Spielberg talks up his games

By Robert Purchese Published 10 July, 2007

EA collaborations taking shape.

Hollywood movie director Steven Spielberg has been filling in some details for his upcoming trio of games.

They're currently in development at EA Los Angeles and will be on show this week at E3.

The first of these is an action-adventure game for Xbox and PS3 codenamed LMNO. It's being described as an emotional game where characters will evolve depending on how they interact with each other over time.

Spielberg told Newsweek: "The challenge is, can the game have an emotional impact on players while they are actively manipulating the world?"

The second project is a puzzle game called PQRS for Wii. It's been likened to a Saturday-morning cartoon crossed with Jenga where you'll have to manipulate various blocks using the motion-sensing controls of the console. Apparently it should be great fun for all the family.

Unfortunately nothing was said about the third and final project.

We'll keep our eyes peeled at E3 for more information.

Picture of Robert.

About Robert Purchese

Bertie is Eurogamer's Senior Staff Writer. When he's not hunting down news stories he's often found playing with his kids or gabbling about fantasy games and strange online worlds.

Read more articles from Robert by visiting the Robert Purchese archive page.

You may also like...

Comments (14) Latest comment 5 years ago

Comments threads automatically close after 30 days, but please feel free to continue chatting on the forum!

  • spliffhead #1 5 years ago

    Bet you anything the third game is TUVW.

  • bushwod #2 5 years ago

    LMNO

    Laughing My Nuts Off ??

  • QotSAfan #3 5 years ago

    These should be interesting, apart from the titles of course :D

  • Twinfalls #4 5 years ago

    I gather LaughMyNutsOff is the title being overseen by superhero Doug Church, which makes it actually worth keeping track of.

  • Bezzy #5 5 years ago

    Exactly. Doug Church is the one to watch, here. Spielburg is the Molyneux.

  • ST.. #6 5 years ago

    "Hollywood movie director Steven Spielberg"

    As opposed to the Steven Spielberg who runs the jewish deli down the road?

    Was there really the need to qualify who he was?

  • L0cky #7 5 years ago

    Sounds like a good idea to have someone like Spielberg trying to pull some emotional value from a game... so it made me a bit cynical to see one of them is a cutesy puzzle game.

    /ka-ching

    (Edit: What he said)
    Edited by 1 at 10/07/07 @ 18:09

  • agparrot #8 5 years ago

    "Spielberg talks down his games"

    'Likely to be shit', says Spielberg, 'The challenge is, can the world have an emotional impact on players while they are actively manipulating the game?.'

  • MyPointIs #9 5 years ago

    Jenga was an unlikely child for EA and Spielberg.

    I didn´t know what to expect, to be honest.

    But not that one.

  • Wyrm #10 5 years ago

    Schindlers Super Panic Brick!

    I'd certainly play it.

  • spliffhead #11 5 years ago

    Lick
    My
    Nude
    Orifice

    Use the Wiimote to control ET's glowing finger and prob some of the movies most famous holes.

    Jenna Jameson has provided the Mo-Cap apparently...

    A bonus score for the DP Airlock position?

  • freedumb #12 5 years ago

    It was Spielberg and his Dreamworks studio that initiated the Medal of Honour series, he's even on the credits of Allied Assault I think.
    I think he also did The Dig.
    Edited by 1 at 10/07/07 @ 21:49

  • Bezzy #13 5 years ago

    "Allied Assault"

    So, did he do the bit where you're in that snow-bound villiage, and if you step even remotely off an invisible path, you hear your sergeant shout "Panzer, DEAD AHEAD!" and then you blow up?

    And then you reload and try again, and try going a different route, and you don't realize it, but you've stepped off the path again, and another invisible panzer shoots your legs off?

    And you try this over and over until you find the correct path, and once you finally get through the section, you find that there was no tank on the entire level?

    Genius!

  • spliffhead #14 5 years ago

    Sénior Speilbergo and his son also had a big hand in the flawed/ahead of it's time game Tresspasser. There was even a little part of the software where they had an in game thanks to the gamer.