Iron Dog Studio

Each company involved in online casino software development is not an individual brand. Instead, they reach out to operators for deals. Studio and company are, as in every other industry, often part of a bigger corporate family. These companies can be partners or subsidiaries of well-known brands. This creates synergy and benefits the entire group.Iron Dog Studio is one example of such an arrangement. Although the name may be new, it is one of many brands that make up the 1X2Network. This new addition to 1×2 is based in Hove, England. They aim to bring together cutting-edge technology and classic gaming concepts, creating machines that provide the best of both the worlds for players.So far, this firm hasn’t created a whole lot of content, with just a handful of games to their name. These titles have been made available on a variety of websites by their sister brands. The high-quality of the slots will attract players with access to them.Very few Games but creative ideasIron Dog has created a small number of slots machines. In fact, their website only boasts four offerings in total, a very small library that obviously isn’t nearly enough to power a casino on its own.However, the good news is that a great deal of effort, care, and skillful design has been put into each of these games, making them among the more interesting machines that we’ve played online. Each of these games offers a different experience with unique gameplay and colorful graphics that are a joy to use.Let’s take a look at a few of these machines to get a better idea of what Iron Dog brings to the table. First, there’s Cherry Blast, a machine that was just released in early 2017. Bursting with color throughout its presentation, this is a game that combines one of the most classic of themes – fruit – with modern graphics and a bold, colorful display.It is a 20-payline, five-reel slot machine that offers players the chance to match symbols from right to left across all of its reels. The game is classically themed, with players matching various fruits such as cherries, plums or watermelons. Even the non-fruit symbols harken back to the old days of slot machines: you’ll see sevens and liberty bells dotting the screen as well.The special features are where this slot really shines. The cherry bomb symbol can pop outwards in many patterns to reveal scatters, wilds or free spin icons. This will give you nine extra plays. Any two identical cherry symbols will be exploded, turning them, and the positions between them, into scatters/wilds. Bonus symbols may also be revealed when the cherry bomb explodes. These bonus symbols will let you enter the Bonus Dash round. You can win huge instant prizes with this Pac Man-style mini-game. Players have the option to select from five different options, each with different levels of risk and rewards.Paint is another game in the small portfolio. This is Paint, a colorful title that mixes yellows, greens, pinks, blues, and purple on an otherwise blank background. It’s a very striking look, as the colors truly pop off the screen thanks to the contrast between the reels and the background.Again, the goal of the machine is for you to find matches left-to-right on all 20 lines and five reels. Although small wins may be made by matching mundane card ranks (tens to aces), bigger prizes can be won for mixing bottles of paint or palettes on your active paylines.Just like in Cherry Blast, however, the real fun is found in the game’s special features. While the Balloon Bonus is entertaining and lucrative, our favorite is the free spins game, which is triggered by collecting appropriate symbols in order to fill up a side meter throughout the course of your session. You can earn up to 10 free spins by collecting the appropriate symbols. The system displays various drops of paint on your screen that offer multipliers and additional spins.Another game, Gifts of Ostara, was also a fun one to play. This game is Easter-themed, which isn’t something we’ve seen a lot of over the years – not only does the screen have a fresh, springtime look to it, but you’ll enjoy a variety of painted eggs and sweat treats on the reels, which should be enough to set the mood even without religious references or chocolate rabbits.Once again, we’re talking about a slot with five reels and 20 paylines. Along with collecting regular symbols, you can hit special eggs that offer up a number of different bonuses, ranging from standard wilds to sticky wild symbols and respins. Meanwhile, a bar on the right side of the screen will collect a new egg each round; get a match of three identical eggs in a row, and you’ll earn yourself 10 free spins during which the egg in question will have a generous multiplier applied to them. Ostara also appears on the reels, acting as an expanding wild. She can cover entire reels and help you to make multiple wins.The fourth game, Cosmic Jewels, is also available at Iron Dog. Featuring a galactic art scheme filled with pinks, purples, and a dark star field, this could be a fairly conventional space themed slot machine if it weren’t for one rather interesting feature. A respin feature guarantees that players will retrigger until they complete at least one pay line. It makes it virtually impossible to win any spin. This will certainly appeal to a lot of players who get frustrated sitting through boring spins where nothing is happening, as you’re guaranteed to get something each and every time you play.Right now, these are the only machines that we’ve been able to try, but even these four make for an exciting collection. Every game offers something different and innovative. Combine that with top-of-the-line graphics and you’ve got a winning combination.The Smaller Part of a Big FamilyIron Dog Studio is one among many brands in the 1x2Network, as mentioned above. The 1x2Network includes brands not owned directly by 1×2, as well as a variety of partners, who offer content and distribution platforms that enable these games to have wider release.That’s a great thing for players, because it means that there’s a good chance you’ll have access to some sites that now carry these titles. For instance, this content can typically be found on the NYX Open Gaming System (OGS), a popular distribution channel that brings these games both to regulated markets like Belgium and many grey market jurisdictions (though we’ve yet to see these titles appear in the USA, and wouldn’t expect to in the near future). You can play Oryx Gaming slots, Playtech titles, and Leap Gaming slots across this network. There are more powerful games availableIron Dog Studio may be a small player at the moment, but it’s easy to see this small developer getting a lot more attention in the UK online gambling market and beyond. We expect that many players will be drawn to these machines by the distribution networks they are part of. This is a rare combination of form and function in a new studio.With just four titles at the moment, there’s probably not enough here to make this a library that players must seek out – but we’d still recommend trying to find these games if possible. Iron Dog is making some great titles, and we are expecting more amazing things from this developer in the future.