Kotaku: Steven Spielberg

Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson Team with Ubisoft for Tintin

Brian Ashcraft — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 19:31:00 EDT

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Famed filmmaker Steven Spielberg is directing upcoming feature film The Adventures of Tintin, based on the Tintin comic books. Ubisoft is making a game based on the movie. More »

Video Of What Steven Spielberg's Failed 'LMNO' Could Have Been

Michael McWhertor — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 19:40:00 EDT

Click to viewThis is the game that Steven Spielberg and Electronic Arts wanted to make, but couldn't. The project known as LMNO will never be, but this "visual target" of the game that hoped to make us cry shows it could have been beautiful. More »

How Steven Spielberg's Ambitious Video Game Failed To Take Off

Michael McWhertor — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 21:00:00 EDT

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 »

Here's How Microsoft Spends Nearly a Billion Dollars

Brian Crecente — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 11:20:00 EDT

Advertising for two new products. More »

Hollywood And Video Games Should Break Up Pronto

Brian Ashcraft — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 05:00:00 EDT

In July 1937, author F. Scott Fitzgerald arrived in Hollywood, California. Fitzgerald was at the tail-end of his writing career and hoped to pick up some extra scratch penning screenplays. More »

EA Cancels Steven Spielberg Game

Luke Plunkett — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 00:00:00 EDT

For years now, Electronic Arts and Steven Spielberg were supposed to have been working on a project called "LMNO". We'd long thought it was dead. Now EA has finally confirmed it. More »

Report: Halo Movie Might Happen With Spielberg, But In An Unexpected Way

Michael McWhertor — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 17:40:00 EDT

Microsoft's "on hold" plans for a Halo film series may be back on again, with Steven Spielberg's DreamWorks Pictures "renewing its efforts to obtain the rights and revive the project," according to a new report. More »

The 3DS is Ready for its Close Up Mr. Spielberg

Lauren Orsini — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 15:30:00 EDT

Steven Spielberg checking out the Nintendo booth. Photo from Nintendo America's twitter feed. More »

Watch The Super 8 Trailer Right Now

Brian Ashcraft — Fri, 07 May 2010 02:00:00 EDT

J.J. Abrams, the creator of television series Lost and the producer of monster flick Cloverfield, is teaming up with Steven Spielberg for a new feature film called Super 8. This is your first look at the picture. More »

Microsoft Hasn't Given Up On The Halo Movie

Brian Ashcraft — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 01:00:00 EDT

Once upon a time, Microsoft was going to make a big budget Hollywood version of the Halo franchise. Until it spectacularly fell apart. That doesn't mean it won't ever happen, says the company. More »

Report: Steven Spielberg Is Crazy Paranoid

Brian Ashcraft — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 05:00:00 EDT

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 »

A Number of Boom Blox Developers Let Go

Brian Ashcraft — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 09:00:00 EST

Electronic Arts this week let go a number of developers working on Steven Spielberg Wii puzzle tile Boom Blox, the company told Kotaku. More »

Steven Spielberg To Produce Halo Movie?

Luke Plunkett — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 02:00:00 EDT

According to sources speaking with film site IESB, talent agency CAA and "studio executives," Hollywood legend Steven Spielberg is in talks to oversee the production of a new Halo movie. More »

Spielberg Gets "Lots of Ideas" From Splinter Cell

Brian Ashcraft — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 08:00:00 EDT

Ever wonder where legendary filmmaker Steven Spielberg (pictured, with friend) gets his inspiration? Gunga Din, Frank Capra and Samuel Fuller, among others. What about beyond that, like game-wise? More »

Further Confirmation That Spielberg's LMNO Is D.O.A. [Update]

Brian Ashcraft — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 23:00:00 EDT

Way back in October, we brought word that Spielberg's "ultra-real" game, code-named LMNO Project, had been shelved — a rumor EA said was "incorrect". More »

Spielberg: Natal Changes The Way I Write For Games

Brian Ashcraft — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 11:30:00 EDT

Famed filmmaker Steven Spielberg is gaga for Microsoft's Natal controller. He totally *hearts* it — so much that it has sent him back to the drawing board: More »

Steven Spielberg Predicts Console-Free Virtual Reality Gaming Future

Brian Ashcraft — Wed, 20 May 2009 07:00:00 EDT

Famed filmmaker Steven Spielberg has looked into his crystal ball and has seen what's to come: Virtual reality gaming. It's the 1980s all over again! More »

Who's Hand Modeling For Boom Blox Bash Party?

