The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring Slot Game Set to Debut Soon on Microgaming Powered Casinos
Microgaming, developers of online casino software, is to release the first installment of the movie trilogy The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring as an online slot game.

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA, August 14, 2010 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Microgaming has announced that the iconic movie trilogy The Lord of the Rings, which is based on books by the same name by J. R. R. Tolkien, is to be released into online slot machine variants.

The first release in the slot trilogy The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring slot machine is due to be released in September 2010 on the "Viper" online casino platform developed by Microgaming. Players will be able to follow Frodo Baggins as he sets out from the Shire with his companions on his quest to rid Middle-earth of the One Ring and the ultimate destruction of the Dark Lord Sauron in the land of Mordor.

The Lord of the Rings slot release comes after a licensing deal signed in 2009 where by Microgaming was granted permission to develop the trilogy into 3 separate online slot machines by Warner Bros. Digital Distribution.

The game will be debuting new technology which has been dubbed Cinematic Spin Technology, which when activated during bonus rounds will play cinematic clips and sequences from movie. Scenes from the movie to be included in the final release of the game will be: the attack on Weathertop by the Ringwraiths and the Balrog in the Mines of Moria as well as the Uruk-hai in the woods of Middle-earth. The symbols on the five reels include Frodo Baggins, Aragorn and Saruman as well as other characters from the movie trilogy.

The game itself will be a 5 reel slot with 243 ways to win with three, four or five "the one ring" appearing on the reels activating the bonus feature of 15 free spins. The maximum payout of the game is 90,000 credits which can be won when playing when the free spins feature is activated.

As online gaming has strict regulations and guidelines the game will only be available to adults in countries where online gaming is permitted and legal.

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