The machines have traditional buttons as well as touchscreens. That game will use a brand new engine, Center Stage, for a slot machine, which means lots of fancy electronics and pretty lights. The 70-inch and 103-inch models of the James Cameron’s Avatar Video Slots machine will hit casino floors at the end of October or early November. Rodriguez said his company worked closely with Cameron’s production company, Lightstorm Entertainment, and Avatar film producer Jon Landau to create the new machines over the past couple of years. “We wanted to create an immersive game that recreated the feeling of the film,” Rodriguez said. The big machine has an option for five people to play at once. Sure, what’s one more slot machine in Vegas? Well, James Cameron’s Avatar is a brand that is known the world over, and it should be a big draw in casinos with its highly visual screens (42 inches, 70 inches, and 103 inches) with videos and animations from the movie, said Darrell Rodriguez, IGT’s chief creative officer, in an interview with GamesBeat.
