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This week has been a deep dive at online slot sites with new titles always on offer. I’ve been busy refreshing the movie slots guide, including adding some licensed film games.
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Revamped Movie Slots Guide
I've given the guide to the best movie slots a full overhaul, including a revised top 10 film-themed slots list to play in 2026. Each with an honest verdict, I’ve add a warning most sites skip: the same movie slot can offer different RTPs at different casinos. As a result of the revamp, I’ve added reviews/free demos of the following games:
- Ted Megaways (Blueprint Gaming): cheeky like the foul-mouthed bear and comes with 50,000 x bet max wins
- Beetlejuice Megaways (Light & Wonder): a distinctive expanding grid with up to 248,832 ways to win
- The Lost Boys (Blueprint Gaming): a vampire-inspired game with plenty of bite
- Ghostbusters Plus (IGT): a multi-level game with 25,000 x bet max wins and an RTP rate that can rise to 98%
- Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure (IGT): this 80s classic lives on with lots of bonus features & 8333.33 x bet wins
New Slot Games Released this Week
This week, there are new games from Pragmatic Play, Hacksaw Gaming and Shady Lady:
13/07/2026: The Dog House Megaways 1000
- RTP: 96.5%
- Max Win: 25,000x
- Volatility: Medium
- Stakes: 20p to £5
- Release Date: 13 July 2026
The Dog House Megaways 1000 is the 8th game in the Dog House series, played on 6 reels with up to 117,649 Megaways from 20p. The headline addition is multiplier wilds up to 1000x on reels 2-5, with multiple wilds multiplying each other. Landing 3+ Paw Print Scatters triggers a free spins choice between Sticky Wilds (wilds lock with multipliers up to 1000x, changing size each free spin) or Random Wilds (up to 6 random wilds with multipliers up to 1000x added per free spin). Super and All Super variants guarantee wilds on every free spin. RTP is 96.5%, with high 25,000 x bet max win potential. It is also the 12th game in the supercharged 1000 series.
16/07/2026: Le Prechaun (Hacksaw Gaming)
- RTP: 96.28%
- Max Win: 15,000x
- Volatility: Medium
- Stakes: 5p to £5
- Release Date: 16 July 2026
Le Prechaun is an Irish lucked themed slot where you join Smokey on his mission to find a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. Played on a 6x5 grid with Cluster Pays, it comes with super cascades and Golden Squares that reveal special symbols when activated by Rainbows. Hacksaw has added Position Multipliers which can double up to 100x. With 3 free spins modes that ramp up the base game action, it comes with 15,000 x bet max wins. It’s the 12th release in the ‘Le’ series.
16/07/2026: Cosmic Clusters (Pragmatic Play)
- RTP: 96.45%
- Max Win: 5,000x
- Volatility: Medium
- Stakes: 20p to £5
- Release Date: 16 July 2026
Cosmic Clusters is an intergalactic Cluster Pays slot played on a 6x6 grid, with aliens, UFOs and spaceships on the reels. Wins form from 5+ matching symbols connected horizontally or vertically, with tumbles delivering continuous wins. Every tumble triggers the Random Wild feature, adding a wild to an empty position. Money symbols worth up to 1,000 x bet combine when 5 or more cluster, with a new Money symbol equal to the win added to the grid. The Free Spins feature begins with up to 21 free spins, where removed non-winning symbols transform into Money symbols. Max win potential is 5,000 x bet.
17/07/2026: Trap Tower (Shady Lady)
- RTP: 96.26%
- Max Win: 20,000x
- Volatility: Very High
- Stakes: 10p to £5
- Release Date: 17 July 2026
Trap Tower is a gritty crime-themed game where animal gangsters defend their New York trap house from rival crews and cops. Played on 6 reels and 1,024 ways to win, base game extras include random Trap Tower Defense drive-by shootouts that can lead to the max win being won if you take out the rival gang, Gas Canister multipliers (up to 10x), Los Gecko's Locos mystery symbols and Get Some! symbol upgrades. The 4-level Burn the Evidence Bonus feature combines fire starters, sticky multipliers and mystery symbols for up to 20,000 x bet max wins.
Upcoming Games Added
Below, you’ll find summaries of upcoming slots I’ve added this week (including in-depth reviews and free demos):
Arizona James and the Lost Relics (Hacksaw Gaming)
- RTP: 96.28%
- Max Win: 25,000x
- Volatility: Medium
- Stakes: 5p to £5
- Release Date: 28 August 2026
Arizona James and the Lost Relics sends adventurer Arizona James treasure-hunting through a South American jungle kingdom. The 6x6 Cluster Pays grid focuses on Wilds in winning clusters: they become Pistol Cylinders that fire 2-6 shots, revealing Coins, multiplying Amulets, collecting Sacred Relics and Reloads for extra shots. 3 escalating free spins modes let you gamble upwards, with progressive Bullet Collectors key to big wins. A reskin of Le Cowboy, it offers 25,000 x bet max win potential.
Gates of Olympus POP (Pragmatic Play)
- RTP: 97.05%
- Max Win: 25,000x
- Volatility: Medium
- Stakes: 10p to £5
- Release Date: 31 August 2026
Join a mini, yet mighty Zeus in Gates of Olympus POP, a 3x5 grid slot with Scatter Pays. With tumbles that can lead to continuous wins, there are Multiplier symbols worth up to 1000x that remain on the grid through a tumbling sequence. In the Free Spins feature, Multiplier symbol values are added to a progressive total. If you trigger the feature with 1 or more POP symbols, you’ll win 1 of 3 fixed jackpots with the Burst Jackpot worth 25,000 x your total bet. The RTP is also very high at 97.05%.
AgroCulture (Relax Gaming)
- RTP: 96.1%
- Max Win: 10,000x
- Volatility: Medium
- Stakes: 10p to £5
- Release Date: 13 August 2026
AgroCulture is a alien/farm-themed slot with 6 reels and 1024 ways to win. Abduction Wilds appear on the 4 middle reels and try to nudge their way to cover the entire reel: with 4 different types, they convert all matching symbols to the highest-value symbol. In the Mothership Bonus Decider, you start with up to 32 free spins: you’ll play the Abduction Bonus (with a progressive multiplier) or the Beam ‘N’ Bank Bonus (respins with Coins and collects). With ‘Super’ versions, the quirky game comes with 10,000 x bet max win potential.
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