is actually just another coin collect slot with jackpots attached, this one on a 3 x 3 grid. I find it hard to get excited for TaDa games, and this one is no exception unfortunately.

No one can blame Hacksaw for wanting to add a fishing game to its portfolio, and with Marlin Masters it did that. Then it did a very similar thing with Marlin Masters: The Big Haul. Now it’s continuing the series with Marlin Masters Atlantis, which brings an ancient Greek feel to proceedings.

I think this series is one of the most dull in Hacksaw’s mostly stellar library, to be honest – it looks great but the gameplay doesn’t grab me. Or maybe I’m just traumatized from all the Big Bass slots I had to review. Marlin Master is very similar to Big Bass, which is, in essence, another coin collect type of slot… Jackpots have been added here, which often feels like what happens when developers are running out of ideas. That being said, it’s Hacksaw, so there is a certain level of quality.

So for the best slot this week, let’s move on to our Game of the Week below.

Game of the Week

It’s always an event when Shady Lady drops a new slot, and Preach TV doesn’t disappoint this time either. As the title suggests, it takes aim at Christian TV preachers and their money-grabbing ways, with the whole thing delivered in the studio’s signature tongue-in-cheek style.

The grid looks like the set of a preacher’s TV show, and the music is suitably generic to fit the vibe. At its core, this is an all ways pays slot on a 5 x 4 grid, with 4 high-paying symbols (the suckers who send in money to the Preacher) and 4 low-paying symbols. The main special feature is represented by 3 TVs which sit above the grid, and they will randomly switch on and apply special features.

These are:

• Spread the Word, where a random low-value symbol is selected and all instances are transformed into a high-paying symbol.
• Donate Donate Donate, where each high-value symbol awards a random multiplier win.
• The Preacher himself – a stack of symbols which nudge down, up to 200 times, and each nudge triggers a Donate Donate Donate activation.

So the base game is fairly simple – most of your wins will come via the Donate Donate Donate mechanic, with the suckers faces lighting up with a beam from above as they contribute money. I do love games like this where the mechanic dovetails neatly with the theme.

There is a bonus round, of course, but it just ups the likelihood of the TVs activating. So Preach TV is a little one-note, especially compared to something like Sew, but equally, Shady Lady does seem to like these streamlined games too. And the overall package is done so well, and the knowing humor is so spot on, that the whole game is elevated.

As for stats, RTP clocks in at 96.21%, but it’s the max win that stands out at a possible 20,000x. Of course, it’s high volatility too, with many, many options for the bonus buy, as is standard for this studio.

Give it a go below!

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