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EA's first XBLA title News

Xbox 360 News by Robert Purchese

17 January, 2007

EA has joined forces with Bizarre Creations, the team behind Project Gotham and Geometry Wars, to bring us Boom Boom Rocket for Xbox Live Arcade.

This rhythm music title will be the publisher's first foray into the world of XBLA, and carries a scheduled release date of spring 2007.

Originally conceived by Pogo.com, the game challenges you to trigger rockets to the beat of the music whilst travelling through a 3D cityscape. The better your timing, the higher your score.

Ian Livingstone has composed 10 original tracks for Boom Boom Rocket, each choreographed into three skill levels. Master these to unlock new firework designs.

"This is a perfect time to bring such a unique and custom-built arcade game to Xbox Live Arcade," said Chip Lange, EA vice president. "We've crafted Boom Boom Rocket to offer an intensely fun entertainment experience for the thriving community of hard core and casual gamers alike. It's only natural that our launch title comes from the Pogo team, given their remarkable success with casual games."

There's support for two players to compete on one console, and those of you who like to win can climb the online leaderboard.

We're not sure how many Microsoft points we'll need to dish out for the title. Geometry Wars cost just 400, so we're hoping the price doesn't Rocket up. Boom Boom.

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S.J.Rogers
17/01/07 @ 14:25
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Woo!

Sounds very Bad..!
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AcidSnake
17/01/07 @ 14:28
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I half expected them to ask for 20 microsoft points for every missile you launch...
symmetry
17/01/07 @ 14:30
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Oooh, fireworks and Bizarre Creations, 2 of my favourite things. I have great hopes.
sport
17/01/07 @ 14:39
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at least it's not Burnout Live, or Madden Live, or some other rehashed IP
crazyhorse174
17/01/07 @ 14:49
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"Woo!

Sounds very Bad..!"

Yeah, and I'm sure Lumines sounded shit when the first tried to explain it.

"Yeah, its a rythmn, puzzle game, see!? And you have to match 4 blocks of the same colour to the beat of a beat of a tune, while a line comes across the screen to clear them!!"

Give them a bloody chance. Yes, its the EA we all know and hate, but this actually sounds completely different from anything they've ever done.
Mr_Bogus
17/01/07 @ 14:50
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Sounds like Fantavision, early PS2 game.
LOLLERS
17/01/07 @ 15:00
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er so Pogo had the idea, Bizarre developed it and Microsoft published it...what did EA do other than buy a company again? "We've crafted Boom Boom Rocket ..." No, you've done nothing.
neuroniky
17/01/07 @ 15:00
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Boom boom, boom boom, boom boom dollars...

The old Bemani song apply perfectly to the EA business model...
RexRunti
17/01/07 @ 15:09
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Actually this sounds quite good. I'm looking forward to it.
Der_tolle_Emil
17/01/07 @ 16:02
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Well I'm playing Rhythm Tengoku right and it is pure genius. Then again I cannot bring myself to play Lumines, I just don't get the game. But basically games playing with rhythm are a good thing.
IAmBatman
17/01/07 @ 16:05
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> Sounds like Fantavision, early PS2 game.

It does sound almost identical to Fantavision.
Kuma
17/01/07 @ 16:09
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Fantavision was a nice chilled game experience and one of the better launch games IMHO for the PS2.
I am intrigued by this, sounds promising to me.
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crazyhorse174
17/01/07 @ 16:26
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@rotj: Cheers dude!
Wobble
17/01/07 @ 16:56
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dammit, i was hoping for california games :(

(that was Electronic Arts, right?)
AFX
17/01/07 @ 21:24
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Wobble: Wiki claims it was Epyx.
smelly
17/01/07 @ 22:51
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developed by epyx published by ea
Emilia'sHorse
18/01/07 @ 00:20
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If bizarre have any involvement in development I am instantly interested. Some studio's have that sort of Kudos.
bloodflowers
18/01/07 @ 09:38
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I wonder if they'll get sued due to it being

AN OBVIOUS RIPOFF OF FANTAVISION!

Another EA innovation. It'll probably be quite a good clone if Bizarre are involved.
DrunKao
18/01/07 @ 09:44
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it's Bizarre so it should be GOOD, regardless of EA's involvement.
gazareth
18/01/07 @ 15:35
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Poorandugly
18/01/07 @ 20:50
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It does indeed look nice. I wonder what kind of music they are going for. Considering those screenshots, I'm thinking techno of some sort would suit it.
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SomaticSense
18/01/07 @ 21:08
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"Considering those screenshots, I'm thinking techno of some sort would suit it."

It's EA, so it won't be techno.....

Game looks interesting though.

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