Boom Blox dated May 6th

by Christopher Grant { Apr 10th 2008 at 3:26PM }

EA previously had the entire month of May blocked off for the release of its Steven Spielberg collaboration Boom Blox. They put a finer point on things during a presentation at Nintendo's Media Summit in San Francisco today, knocking 30 blocks off their May calendar, leaving a proud May 6th standing tall. We'll be checking out the game in, what we can only assume is, a near final state and have our impressions up as soon as we can, okay?

Gallery: Boom Blox

Tags: Boom-Blox, BreakingNews, EA, NMS08, Steven-Spielberg

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

kleg @ Apr 10th 2008 3:28PM

smells like a summer BLOXBuster

Benny @ Apr 10th 2008 3:28PM

Okay.

Vegeta (aka Ska Oreo) @ Apr 10th 2008 3:36PM

Nice. This game looks pretty damn cool.

WiiSports Machine...Fernandos in disguise PSN: Killjebus @ Apr 10th 2008 3:45PM

This is one of the few games on the WSM that has me intrigued. If I knew of anyone with a WSM, I would check this game out.

Ironic that a company known for re-hashes and shoddy software along with a movie director are the ones who come up with a NEW IP that makes (apparently) good use of the Wagglemote.

Sean D. @ Apr 10th 2008 4:36PM

WSM?

Mr Khan @ Apr 10th 2008 4:10PM

This is one of the few games on the Wii that has me intrigued. If i knew of anyone with a Wii, i would check this out.

Ironic that a company known for shoddy software and rehashes with a movie director comes along with a new IP that apparently makes good use of the Wii Remote

The tone of the comment is what separates a rational poster from a knuckle-dragging troll, in many cases

Vegeta (aka Ska Oreo) @ Apr 10th 2008 5:28PM

Will you stop doing that. It does not make you witty at all.

WiiSports Machine...Fernandos in disguise PSN: Killjebus @ Apr 10th 2008 6:18PM

Vegeta,

If it bothers you that much, close your eyes when you see WSM. Or better yet, go beat up the soccermom who asked the clerk at the Best Buy I was at "do you have that We Sports Machine? You know, the one that has that tennis game."

So you see Veg...can I call you Veg? It is the masses of lemmings that call your beloved Wii the WiiSports Machine....you know, the one that plays that bowling game.

lukeR @ Apr 10th 2008 8:46PM

Yeah,people do the same thing when referring to you.
WiiSports Machine....you know, that one that f*cking trolls the hell out of the wii threads.

Bleu @ Apr 10th 2008 3:45PM

I love speilberg but FUCK EA!

Kodros @ Apr 10th 2008 4:22PM

For $5 more, you can get the complete version of the game called "Boom Blocks".

koehler83 @ Apr 10th 2008 3:49PM

You know this game is going to get crazy marketing. EA can bite me though.

Sorry Mr. Spielberg.. I'll go see Indiana Jones I promise.

Shmil (Brawl Code 2621-2310-1994) @ Apr 10th 2008 3:59PM

May 6th? that's right around the corner, I better start making my headtracking glasses now.

Mr Khan @ Apr 10th 2008 4:13PM

It was an interesting turnaround, we all (me too) assumed that Boom Blox would be more Wii shovelware, while Spielberg's PS360 project would be some sort of awesome, artistic statement, now this game is actually lookin' pretty tight, and the other project has, for all intents and purposes, ceased to exist

Snipermike @ Apr 10th 2008 4:32PM

I bet in 10 years Spielberg will digitally replace all the wiimotes with walkie talkies.

dark_inchworm @ Apr 10th 2008 4:53PM

Wow. We've known about this game for, what, two months?

Shmil (Brawl Code 2621-2310-1994) @ Apr 10th 2008 5:03PM

Just because the public has known about something for a limited time doesn't mean that it hasn't been in production for longer than that.

dark_inchworm @ Apr 10th 2008 5:05PM

What do you think I am, dense? Off yourself.

I'm just surprised that they waited until it was this close to release to announce it.

Christopher Grant @ Apr 10th 2008 9:25PM

It's been announced for months. We've played it. They just announced a *release date*. That is all.

dark_inchworm @ Apr 11th 2008 12:30AM

We've all known for a hell of a while that Spielberg was working with EA on a handful of projects. Even looking through Joystiq's archives, there's no mention of the "Boom Blox" name or concept at all until last December, and there wasn't even an official announcement until February.

What I was trying to express is that I found it surprising there was such a short turnaround between announcing it and releasing it. (YES, I know development was enacted long beforehand) You get used to seeing titles like SSBB, Starcraft II, and such being revealed and then teasing us for months, even years.

Not that anticipation for Boom Blox was killing me...