Steven Spielberg-helmed video game details emerge

Back in 2005, Steven Spielberg first signed a deal with video-game behemoth Electronic Arts to help create, in some sort of capacity, three new video game IPs. Then, for the next couple of years, not much was heard about this development until last July. Newswek's game guru N'Gai Croal divulged some info about two of the titles. One of them was code named "LMNO," where players control a former special agent and interact with a robot girl of some sort. A description from game blog Kotaku described the game as "North By Northwest meets E.T.... if E.T. were female, grown up and hot."

Certainly interesting, but it's Spielberg's other game that will see release much sooner. While project "LMNO" is meant to be an epic for the PS3 and XBox 360, Spielberg's "PQRS" is a game made specifically for the Wii to utilize its unique control scheme. Croal described the game as "a hundred challenging, action-packed interactive games that take blocks to a new level of creativity for single player, co-op, and versus gameplay." Basically, Jenga. EA, in fact, elaborated that it's a cross between Jenga and a children's cartoon, but Spielberg assured the media that it will be "a great thing for the entire family to play together over Christmas."

Yesterday, EA sent out a press release revealing the title, Boom Blox. Spielberg explained in the release that "Boom Blox plays on the enjoyment of building and knocking down blocks." Not a high-concept game exactly, but it could potentially be quite fun. Characters in the game range from baseball-playing monkeys to Blox-laying chickens, with more than 30 possibilities. The game features 300 levels with the possibility of more through editing or trading over WiiConnect24. Perhaps the game bears more than a little resemblance to Jenga, but it looks to offer a whole lot more—at least until Jenga also begins to feature anthropomorphic block-monkeys.

Thanks to 1UP.com for the tip!

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