Dio Killing the Dragon

Once known as a frontman to some of the biggest metal bands, later as a founder, Ronnie James Dio has made it to Play’n GO’s music series front page in the Dio Killing the Dragon online slot.

Definitely one of the more popular figures in the heavy metal world, software provider Play’n GO did an incredible job yet again, providing punters with an epic atmosphere and even better set of features.

Theme and Symbols

Opening on a dark, gloomy background of a castle, Dio Killing the Dragon lights up the atmosphere with a couple of Dio’s tracks such as ‘Don’t Talk to Strangers’, ‘Evil Eyes’ and ‘We Rock’. Pretty catchy if you ask us.

The villain of the game, Murray the Mascot, is the Scatter Symbol while the Wolf takes on the substitution duties as a Wild. Then there are Ronnie James Dio himself, Dragon and 2 Monster Symbols as well as Clubs, Hearts, Spades and Diamonds.

Betting Options and Features

The game is played with 5 reels, each being 3 rows high ( although a slightly unusual setup where the first and last reels are a bit higher ) and 243 ways to win. The betting range stretches anywhere from 0,10 - 100,00 credits, which is a rather common betting range, found in the vast majority of Play’n GO’s online slots.

When it comes to the highest win, it goes as high as 15,000x the stake, so there’s that.

Lock Up the Wolves - Whenever a Wild lands in the open cage on the first reel in the base game, the feature is triggered. A respin follows where the open cage moves to the second reel. In case a new Wild lands in the open cage on the 2nd reel, the process repeats up to 4 times.

Free Spins - 3, 4 or 5 Scatters in view award 6, 8 or 12 Free Spins respectively. Here, reels 2, 3 and 4 hold the open cage and whenever a Wild lands inside, it remains sticky for the duration of the feature.

Moreover, there’s a Special Symbol that might appear on the final reel, awarding 2 extra spins + one of the following modifiers: 

• • Fallen Angel - Adds a Sticky Wild on top of the first reel which moves down 1 position with each Free Spins until it completely leaves the grid.

• Symbol Upgrade - This is where you help Dio bestow the Dragon, the lowest valued Monster Symbol is upgraded to the Dio Icon.

• Wild Multiplier - A randomly chosen Sticky Wild in view has its win multiplier increased by x1, up to x5.

Wrapping Up

There are many great releases from the Play’n GO’ heavy metal series, for example the Def Leppard Hysteria or Alice Cooper and the Tome of Madness. We quite enjoy the series and can’t wait to see which heavy metal artist is next in line.

As for the Dio Killing the Dragon online slot, simply empty your mind, have a blast and enjoy the epic heavy metal tracks in the background.

As Bruce Dickinson once said, ‘If heavy metal bands ruled the world, we’d be a lot better off’.