EA reveals Monopoly Streets

By Kyle Orland Published 7 May, 2010

"3D world" game due in autumn.

Electronic Arts has announced Monopoly Streets, a new take on the 75 year-old board game franchise due for the Wii, Xbox 360 and PS3 in the autumn.

The announcement makes the game sound more like a land-grab-style strategy game than a board game, with a focus on property development and player-owned headquarters that grow and shrink with in-game success. Players will be reportedly be able to view the game's "dynamic, living, 3D world" from "the street level".

EA also teased features like online play, downloadable content and the ability to control Miis on the Wii and Xbox Live Avatars. Streets will reportedly include a playable version of the traditional Monopoly board game, "for purists" as the release puts it.

Speaking of the original Monopoly, the release mentions a basic version of the classic board will be coming to the Nintendo DS alongside the release of Streets.

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Comments (5) Latest comment 2 years ago

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  • callum9999 #1 2 years ago

    Sounds ok. I thought the PC monopoly game was brilliant and this sounds quite similar.

  • SAMagic #2 2 years ago

    So this is a commercial, boxed release? Seems like a waste - it seems much more suited to an XBL-type game. Whack it on for 400-800 points, let lots of people get it for simple and easy boardgame fun.

    Then again, I've seen a few different versions of Monopoly on different formats so I guess it must actually sell.

  • chrisjm #3 2 years ago

    just give us a xbox live playable online version made as well as uno, C'mon!

  • metalangel #4 2 years ago

    This sounds exactly like the Monopoly Tycoon game that PC Gamer spunked across the tits of* and that absolutely nobody else really cared about.

    *Ellie-style humour!!!11

  • Soton4084 #5 2 years ago

    When are EA going to release the next Simcity game? Simcity 4 was absolutely brilliant, but Societies was a huge disappointment!