EA bringing Hasbro games to XBLA News
Xbox 360 News by Tom Bramwell
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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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!".
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I sense a few misty-eyed rose-tinted spectacle wearing types in the comments section today ;)
Connect 4: Wears thin once you reach a certain age - like noughts and crosses (Or OXO) you'll always end up playing to a draw. I'm a little worried about the potential quality of the titles and price point - after Dash of Destruction, could this be the beginning of the rise of shovelware on live arcade? Do casual gaming and shovelware go hand-in-hand? Kind of like a yin-yang thing maybe... edit: I seem to be a little random today /goes for a lie down
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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)
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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! |
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