EA bringing Hasbro games to XBLA

By Tom Bramwell Published 7 January, 2009

Boggle, Battleship, Yahtzee, Sorry!

EA has announced plans to release various Xbox Live Arcade titles under the Hasbro Family Game Night banner starting this spring.

The rollout will include Boggle, Battleship, Yahtzee, Connect Four, Sorry! and Sorry! Sliders, all of which will be available from a "branded destination" on Xbox Live.

The games will include original and new ways to play, according to EA, along with "a Party Mode that features multiple mini-game versions of each title" and online play.

You'll also be able to unlock "virtual trophies, furniture and themes to decorate [your] personal virtual game rooms". Don't hold back.

It's hardly EA's first Hasbro collaboration, of course, as you will know if you've read Ellie's review of the Wii version released last year.

Sadly, EA was not immediately available to confirm whether the Hasbro XBLA games will also be hosted by Mr. Potato Head.

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Comments (14) Latest comment 3 years ago

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  • bad09 #1 3 years ago

    Battleship, Connect 4. Legends....

    / Is surprisingly tempted.....

  • Vice.Destroyer #2 3 years ago

    Don't do it, bad09. Don't do it.

  • bad09 #3 3 years ago

    Vice.Destroyer, I can't help it I was a sucker for those board games as a kid. All I need now is Mouse Trap, Family fortunes, Operation and Buckaroo!!! :)

  • DFawkes #4 3 years ago

    I actually fancy those, although only if the price is right. Especially something as simple as Connect Four. Although if sold seperately, how many achievements could you have on Connect Four? Win games, lose games... not much else.

    Or will they be in a pack, like the DS game?

  • FeralUK #5 3 years ago

    Good games. but probably bad on a console.

  • OnlyMe #6 3 years ago

    My first ever encounter with Battleship was this game: http://hol.abime.net/75

    I didn't even know it was a boardgame, and when I saw it in the stores I thought "hey, they made a boardgame of an Amiga game!".
    Edited by 1 at 07/01/09 @ 09:30

  • Toothball #7 3 years ago

    What's this Sorry! Sliders anyway? Did they try to make Sorry! more trendy along the way or something?

    Edit: Ah, apparently it's an almost entirely different game apart from the name. Weird.
    Edited by 1 at 07/01/09 @ 09:49

  • dpb135 #8 3 years ago

    I want Guess Who :)

    And an online arcade version of monopoly, not that lame retail disc version

  • Dizzy #9 3 years ago

    There really are a lot of opportunities for boardgames online IMHO. It is an untapped (casual) market.

  • tancredo #10 3 years ago

    They should do a middle priced pack with all these games.
    Kind of like simulating a virtual room, being able to bring your group of friends into it, with your avatar sitting at a table and being able to play all these games on the same session with your group friends.
    800 points would be nice 400 points perfect for such a pack.
    Then you could have downlable packs of different games to add to the room

    (Individually, 400 points each game is way too expensive)
    Edited by 1 at 07/01/09 @ 12:15

  • binky #11 3 years ago

    Connect 4 is ace!

  • linksdad #12 3 years ago

    Shitty shovel ware that doesnt deserve to be even mentioned on live if MS are serious about keeping quality up.

    Most of these have been done to death several times over and serve no purpose other than to push the quality bar down.

  • GamesConnoisseur #13 3 years ago

    Achievement Unlocked: Stalemate 4!
    You and your opponent filled all available spaces!

    Achievement Unlocked: Tantrum 4!
    You or your opponent have lost the rage and opened the bottom tray and loosen all the pieces before the game is completed!

    Achievement Unlocked: AI Buster 4!
    You beaten the 10 AI characters on all the 20 difficulties in the 20 various acts of Connect 4!

  • NHDavid #14 3 years ago

    You sank my Battleship!!!!!!!!!!!!!!