Sequel to Award-Winning BOOM BLOX Takes Players from the
Depths of the Sea to Outer Space for a Party Anyone Can Throw
LOS ANGELES, Jan 29, 2009 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Get ready for the ultimate blox-busting action as Electronic Arts Inc.
(NASDAQ:ERTS) today announced BOOM BLOX(TM) Bash Party for
Wii(TM), the sequel to the critically-acclaimed BOOM BLOX(TM) game for
Wii. EA's collaboration with director and producer Steven Spielberg
continues with BOOM BLOXBash Party, and the destructive
fun reaches new heights with richer multiplayer action and more than 400
new levels that will have players of all ages gaming together and
solving action-packed puzzles under water, in zero gravity, and beyond!
"BOOM BLOX Bash Party is a wild social gaming experience," said
Steven Spielberg. "We know families and friends really enjoyed playing
the original BOOM BLOX together, so we designed more explosive
multiplayer experiences with BOOM BLOX Bash Party."
BOOM BLOXBash Party is even more fun to play with friends
and family, featuring twice as many multiplayer challenges as the
original, and now offers team-based challenges! Players can play with or
against friends, solo or in teams, knocking down blocks, destroying
towers, slinging and launching blocks and characters, for tons of
high-energy, family-friendly fun!
BOOM BLOXBash Party is packed with tons of new features
that are sure to get the party started! The game showcases new block
types, including: virus and conveyor blox, new blox shapes, such as:
cylinders and wedges, and new tools that will make for even more
destructive fun. Players will find twists on BOOM BLOX game play
favorites like throwing and grabbing. Players now can also sling,
launch, and blow the competition away with new cannon, paint ball and
slingshot tools.
Even the characters are in on the action as BOOM BLOXBash
Party features a new cast of wacky blox characters. This time they
don't just cheer you on, they are now blox themselves and you can throw,
stack or even launch them, utilizing them to create even more madness
and mayhem!
The fun continues online as BOOM BLOX Bash Party enables players
to download even more new levels via the Internet. With the press of a
button, players will be able to grab, play and rate new levels from EA
as well as levels created by members of the BOOM BLOX Bash Party
community. Using the game's easy-to-use Create Mode, players now have
the power to share the levels they built with friends, or submit their
masterpiece to be shared with the world! The expanded Create Mode lets
players build and create like never before, giving them access to the
same tool set the EA development team used to create each and every
level in the game!
"In BOOM BLOXBash Party we are taking the game
elements to the extreme," said Amir Rahimi, Senior Producer. "In the
original BOOM BLOX, we really focused on perfecting the game's
physics so now we can push the boundaries of physics, offering exciting
new challenges and completely new ways to play."
Developed by the EA Casual Studios, BOOM BLOXBash Party
will be available in North America and Europe in Spring 2009. BOOM
BLOXBash Party has not yet been rated by the ESRB and PEGI.
For more information, visit http://www.ea.com
or to download artwork, visit http://info.ea.com.
About EA and Steven Spielberg Partnership
In 2005, EA and Steven Spielberg entered a multi-year collaboration that
would generate three new original franchise properties. EA owns the
intellectual properties and the franchises will be developed, published,
and distributed worldwide by EA. Spielberg has been working directly
with the EA development teams at the EALA studio in Playa Vista to offer
his signature style of storytelling to the concept, design, and artistic
vision of the unique games.
About Electronic Arts
Electronic Arts Inc. (EA), headquartered in Redwood City, California, is
the world's leading interactive entertainment software company. Founded
in 1982, the Company develops, publishes, and distributes interactive
software worldwide for video game systems, personal computers, cellular
handsets and the Internet. Electronic Arts markets its products under
four brand names: EA SPORTSTM, EATM, EA SPORTS
Freestyle TM and POGOTM. In fiscal 2008, EA posted
GAAP net revenue of $3.67 billion and had 27 titles that sold more than
one million copies. EA's homepage and online game site is www.ea.com.
More information about EA's products and full text of press releases can
be found on the Internet at http://info.ea.com.
Electronic Arts, EA, EA SPORTS, EA SPORTS Freestyle, POGO, and BOOM BLOX
are trademarks or registered trademarks of Electronic Arts Inc. in the
U.S. and/or other countries. Wii is a trademark of Nintendo. All other
trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
SOURCE: Electronic Arts Inc.
EA
Katie Carrico, 310-754-7190
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