Spielberg's name outshines EA on Boom Blox box art

by Ross Miller { Mar 10th 2008 at 9:00PM }

Electronic Arts has released the final box art for Stephen Spielberg's upcoming very first-party title Boom Blox. Take note at Spielberg's full name, more prominent than the behemoth publisher's abbreviated title. We're pretty sure the famous director is more recognizable to the mainstream crowd and wonder if the order will be swapped for the as-of-yet unknown Xbox 360 / PS3 Spielberg games. Boom Blox, with head tracking, is due out this May.

Gallery: Boom Blox

Tags: boom-blox, ea, electronic-arts, spielberg, stephen-spielberg

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

jackbauer @ Mar 10th 2008 9:06PM

Stephen Spielberg is the greatest i love his movie cretaceous park

omgwut @ Mar 10th 2008 9:08PM

"Boom Blox box art"

Say that five times fast.

Mischa @ Mar 11th 2008 5:32AM

that that that that that

Sorry, I'm 5 years old.

And 5 is the secret number for today.

SKI @ Mar 11th 2008 8:06AM

I always call it "bloom box" when I'm talking to a friend out loud.

Fosssil @ Mar 10th 2008 9:10PM

I'm actually kinda interested in this game.

Powerlord @ Mar 10th 2008 9:14PM

Unless I'm mistaken, the EA logo in the lower-right corner of the box outshines Steven Spielburg's name. It's one of the four things that immediately catch the eyes.
The other 3 eye catchers are the Wii logo, ESRB rating, and the game's title itself.

playwhutyalike @ Mar 10th 2008 9:16PM

Don't forget the yellow block which looks like it is the sheep's junk.

Pag @ Mar 10th 2008 9:30PM

And yet most game designers can't get their name on the box of their games. I guess you have to be a movie director to be worthy of having your name on a game's box.

Luka M. @ Mar 10th 2008 9:45PM

Damn right. A movie director - different industry, gets more exposure than a game designer. Such a shame, such a shame.

Tiptup300 @ Mar 10th 2008 9:55PM

At least video games don't have those goofy credits with the ultra thin font that writes out the bible and a half within a 500x200 px space.

Nicholas Sulikowski @ Mar 10th 2008 9:40PM

Ha ha ha, that reminds me of all the Steven Spielberg cartoons in the 90s. Steven Spielberg Presents Tiny Toon Adventures, Steven Spielberg Presents Freakazoid!, Steven Spielberg Presents Animaniacs...

StrangeBum @ Mar 10th 2008 11:28PM

Freakazoid!

But if I 'freak out' and say candlejack's full name, will he kidn-

J.R. @ Mar 10th 2008 9:42PM

What is up with EA replacing words with "cks" at the end with an "x"?

EA Trax?
Boom Blox?

Do their product managers text message their ideas to one another?

Nicholas Sulikowski @ Mar 10th 2008 9:43PM

cuz x is sooooo much cooler tahn cks OMG GTFO!!!!!111ONE

Luka M. @ Mar 10th 2008 9:46PM

it's hip, yo.

ThornedVenom (Harley Quinn Defense Force) @ Mar 11th 2008 5:44AM

The rule:

Hax
Trax
Blox

Buttsecks.

WhoMe @ Mar 11th 2008 7:01AM

The x makes it sound cool.

gLitterbug @ Mar 10th 2008 10:07PM

When I first heard this was the game Spielberg is doing for Wii I thought EA really just brought him in for his name, so they can plaster it all over the box. Maybe even make it a text-only cover and his name written with tiny boom blox or something. Seems I was mistaken, as his name is written rather tiny for being such a big one.

Apart from that I think the cover art is rather badass, considering it's about animal-styled blocks.

So the only thing left now is finding out if all those previews were true and it's not going to be a quick boring cash-in game.