New Slots for Late July 2026: Risk, Multipliers, and Unusual Bonuses
The end of July brought several curious releases at once — from a risky dash across a busy road to the grim judgement of Anubis and a space battle on a cluster-pays grid. Developers are once again mixing familiar mechanics with new details: multipliers grow after every step, symbols merge and level up, and bonus features can combine directly during free spins.
In this selection, we look at seven new and upcoming games from BGaming, Pragmatic Play, Play’n GO, Hacksaw Gaming, and PG Soft. We will see which slots really offer interesting mechanics and which ones, for now, attract attention mainly through their theme and loud name.Chicken Rush 2 by BGaming
Next, BGaming sends the chicken back onto the road, but Chicken Rush 2 is no longer a classic reel slot. It is a dynamic casual risk game. The character crosses a busy road step by step, and after each lane cleared successfully, the multiplier increases. At that point, the player has to choose: take the accumulated win or move on, knowing that one unlucky encounter with a car instantly ends the round. Four difficulty modes are available — Easy, Medium, Hard, and Hardcore: the more dangerous the route, the faster the potential payouts increase.
The developers have enlivened the usual mechanic with two random boosters. Step Booster makes the chicken unexpectedly sprint across several lanes at once, jumping to a larger multiplier, while Multiplier Booster adds a golden egg to the road. If the hero reaches it intact, the current reward rises noticeably, and the multipliers on the remaining part of the route grow with it. As a result, even a cautious round can suddenly accelerate, although the temptation to take one more step here often proves more dangerous than any bonus buy.
On the highest difficulty, Chicken Rush 2 offers a multiplier of up to x2,505, while the ceiling is noticeably lower in calmer modes. The stated RTP is 97%, volatility is medium, and for players who do not want to make every decision manually, there is an automatic mode with settings for the number of rounds and the auto-cashout point. In my view, the sequel feels much livelier than the first game: it constantly nudges you to risk a little more, while still leaving full control over the moment of exit. The official release is scheduled for July 30, 2026.
Dawn of Aten by Pragmatic Play
After the risky dash of Chicken Rush 2, the article moves into a completely different atmosphere — under the scorching sun of Ancient Egypt. The title Dawn of Aten refers to Aten, the solar disk and central deity of Pharaoh Akhenaten’s religious reform, so it is logical to expect temples flooded with golden light, royal treasures, and symbols of the Amarna period. For now, this is only an inference from the title: Pragmatic Play has not yet added Dawn of Aten to its public game catalogue or published an official description of the slot.
Therefore, it is too early to talk about the exact reel structure, bonus game, multipliers, RTP, or maximum win — there is no confirmed public data on the mechanics. Considering the Egyptian theme, Dawn of Aten could become a visually bright continuation of Pragmatic Play’s mythological line, but attributing cascades, free spins, or the provider’s familiar growing multiplier system to the game without an official card would be pure guesswork. For now, the slot is interesting mainly because of its unusual choice of central figure: instead of the omnipresent Anubis and Ra, the developer, judging by the name, has turned to the rarer cult of the solar Aten.
Golden Retriever by Pragmatic Play
Next in the selection is Golden Retriever from Pragmatic Play — a good-natured-looking but quite gambling-driven slot that moves the familiar money-symbol collection formula into a cosy countryside setting. On a five-reel, three-row grid, the golden retriever is not just decoration but the main participant in the hunt for prizes. Behind the cute artwork are high volatility, a maximum payout of up to 5,000 bets, and two different bonus games, so a calm walk with the dog can turn into a real chase for a big win at any moment.
When three to five scatters land, the slot launches one of two scenarios. In free spins, the player receives 10 to 20 spins, and appearing Wilds collect the values from all money symbols — individual coins can be worth up to 100 bets. Every four Wilds add another ten spins, raise the multiplier first to x2, then to x3, and finally to x10, while also gradually strengthening the playing field with additional symbols and coins. This is where Golden Retriever most strongly recalls the Big Bass series, only instead of a fisherman, a fluffy companion brings back the catch, and the bonus development looks more varied.
