EA debuts new family, sports games for Wii, PlayStation

With only a couple weeks to go before the 2008 E3 Media and Business Summit, video game publisher Electronic Arts is giving the press a sneak peek at its new video game lineup, including products resulting from its partnership with Hasbro.

Mr. Potato Head hosts EA's game Hasbro Family Night.

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In the forefront is the Hasbro Family Game Night video game for the Nintendo Wii and Sony PlayStation 2, a result of the 2007 teaming of the board game company and the video game company. With Hasbro's Mr. Potato Head as host, EA said families can partake in classic versions of Connect Four, Boggle, Yahtzee, Sorry!, and Battleship, as well as versions of these games with new twists.

The game publisher will also debut a digital version of Sorry! Sliders, a board game that Hasbro will be selling this fall.

NCAA Football '09 is just one of the new "All-Play" games for Wii.

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Other games displayed by EA at recent coast-to-coast press events include Wii- and PlayStation-adapted games Boogie:Superstar, Littlest Pet Shop, a new Monopoly game, and Nerf N-Strike, which comes with a Wii remote and Nerf gun duo.

All the above titles will hit shelves during the fall of 2008.

Casual gaming aside, last week EA also announced a new lineup for its "EA Sports All-Play" series, which is introducing games specifically designed for the Wii. EA said the new games will level the playing field between advanced players and new users, because players won't have to remember complicated series of button combinations.

The five All-Play titles will debut starting this month, including '09 versions of Tiger Woods PGA Tour, Madden NFL , NCAA Football, NBA Live, and FIFA Soccer.

The two-day E308 conference kicks off in Los Angeles on July 15.

[brahmkiran]

nice piece of information :)

-Brahm
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[Kev Orng]

I think Monopoly wouldn't be the same without a physical board and pieces. They tried to create a version that used a digital "bank machine" instead of paper money, and I think it flopped. Most of the parents I know thought that one of the great things about playing monopoly with kids is that it encourages them to learn some basic money math, which is something we could all use a little more of, but this bank machine version took away the responsibility AND the fun of waving around stacks of 100 dollar bills.

[usmc_nam_vet]

My wife said they use the WII at her hospital for physical therapy so I purchased on for us at home. Expensive but worth it.

[blabtech]

everything seems to be going digital these days, I still think board games should be played where the pieces are tangible... but maybe it's time for everything to go virtual one at a time.

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