EA Brings Hasbro Games to Consoles, PCs

by Aaron Linde, Feb 11, 2008 12:20pm PST

Related Topics – xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PSP, Electronic Arts, PC, PlayStation 2, Nintendo Wii, Nintendo DS

Electronic Arts' Casual Entertainment studio announced today that it is partnering with Hasbro to develop a number of its properties for home consoles and Flash-equipped internet browsers.

The first console titles to be developed as part of the new partnership are Littlest Pet Shop (NDS, PC, Wii) and Nerf N-Strike (NDS, Wii), both in development at EA Salt Lake and currently scheduled for release in the fall of 2008.

EA is also developing a number of Hasbro properties for its web-based casual gaming arcade Pogo.com, including online versions of popular board games Trivial Pursuit, Yahtzee, Operation and Monopoly.

The console titles will be published as part of EA's newly formed Casual Entertainment label. The company claims that the titles developed under the partnership will provide "new ways for families to build relationships through digital entertainment with some of world's greatest brands."

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BoardGameGeek has been reporting on a new risk game, called Risk: Black Ops, apparently all the features from black ops are going to be used in the basic risk board game soon. (Sorta like the Elite 360 HDMI being put in the premium 360)

The key point of this new risk game is that it is objective based and makes risk take less time to play.

I really hope that EA brings this black ops risk game to XBLA. That would be awesome.

Feb 11, 2008 7:20pm PST

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- Risk was the game I was looking for here in the news :( : razorblade79

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They need to make HeroScape into a PC flash-game. Man that would rock. Of course WotC has the rights to that game now, so who knows what'll happen?

Feb 11, 2008 12:32pm PST

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They need to make HeroScape into a PC flash-game. Man that would rock. Of course WotC has the rights to... : wytefang
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- This, of course, would be brilliant. Build maps using the wii control or DS...share maps...it'd just be s... : Sturm08
- It could work, really, on any system, though I'd imagine that ease of downloading would make it the best ... : wytefang

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A videogame of Nerf N-Strike? It might be fun, and the computer-tracked scoring is a plus over the real thing (insert every story about tagging someone with a dart, only to have them say "no, it didn't hit me!", etc.), but I think it's a little comical to have a video game featuring foam dart guns. It's been done before with Nerf ArenaBlast (UT engine game, developed by what was then Hasbro Interactive).

Speaking of which, take a look at the Wikipedia entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hasbro_Interactive .

Feb 11, 2008 3:47pm PST

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I'd rather have seen Monopoly and co hit steam, but thats just me I guess.

Feb 11, 2008 1:24pm PST

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I'd rather have seen Monopoly and co hit steam, but thats just me I guess. : avatar_58
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- Speaking of monopolies *cough*EA*cough* : Legolas5

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Should be cool - I never understand the non-networked version of Monopoly on the PC... If I'm in the same room as everyone then it's going to be easier to play the original board game.

Feb 11, 2008 12:37pm PST

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Should be cool - I never understand the non-networked version of Monopoly on the PC... If I'm in the same... : Jonathan
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  There are times when it is easier to let the PC handle some of the more mundane aspects of the game, like... : RomSteady
  - M-mundane? Without cheating, how else is Monopoly supposed to cause arguments with your sister which esca... : A Sponge

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