Play N Go’s Starblast slot under dispute

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The release of Play n Go’s latest slot Starblast has been put on hold due to a dispute with games provider NetEnt.The game was reported to be better than NetEnt’s Starbust slot which was released back in 2012, with the addition of up to x9 multipliers.Play n Go had scheduled the slot to be released on the 20th of March, but is no longer showing on the server.

Claim of cloning

NetEnt have claimed that that Starburst is a clone of their own slot Starburst, which is a popular slot with their players. The theme is the same and the titles are very similar.It remains to be seen whether Play n Go will simply rename the slot and make some small changes, we will just have to wait and see.Malta based Play n Go and Swedish based NetEnt have made no comment yet about this dispute.It is not the first time that there have been disputes between slot developers. Play N Go are rumoured to be accused of an infringement by software developer Novomatic over their release of the Book of Ra slot.