<![CDATA[Kotaku: Boom Blox]]> http://cache.kotaku.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/kotaku.com.png <![CDATA[Kotaku: Boom Blox]]> http://kotaku.com/tag/boom blox http://kotaku.com/tag/boom blox <![CDATA[How Steven Spielberg's Ambitious Video Game Failed To Take Off]]> Steven Spielberg once tried to make a video game known to most people only as "LMNO," an ambitious project that would have explored the relationship between a secret agent and an alien-like creature named Eve had it not been canceled—twice. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5680023&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Report: Steven Spielberg Is Crazy Paranoid]]> Steven Spielberg is a Hollywood legend. When not directing highly successful motion pictures, Steven Spielberg likes to make video games. He's also really paranoid, a new book claims. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5506065&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[A Number of Boom Blox Developers Let Go]]> Electronic Arts this week let go a number of developers working on Steven Spielberg Wii puzzle tile Boom Blox, the company told Kotaku. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5484553&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Study Examines Boom Blox for Benefits to Elderly Cognition]]> The National Science Foundation has given two universities a million dollars to study whether video games can improve thinking skills in the elderly. They're using Boom Blox in the research. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5312492&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Boom Blox Producer Departs EA For Flower Studio]]> On the week of the release of the new Boom Blox, one of the game's chief creators heads to ThatGameCompany. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5263272&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Who's Hand Modeling For Boom Blox Bash Party?]]> Oscar winning filmmaker and budding game designer Steven Spielberg is! The idea man behind Boom Blox and the newly released sequel Boom Blox Bash Party shows what a lifetime of directing does to one's extremities. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5261459&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[EA Says Happy Holidays With Boom Blox Cheat Codes]]> We've gotten holiday cards, lots of holiday cards; holiday songs;, even a holiday video, but this is our first ever holiday cheat codes. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5116875&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Steven Spielberg Loves Rock Band Drumming, Laments Cut Scenes]]> You may not think it to look at him, but filmmaker and Boom Blox co-creator Steven Spielberg can really hit a drum. The Spielberg clan is quite taken with Rock Band it seems. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5105839&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Boom Blox Does 8-Bit]]> LittleBigPlanet may be the stunt-modder's level design palette of choice these days, with some truly spectacular creations, but its not the only game in town. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5104671&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[EA Kills Blueprint, Plans More Boom Blox]]> Electronic Arts' mysterious Blueprint division is no more, according to a report from Variety. Formerly lead by EA LA vet Neil Young, the shrouded-in-secrecy project was reportedly established to create lower cost content with smaller teams based on original intellectual property. One of those unnamed projects was being developed by former Metroid Prime developers at start up Armature, but the majority of what Blueprint worked on was never publicly disclosed. It was said to be focusing some of its efforts on casual games targeted at social networking platforms. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5092604&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[300 Director's EA Games Could Become Movies]]> Following Variety's story early this morning that Zack Snyder, the man behind such films as The Dawn of the Dead and 300, has signed a deal with EA to make three games, comes the official announcement. Filmmaker Snyder, whose latest project is the movie adaptation of Watchmen, will be working with EA Los Angeles, the same studio which worked with Steven Spielberg on Boom Blox. Under the agreement with Cruel & Unusual Film, EA will own the rights to the games which they will develop, publish and distribute worldwide. EA and Snyder will also work to "extend the game franchises into theatrical motion pictures." More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5056190&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Boom Blox Sells 450K, Spielberg Talked Down From Ledge]]> When Boom Blox didn't explode at retail during its first month on the market — selling some 60,000 copies in the United States in May — it was written off by some as a "dud." And by "some," I mean, me. At least I didn't say they were paltry! Turns out that 60K sales figure only accounted for a week's worth of sales and that the Steven Spielberg collaboration is doing just fine. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5030718&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Boom Blox A Bust At Retail?]]> When EA's Boom Blox didn't appear in the top ten best selling games for the month of May, we were puzzled. When it didn't appear in the top twenty, we became concerned, especially with junk like Game Party and Haze representing. According to NPD data provided to GameDaily, the Steven Spielberg-backed game only sold 60,000 copies last month, limping into the #25 spot on the U.S. sales charts. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5016970&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Spielberg Afraid of Over-The-Top Game Violence]]> Director Steven Speilberg is known for crafting some seriously intense, gut-wrenching cinematic scenes. But those are just movies! No biggie!! Games, games are different. Just hear what Spielberg has to say: More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=387931&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Boom Blox Review: Explosive Casual Play]]> Boom Blox is an odd creation. It's a casual game created with the help of a director known for the stories his movies tell. So what happens when Stephen Spielberg teams up with Electronic Arts to make a game for the Wii? Lots of explosions of course. The game has you throw, grab, shoot and explode "blox" in such a myriad of mind-bending puzzles that you might actually forget you're playing a "casual" game. Boom Blox includes ways to play with friends or on your own, through a story or just for fun. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=387721&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Week in Games: The Blox that Go Boom]]> After last week, I'm not sure how anyone could possibly be thinking about new game purchases this week. If you bought Iron Man, Mario Kart Wii or GTA IV, there's no way you've gotten your fill of them yet. Unless you were waiting on Boom Blox? Here's the roster of releases for the coming week. Is anyone picking any of these up, or are we still gorging silly on other games? More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=386943&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Boom Blox To Go Multi-Plat? "Definite Possibility"]]> Just because Steven Spielberg's Boom Blox is a Wii game, doesn't mean it'll only be a Wii game. Sure, it's got those Wii-specific controls, but Electronic Arts mentions that it is thinking about bringing it to other consoles. Says Amir Rahimi, the game's senior producer: More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=386831&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Boom Blox Hits Next Week, New Trailer Hits Now]]> I'm still a little confused about how exactly Steven Spielberg was involved in this project. I mean, was it like him drinking a copy of coffee and saying "Hey we should make a game with dominoes and shit" and then EA Casual turned it into something playable? More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=385898&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Boom Blox Video Walk Through]]> With few exceptions, we've been kept at a distance from Boom Blox since its announcement. In fact, this video is the first time I've even seen the game in action. It looks like it's going to be a lot of fun to play, though I can't help but have have flashbacks to my time with Jenga, which was just painful to play on the Wii. That's the thing with Wii games, if you don't get the control mechanics exactly right the game is dead in the water, there really isn't any room for mistakes. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5006903&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Boom Blox For Other Consoles?]]> Yes, it's got the name Spielberg attached to it, but is that really why you're interested in Boom Blox? Course not. It's because it's another cuddly, colourful Wii game that - thanks to its physics and level of polish - may actually be OK. Thing is, it might not be a Wii game for long, because the way the game's senior producer Amir Rahimi is talking, ports should be expected come Christmas time:
Once it's over the sky's the limit. There's definitely the possibility of going to other consoles.
