EA bringing Monopoly to 360, Wii, PS2

by Justin McElroy on Apr 23rd 2008 9:30AM

When the power goes out on Joystiq's mid-Atlantic hoverbase, we often use Monopoly to pass the time, or at least we did until we realized that every game ended after four hours with the board being flipped and somebody (usually Chris) getting punched in the face. This morning, EA announced that we wouldn't have to wait for an outage to start throwing fists: The company will bring the real-estate game to Xbox 360, Wii and PS2 this fall.

This is apparently a sped-up version of the original game, with some new interactive minigames thrown in. We hope we can use waggle to hammer eviction notices to the doors of our slums. But that's just us. Oh, and just so we can cut this discussion off at the pass: No, there's no PS3 version announced. We trust PS3 owners can scrounge up $12.99, directions to their local Toys 'R' Us and a tabletop without our aid.

Tags: ea, Electronic-Arts, hasbro, monopoly, PC, PS2, Wii, Xbox-360

Reader Comments (55)

Monopoly + EA = a match made in heaven

I was thinking more along the lines of HELL, but sure.

(clears throat) FUCK EA!.....That is all!

Wow a common sense move by EA! Lets see uno sells well on XBLA...could other games...ugh we guess!? Its about time.

So rather than purchasing streets of Atlantic City, do you get to buy up Publishing studios. Let me guess Board Walk = Maxis and EA Sports = Park Place.

Bravo!

EA can keep their monopoly.

They really are trying to get a monopoly on the gaming market aren't they? (pun optional)

Online too? This should definitely be marketed heavily to parents who want to spend some time w/ their kids who are away from home. I'd get it if the family could play together from three different locations.

"...every game ended after four hours with the board being flipped and somebody (usually Chris) getting punched in the face"

I didn't realize Ludwig had anger management issues.

I didn't realize he thought Dane Cook was actually funny.

Wow, thank God that we can now play Monopoly on $399+ video game consoles! Honestly, the idea of a board game on a video game console is just ridiculous now.

Yeah, but it's so much easier to set up and pack away.
Plus you never loose any pieces.

Damnit, once again I confuse 'loose' and 'lose'!

X-[

Wow EA doesn't even think the ps3 is worthy of a generic Monopoly game...

BURN....

Its really sad when you don't masterbate to hot chicks on ze internet PremierAsshole but instead to any negative news regarding the PS3, just ejaculate all over the computer desk. Its just really really really really pathetic man. You just have to stop and do something now.

Ninja, I don't even wanna know how you know that.

I really, really don't.

o_O

lmao....

that was hilarious...but only cuz it implies you get off watching me screw it sony every chance I get...

Ninja, you really liked those photos I sent you, didn't you.

XBLA or retail?

since its coming to other platforms and its EA, Im guessing retail.

So you can have your Monopoly disk case right inbetween COD4 and Condemed 2.

Yes, now WHEN? 2010 knowing how things work at MS, if on XBLA.

SUHWEET! I love Monopoly :D

EA...not so much =/

Your comment gave me a Borat flashback.

Very Nice! King of the Castle!! =P

Oh the irony.

I'm reminded of that old Joe Pesci movie("The Super")every time someone buys the violet properties - Baltic and Mediterranean avenues.

As for the game itself, I'm kinda surprised it didn't hit the handhelds over the consoles. But as someone stated earlier... paying anything over $12-15 for this isn't worth it when you can just get the board game or travel versions.

Ignoring the cynic in me, a Monopoly video game with a selection of different boards, online and local multiplayer, and mini-games could be fun.

Next step: Scrabble for Wii using DSes as controllers so each player's pieces are invisible to other players'.

Oh man...oh man, why didn't I think of that earlier?

That was already released: Monopoly Party

http://www.xbox.com/en-US/games/m/monopolyparty/details.page/default.htm

The DS already has Scrabble.

Price point will be the biggest factor. Will anyone pay $20 for this??

I remember playing Monopoly on my PS1...

...in 1998.

Fuck yeah!!! Now instead of flipping the board when I lose, I can simply throw a wiimote at someone's face. THANKS EA!!!

Lol... or flip the TV. Infinitely more painful.

Relax, PS3 owners! You can still play th turdtastic PS2 game "Monopoly Party" on your consoles! Oh wait...maybe some of you can't even do that. Oh, well.

Why can't it just be a straight up version of Monopoly on XBLA? This sounds lame.

Shovelware on the 360?! But the 360 isn't the Wii!
Gaming is DOOMED!

you dont think the 360 has shovelware???? that must be a pretty big rock you live under.

You wouldn't think it reading some of the comments 'round these parts.

But thanks for missing the point!

@ samfish

I get your point and I love my Wii as much as the next gamer but you have to admit that unlike the 360 it seems like the ratio between shovelware to quality games on the Wii is significantly higher on the Wii.

Sure there are a few random wtf games on the 360 but the sheer amount of bs games that comes to the Wii each week is hilarious.

Plus even if the 360 had the amount of shovelware the Wii had it ALSO has an EQUAL amount of high caliber/high quality games that have been released already and that will be released in the future.

Bottom line is that Nintendo's console is once again a ship loaded with cartfuls of random fugly stones with a few hidden and very precious gems scattered throughout the cargo bay.

Hence why I own one and why I support it despite the lackluster online and other features that grind my gears...

facepalm

That's all I can add to this. Oh and I lol'd at Samfish.

Fun experiment: Joystiq could reprint this article, but remove all references to 360 and PS2.

Comment section GOLD!

Dude what? Monopoly is fucking awesome.

There better be a "hide all $500 bills under the board" option. That was always my favorite thing to do.

Secret stash! FTW!
I know someone who always has like 3 or 4 secret stashes.

It's always funny when they want to buy somewhere & think they can't afford it, then remember their stash when it's too late.

AH yes, that is the potential downfall, you have to keep track of your stashes!!

Only if this was on WiiWare would I consider buying it...

FINALLY!!! IF EA and Parker Brothers better do this right and make this XBLA and Wii Ware this will explode like UNO.

Great, does this mean that the official forums for the game at xbox.com will be filled with requests for people to play "adult" Monopoly over their cams, just like there was for Uno?

Yeahhhh...nothing better than getting naked with total strangers online while trying to pay the mortgage on Baltic.

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