Best of 2012: Best New Casino Games

It seems like only a week has passed since Battlestar Galactica and The Sopranos have launched as casino games on All Slots Casino and Winner Casino, respectively. Oh, it has been only a week?

In this latest installment of our end of year summary, we will try and recall some of the best new casino games to launch in 2012.

Battlestar Galactica

Battlestar Galactica is an American science fiction franchise created by Glen A. Larson and dates back to 1978. TV series, mini-series, video games and board games have all featured in this famed comics based enterprise, and finally, in late 2012, a video slot has also launched. Is it up to the hype? It looks so but a bit early to tell.

Sopranos

David Chase's television drama about Tony Soprano, a New Jersey-based Italian-American mobster, has finally received a video slot version. Personally, I am still mesmerized by the game's trailer. Watch it here. Play it here.

Touch Screen Games

Net Entertainment is one of the top games providers in the business. In 2012 it has released several games for mobile devices, namely touch-screen platforms, such as Jack Hammer 2 Touch. (Visit bet365 from your mobile.)

Jack Hammer Touch Game has no less than 99 bet lines, adding new features to its predecessor (Jack Hammer 1) such as Free Spins Rounds, fine cartoon-style graphics, and more. It is mainly the user-friendly touch interface that caught our attention and in our eyes has set the standard for 2013.

243 Ways to Win

It's been a while now that these "243 Ways to Win" casino slots games have featured promptly in such lists as this one. The Twisted Circus wins our accolades for 2012, for its unique, bizarre and wonderfully weird features, as found on Red Flush Casino. Weird contortionists, tattooed fire breathers, Siamese twins, bearded ladies - BEARDED LADIES?!?!!

Social Games

Any end of year summary must address the Facebook/Zynga effect, or social casino games, merging two prominent trends of the past year - social networks and casino games. Slotomania and similar social apps bring friends together around fun games with a friendly emphasis, although definitely competitive.

600 in 2012

A special shout-out must go to NextGen Gaming. Although not often appearing on any top 5 software provider lists, NextGen is leading the way with 600 casino games. That's right, 600! Number 600, released only a few weeks ago, was the 3D, 50-line, online video slots game Mad Mad Monkey.