He says that, it's EA...so, Christmas 2008, we're looking at a 360, PS3, PS2, PSP, DS, Mobile and PC version...am I missing any? More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=383438&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Boom Blox, Steven Spielberg's Shoulder Murder Simulator Impressions]]> The combination of EA, Steven Spielberg and casual Wii gaming targeted at children and retirees may not instill much in the way of hardcore gaming fervor, but there is something unquantifiable about Boom Blox that makes it so appealing. On display on just one monitor at last week's Nintendo Media Summit, the Spielberg production—not unlike a virtual game of Jenga played with a cannon—had a consistent crowd of press and PR surrounding it, some of whom were repeat Boom Blox-ers regularly returning for another taste. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=379318&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Spielberg Enjoys Playing Crysis, But Is That Enough?]]> You can't fault a guy for thinking the whole Steven Spielberg making video games scenario seems just a tad disingenuous. On a movie set, the director is quite possibly the hardest working, most involved person on staff. Transplanted as a game designer, they show up every once and a while to check stuff out. But at least Bloom Box producer Amir Rahimi will stick up for Spielberg's gamer cred:
I was actually pretty surprised to find out how much of a gamer Steven Spielberg is.
He continued: More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=378779&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Boom Blox Dated At Nintendo Media Summit]]> It doesn't sound like a bunch of news has shaken out from Nintendo's Media Summit being held in San Francisco today and tomorrow, but we do finally have a release date for the Steven Spielberg brainchild Boom Blox. The puzzler with character will be hitting North America on May 6 and Europe on May 9, according to the folks at the summit. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=378433&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[EA Sponsors SCI-FI-LONDON]]> Electronic Arts today said they will be the official games sponsor for this year's SCI-FI-LONDON, "the UK's only dedicated science fiction and fantastic film festival." More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=369102&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Steven Spielberg's Boom Blox Final Box Art]]> Ahhh yes, new screens and the final box art for upcoming Steven Spielberg game Boom Blox. I'm actually kind of excited to get this. Crazy, I know! More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=366214&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[EA Going The Extra Mile For Steven Spielberg's Game]]> Yes, yes. We know. Steven Spielberg plays video games. Okay, GOT IT. But one thing we are somewhat iffy about: Why is he making games for Electronic Arts? Dude could make games anywhere. EA isn't dumb, so the company wants the upcoming Wii title BOOM BLOX to be a hit. EA wants everything to work for Steven! As EA employee and BOOM BLOX executive producer Louis Castle points out, the company pulled out all the stops: More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=360166&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Make Your Own Boom Blox]]> Can't wait to play with Spielberg's upcoming video game Boom Blox? Then play with paper! Print out the larger version of this in the link below and stare at it and think: Steven Spielberg signed off on this funny chicken. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=354044&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Steven Spielberg's Boom Blox Debuts]]> The first in a series of EA and Steven Spielberg collaborations is Boom Blox, a Wii game that combines puzzle, physics and a seemingly tolerable version of Jenga into a working package. It may not be the Schindler's List of puzzle games, but we suspect Steve isn't aiming quite that high with his inaugural title. Looks good to me, but I'd certainly like to go hands-on before I drop a fifty on the thing. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=353426&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Spielberg's Boom Blox Revealed]]> Director Steven Spielberg's 2005 deal to create original games with EA comes a step closer to bearing fruit as they unveil their upcoming Wii title, Boom Blox. While we had a general idea and were then given a name , we now get a full reveal of Spielberg's action-puzzle game a week and a half before it shows up at GDC - and for one I am relieved. When I first heard the term block puzzle tossed about, I'm sure I wasn't alone in thinking some sort of Tetris clone. As you can see from the screen there, that's happily not the case at all. More »
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