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ICE – Aristocrat to launch Helix+ cabinet at ICE
By Phil - 18 January 2018
Focusing on the theme ‘It’s all about what’s inside’, Aristocrat Technologies will be offering visitors to ICE a unique commercial edge to celebrate the EMEA release of its new Helix+ cabinet, heralding the arrival of a vast array of new game content for 2018.
Based on the same footprint as the popular Helix cabinet, Helix+ incorporates two 27-inch screens offering 40 per cent more visible gaming space over its predecessor. A virtual button deck also comes as standard, adding even more interactivity at players’ fingertips, whilst further enhancements have also been made to its security and serviceability.
“All new orders for Helix+ placed on stand will benefit from an extremely attractive show special deal offering operators additional hardware benefits bundled together with the latest and greatest software content” said Erik-Jan van den Berg, Aristocrat’s Sales Director for EMEA.
“Allowing for more choice on gaming floors, much of the new game content in the 2018 portfolio is also compatible with both traditional dual-screen format for Helix/Helix+ and the premium portrait Arc Single platform,” he added.
Exciting new C-Series core games on show include Extra Extra Bonus Wilds titles Wild Fiesta Coins and Choy Coin Doa Dragon Ingot.
Fresh E-Series entertainment games featured at ICE include the highly successful Mighty Cash mechanic families Long Teng Hu Xiao (Dragon Flies™/Tiger Roars) and Nu Xia (Red Blade/Green Blade).
Debut titles with the jackpot-chase J-Series segment include New Gold Stacks titles Prosperity Cats and Prosperity Princess.
Aristocrat has also ported some of its most popular classic games onto the latest Gen8 Helix/Helix+ platform, featuring original maths models and enhanced hi-res graphics and audio. Games on display at ICE will include Queen of the Nile, Dolphin Treasure, Pompeii and Choy Sun Doa.
Mr van den Berg continued: “As a further addition to the Aristocrat portfolio in EMEA, we are introducing a series of enhanced premium pods including signage, branded chairs and themed packaging. These are designed to position the most popular game families across all of our game segments in flat pods of two, three or four – and four, six and eight in double-sided banks – allowing for feature destinations of the very best titles on gaming floors.”
