Many other casino software companies have started to get licensed theme games and now Playtech join the battle with their own licensed game and this game Gladiator, is the first to come online. Based on the incredible movie of the same title, this video slot has all the characters and symbols from the movie.

They have opted to use photos of the characters and real-time video animations on win symbols, so this makes for a very visual feast. I like the interface on these new Novel Slots as Playtech calls them. The operations buttons are nice and large and the coin selection is much more convenient than on a lot of machines.

The game itself is a 25 pay line slot machine with a couple of good features to boost the gameplay. The first of the bonus features is the Gladiator Bonus which is triggered when you get 3 HELMET symbols on reels 2, 3 and 4. Here the reels disappear and you get awarded 9 consecutive prizes for each HELMET which appears, then you are treated to a clip from the movie. The helmets can be bronze, silver or gold and each one has a different cash prize value.

The other feature is the Coliseum Bonus which is triggered with 3 or more scatter COLISEUM symbols on the reels. You are instantly transported to their dungeon where you'll choose from rows for special features to activate in the free games.

The first row is used to select the number of free games. The second row is for the multiplier, the third row is creating extra scatter symbols and the fourth row selects the extra wilds on the reels. After each pick, one of 4 options will triggered. You'll either collect all the prizes in that column, or you'll get another pick, or pick another prize in the row above, or collect and play the free games.

As you can imagine, the potential wins here are massive. There is yet another feature which happens when you are playing the free games and that is when you trigger the scatter on the reels, they will expand over the whole reel creating 9 scatters and massive wins.

I totally love this game and seriously, the bonus features are awesome! I'm so glad that finally Playtech has stepped up their game and this slot machine is hopefully a sign of even better games to come. There were so many great bonus screens we don't even have enough space to show them all, so go play the game to see all the great features.