Burning Blox Gigablox

Burning Blox Gigablox Overview

Burning Blox Gigablox is a fruit slot from Jelly, released through Yggdrasil’s YG Masters programme on 21 September 2023. It takes the classic set of sevens, bells and fruit and runs it on the Gigablox engine, where symbols can land as oversized blocks.

The game uses 5 reels and 4 rows with 20 paylines. SlotCatalog lists an RTP of 94% with RTP ranges, high volatility, a maximum win of 3,146x and stakes from 0.25 to 100 per spin.

Classic Fruit, Gigablox Size

The reels burn against a red, flame-filled background, with a giant diamond on a pedestal to the left of the grid. The symbols are the ones you would expect on an old fruit machine: fiery red sevens, golden bells, cherries, grapes, lemons, oranges, pears, plums and watermelons.

What makes them different is the size. On the Gigablox engine any symbol can arrive as a larger block covering several positions – our screenshots show a 2x2 orange filling four cells in the middle of the grid – and a big block counts as that symbol on every position it covers.

According to the published game description, Gigablox symbols range from a single 1x1 cell up to 4x4, so one block can cover as many as 16 positions. On a 5x4 grid that is most of the screen, and a large block of sevens or diamonds is how the bigger wins in this game are built.

The Diamond: Wild and Scatter

The diamond does two jobs. Marked WILD, it substitutes for the fruit on the paylines; at the same time it pays as a scatter when enough of them are visible anywhere on the grid.

The ladder next to the big diamond shows how many are needed. In the base game it starts at 6+: one of our spins at a 100.00 bet showed six diamonds, four of them marked WILD, and paid “6 Diamonds = 160.00” – 1.6x the bet.

A Base-Game Spin

The base game is quieter than the bonus. On one spin at 100.00 we had golden bells at the top of reels 2 and 3, two red sevens on reel 3 and six diamonds spread over the grid, four of them carrying the WILD label. The diamonds paid the 6+ prize of 160.00, and the line wins were small – a typical picture for a high-volatility game that keeps its value for the feature.

Triggering the Free Spins

The published rules say that five or more Bonus scatters are needed, and each of them is worth one or two spins – which is exactly what our trigger shows.

The red B BONUS symbols start the feature. Our trigger spin shows five of them on the grid; each one then turns into a small panel reading 1 SPIN or 2 SPINS, and the values are added up. Ours read 1, 2, 1, 1 and 2, for a total of 7 free spins.

The feature screen then explains the two changes that apply in the round: “Any scatter awards additional spins”, and “Only 4 diamonds required to pay a prize!”

The Diamond Ladder in Free Spins

Dropping the requirement from six to four diamonds changes the whole feel of the round. At a 100.00 bet the free-spins ladder read:

• 4+ diamonds – 160.00 (1.6x)
• 6+ – 400.00 (4x)
• 8+ – 800.00 (8x)
• 10+ – 1,600.00 (16x)
• 12+ – 3,200.00 (32x)
• 14+ – 16,000.00 (160x)

The jump at the top is the part to notice: fourteen diamonds pay five times as much as twelve.

The published rules add two more changes for the free spins: every new Bonus scatter that lands during the round gives another one or two spins, and the red sevens – the top-paying fruit symbol – appear more often than in the base game.

Our Two Free Spins Rounds

Our screenshots come from two separate rounds, both played at 100.00 (the balance on screen shows which is which):

• The first round is the one triggered above with 7 free spins. With 5 spins left, six diamonds paid 400.00 and the round total stood at 680.00 (6.8x).
• The second round started with a bang: with all 7 spins still to play, a single spin landed twelve or more diamonds for a “Red Hot Win” of 3,200.00 – 32x the bet.
• Later in that round, with 2 spins left, seven diamonds (in the 6+ band) paid 400.00 on an 800.00 spin, and the round total reached 4,400.00 (44x).

Buying the Bonus

A Bonus Buy button sits under the diamond ladder. At a 100.00 bet the confirmation screen asked for 6,000.00 – 60x the stake. Our second round shows the range: one spin returned 32x on its own and the round reached 44x, while the first round was at 6.8x with five spins to go.

RTP and Numbers

The 94% RTP listed by SlotCatalog is on the low side, and the game is marked as having RTP ranges, so the version at your casino may differ. The high volatility fits what we saw: small diamond wins in the base game, and most of the value concentrated in the free spins. SlotCatalog gives a hit frequency of 25.4%.

Who It Is For

Burning Blox Gigablox suits players who like a classic fruit theme but want a modern engine underneath. The diamond ladder is easy to read and very rewarding at the top, and the 1-or-2-spins reveal makes every trigger a small surprise. Players who dislike high volatility should note that the base game pays little until the diamonds start to pile up.

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