Michael McWhertor — Tue, 19 May 2009 15:40:30 EDT

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 »

Boom Blox Bash Party Box Downplays The Boom Blox

Michael McWhertor — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 16:00:59 EDT

The newly revealed box art for EA's Wii sequel Boom Blox Bash Party says a lot. Namely, that the Boom Blox brand doesn't carry much weight, at least not in terms of pimping the "party." More »

Boom Blox 2 Announced, Coming This Spring

Luke Plunkett — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 00:30:00 EST

It's try, try again for EA and Steven Spielberg tonight, with the publisher announcing BOOM BLOX Bash Party for the Wii, due sometime this Spring. More »

Steven Spielberg Loves Rock Band Drumming, Laments Cut Scenes

Michael McWhertor — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 21:30:00 EST

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 »

EA: Spielberg's Game Still Alive

Brian Crecente — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 11:00:00 EDT

Electronic Arts contacted us this morning to let us know that rumors of the death of Steven Spielberg's next game, LMNO, are greatly exaggerated. More »

Team Working On "Ultra-Real" Spielberg Game Laid Off

Brian Ashcraft — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 07:00:00 EDT

No one is safe from this horrid economy, not even Steven Spielberg. Wait, strike that. No one is safe from this horrid economy, not even people who work for Steven Spielberg. In the wake of those EA layoffs, game site VG247 rumors that the team working on the "ultra-real" Spielberg game has been dismissed. More »

300 Director's EA Games Could Become Movies

Brian Crecente — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 09:00:07 EDT

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 »

Boom Blox A Bust At Retail?

Michael McWhertor — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 20:20:37 EDT

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 »

Spielberg's Pants? A Raging Inferno

Luke Plunkett — Mon, 19 May 2008 05:30:00 EDT

Think back a few decades. Think Steven Spielberg. Back before he was putting his name on Wii games, before his stories were being turned into under-appreciated Lucasarts adventure games, before he looked like Totoro. All the way back to 1983. When he was not only putting out ET, but talking up the film's videogame adaptation. And lying through his teeth. More »

Even Spielberg Cannot Beat BioShock's Mysterious God Spider (Huh?)

Brian Ashcraft — Fri, 16 May 2008 01:00:00 EDT

Yes, yes, Steven Spielberg likes games, blah, blah, blah. A GQ Magazine feature on Spielberg's Indy Jones star Shia LaBeouf sheds some light on the way the filmmaker plays games. From the article: More »

Spielberg Afraid of Over-The-Top Game Violence

Brian Ashcraft — Wed, 07 May 2008 09:00:37 EDT

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 »

Boom Blox To Go Multi-Plat? "Definite Possibility"

Brian Ashcraft — Fri, 02 May 2008 23:00:00 EDT

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 »

Boom Blox Hits Next Week, New Trailer Hits Now

Brian Crecente — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 18:00:00 EDT

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 »

Spielberg And Michael Bay Are Plotting Against Me

Brian Ashcraft — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 23:00:42 EDT

Uwe Boll sure as shit knows how to promote a movie. (Bummer he doesn't know how to make a movie.) With Postal coming out May 23, he's already got a 200,000 signature strong internet petition to get him to stop direction. Think Boll will stop directing? Never! About that petition, Boll says: More »

Spielberg Enjoys Playing Crysis, But Is That Enough?

Mark Wilson — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 14:00:00 EDT

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 »

Boom Blox Dated At Nintendo Media Summit

Brian Crecente — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 16:00:00 EDT

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 »

Steven Spielberg's Boom Blox Final Box Art

Brian Ashcraft — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 01:00:35 EDT

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 »

EA Going The Extra Mile For Steven Spielberg's Game

Brian Ashcraft — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 08:00:13 EST

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 »

Make Your Own Boom Blox

Brian Ashcraft — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 03:00:35 EST

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 »

Steven Spielberg's Boom Blox Debuts

Michael McWhertor — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 09:20:00 EST

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 »

Spielberg's Boom Blox Revealed

Mike Fahey — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 10:20:50 EST

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 »

Yes, Steven Spielberg Really Likes Video Games, M'kay?

Brian Ashcraft — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 03:00:28 EST

This one's for the doubters. Just because Steven Spielberg can make movies, that doesn't mean he can make video games. They're different! And just because he's in tune with cinema, that doesn't mean he understand games, right? Right?! Wrong, says former Dreamworks' employee and current Electronic Arts' exec Glenn Entis. Steven Spielberg is a huge gamer nerd, he points out. What's more, Entis adds: More »

Spielberg's Boom Blox Will Be Featured At GDC

Michael McWhertor — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 18:20:00 EST

The game formerly known under its working title as "PQRS" will from now on be referred to as Boom Blox, as GDC overseer Jamil Moledina revealed in his blog that the EA-Steven Spielberg collaboration will have a presence at the upcoming conference. Boom Blox, in development at EA LA, has been described as an "action-puzzle simulator" and will be the focus of executive producer Lou Castle's session at the Game Developers Conference. More »