The alternative is Hold & Spin with three respins and an initial multiplier of x1, x5, or x10. New money symbols reset the counter to three, and filling the whole grid multiplies the collected sum and restarts the feature with an even stronger multiplier — gradually, it can grow to x25. This is not Pragmatic Play’s most original slot, but the two full bonus branches keep the intrigue alive: free spins focus on collection and retriggers, while Hold & Spin offers a sharper and more tense hunt for a full screen.
Phoenix Frenzy Triple Win by Play’n GO
After the good-natured Golden Retriever, the atmosphere shifts sharply: Phoenix Frenzy Triple Win from Play’n GO sends us into a scorching world of lava, dark mountains, and fiery birds. The slot runs on a 5x4 grid with 1,024 ways to win, has high volatility, and can pay up to 25,000 bets. However, the main attention goes to the three eggs above the reels. Falling Mystery Orbs charge the corresponding meters, and if several of them are filled at once, the bonus mechanics combine in one free-spin series. This possibility is what turns a fairly familiar phoenix theme into a more exciting hunt for a triple enhancement.
The purple egg triggers Purple Rebirth with eight free spins, during which several low-paying symbols on reels two to five regularly turn into Wilds. The blue version, Blue Rebirth, also awards eight spins but focuses on Wilds with x2 multipliers: when several such symbols take part in one combination, their values are added together. Individually, these features look fairly calm, but when triggered simultaneously, they start to complement each other well — more substituting symbols appear on the grid, and completed combinations receive an additional boost.
Golden Rebirth looks the most interesting. At the start of the feature, one low-paying symbol is chosen at random and turns into the highest-value phoenix symbol throughout the bonus. Every three collected orbs add three more spins and activate a new transformation, so gradually several weaker icons can become premiums. Phoenix Frenzy Triple Win is unlikely to surprise with a completely new mechanic, but the idea of hatching two or three eggs at once creates good tension: an ordinary bonus can stay modest, while a lucky combination of Rebirth features can ignite a genuinely serious sequence.
Rage of Egypt by Hacksaw Gaming
After the more classic Phoenix Frenzy Triple Win, the selection moves in a much darker direction. Rage of Egypt by Hacksaw Gaming presents Ancient Egypt not as a shining land of gold, but as a sinister realm of Anubis with a crimson sky, stone giants, and a heavy underworld atmosphere. The game is built on a 5x6 grid with cluster pays and cascades: winning symbols disappear, making room for new ones. The slot has high volatility, an RTP of 96.24%, and a maximum payout of up to 10,000 bets, but the main intrigue centres on two Soul Orbs, which appear as Wilds and collect multipliers during a single cascade chain. The red orb grows for every symbol in winning clusters, the blue one grows for every separate cluster, and when both participate together, their values are multiplied.
Three scatters open Underworld Free Spins with ten spins and a separate multiplier above each reel. Winning symbols gradually increase these values, special modifiers can multiply them by up to x10, and the green Soul Orb activates the accumulated multiplier of its reel. After activation, the values of active reels are added together and applied to the whole cluster, while every new orb activation adds another three spins. Unlike the Play’n GO bonus, where features were combined through different eggs, here the enhancement builds directly during the series: the multipliers look modest at first, but one successful cascade can sharply gather them into a serious overall coefficient.
Four scatters launch a completely different game — Judgement Bonus with three respins and a grid filled with special blocks. Skulls add to or multiply the values above individual reels, epic versions affect all five at once, and the Crusher Block cuts its way through the accumulated multipliers and collects their total. Each useful new block resets the counter to three respins, so the feature can hold the tension for a long time before adding all values together and paying the final prize. Rage of Egypt feels more complex than most Egyptian slots: the mechanics here do not merely decorate the theme but genuinely create the sense of Anubis’s harsh judgement, where the bonus can stay silent for a long time and then explode into a chain of multipliers.
Space Knight Merge Up 2 by BGaming
After the grim judgement of Anubis, the selection leaves the underworld and heads straight into outer space. Space Knight Merge Up 2 from BGaming continues the story of a knight defending Earth, but instead of familiar reels, it offers a large 6x6 grid with cluster pays. A win starts with four adjacent matching symbols: some icons disappear, the remaining ones merge and move to the next level, and new elements then fall from above. There are nine development tiers in total — from ammunition to the space knight himself — so one small cluster can trigger a long chain of transformations. With high volatility, the slot offers an RTP of 98% and a maximum payout of up to 10,000 bets.
The symbol merging does not end there. Cells that take part in wins receive multipliers, which continue to grow on repeat matches up to x128, while values inside one cluster are added together. If the chain reaches the eighth level, a bomb is created on the grid: it destroys eight neighbouring symbols, strengthens multipliers in the affected cells, and then turns into a Scatter. Unlike Rage of Egypt, where large coefficients gathered around special orbs and individual reels, here the entire grid gradually turns into a map of enhanced points. It is especially satisfying that this mechanic already works in the base game, so even an ordinary spin can sometimes develop like a small puzzle with several consecutive explosions.
Three or more Scatters trigger 12 to 30 free spins, and this is where the accumulation becomes truly dangerous: marked cells and their multipliers remain until the end of the bonus series, while a new set of three Scatters adds another five spins. Through the bonus buy, players can choose the standard option, start with x2 multipliers in all cells, or receive three to nine starting bombs that prepare the grid in advance. Space Knight Merge Up 2 does not try to surprise with a completely new formula — it is the space version of the already familiar Merge Up 2, but the theme works noticeably better here than neutral gems. Weapons, ships, and the hero in a spacesuit give every symbol upgrade the feeling of real progression, while the bonus resembles preparing a ship for the decisive battle, where one successful chain can charge up the whole grid.
Tornado Rampage by Other Providers
After the space battle of Space Knight Merge Up 2, the action returns to Earth, but it does not become calmer. Tornado Rampage was released by PG Soft, so the Other Providers label probably appeared because of incomplete catalogue data. The game is styled as a direct report from the eye of the storm: a huge funnel hangs above the road, lightning flashes around it, and bicycles, cars, trucks, and other objects caught by the wind fly across the reels. The unusual grid expands toward the centre in a 3-4-5-4-3 pattern and uses 36 fixed lines. With medium volatility, RTP of 96.75%, and a maximum payout of up to 5,000 bets, the slot looks less severe than the previous games in the selection, but it reveals its main functions more quickly.
The central role belongs to golden Wilds, which trigger a respin, lock onto the grid, and begin moving across the reels. Each such symbol can receive a multiplier from x2, and successful combinations gradually increase its value. Unlike Space Knight Merge Up 2, where you need to develop individual cells for a long time, Tornado Rampage creates tension immediately after the first Golden Wild appears: the reels spin again, the symbol keeps travelling, and the coefficient becomes increasingly dangerous. The mechanic fits the theme perfectly, because the Wilds really feel like objects being dragged by the funnel across the whole grid.
Scatters open free spins, in which golden Wilds remain on the reels and continue to accumulate multipliers. This is where a regular storm chase turns into a full chain of respins: several locked symbols can strengthen winning lines at the same time, gradually bringing the game closer to the 5,000-bet cap. Tornado Rampage is not overloaded with many separate bonus modes, but it does not need them. The whole idea is built around one clear mechanic that conveys the movement of a tornado well and makes every new Wild movement noticeably more interesting than a standard free spin.
Mark Patterson is the news writer at CasinosInCanada who covers the latest developments in the iGaming industry, including casino launches, regulations, and market updates.
