EA announces Hasbro Family Game Night for Wii, PS2
Electronic Arts has finally revealed the fruits of its recent partnership with board game evangelist Hasbro, announcing Hasbro Family Game Night, a collection of classic board games for the Wii and PlayStation 2. Shipping this fall, the game will include a wide assortment of Hasbro properties -- six in all -- from Battleship, Yahtzee, Boggle, and Connect Four to Sorry! and its more recent incarnation in Sorry! Sliders.
Purists will be happy to know that they'll be able to play the classic games as they remember, though EA notes that new versions will also be included as well for those looking for a different way to play. In addition, the collection will let players build and decorate a virtual game room, earn trophies, and play various mini-games once they tire of sinking each other's battleships. However, even with support for between two and four players, we doubt the compilation will have us tossing out our boxed favorites just yet, though at least with this game we know we'll never have to go searching though couch cushions for missing pieces before we can play.
Purists will be happy to know that they'll be able to play the classic games as they remember, though EA notes that new versions will also be included as well for those looking for a different way to play. In addition, the collection will let players build and decorate a virtual game room, earn trophies, and play various mini-games once they tire of sinking each other's battleships. However, even with support for between two and four players, we doubt the compilation will have us tossing out our boxed favorites just yet, though at least with this game we know we'll never have to go searching though couch cushions for missing pieces before we can play.




















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Should have thrown in Monopoly.
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In all seriousness, this shouldn't be priced more than $20. :\
"Cover your eyes! Don't cheat! Stop looking!...
... I'm not playing with you anymore!"
Last time we played monopoly we argued so hard we never touched the game again. That was almost 2 years ago. Man I miss playing as the shoe.
Good times.
"... Are you Dan?"
'Fuck! Next time I'm going first'
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My face is bleeding right now because i already facepalmed so hard...
..wait maybe i should see a doctor...
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WTF is Mr potato head doin playing connect four?? He is having a helluva time by the look on his face
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I look forward to him spitting my balls out of his mouth again.
god, such a horrid promo song
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5oZa38GVD4w
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Sold. :p
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http://gonintendo.com/?p=43217
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I wish XBLA could get some board games like this. Why more haven't been released is a mystery to me considering the popularity of Uno.
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My one regret from childhood is that I hardly ever could get people to play Connect Four with me unless they were my grandma.
any other game, sure...but Connect Four? Nope. It's like everyone hated it but me!
OH GOD I NEED TO CALL MY THERAPIST NOW!
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I wonder if they got both O'Connell brothers and Rhys-Davies to do voices...or Kari Wuhrer?!!?!?
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Fuck You EA.
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What a bunch of jerks they are. Screw their target audience! All their games should be made specifically for you to enjoy.
Ah yes, thats right, I didn't. No, I say Fuck EA for the inevitable crap they're going to put out with this product which will quickly be followed up by more iterations of the same crap.
You say "All their games should be made specifically for you to enjoy" and of course that's rubbish. But their games should be made for SOMEONE to enjoy and not just as an attempt to milk the customer teeth with shoddy work.
But don't worry about it, i like setting up straw-man fallacies too. It's just unfortunate that you got called on your BS this time.
But hey, whatever. I won't buy it, but I understand that I'm not the target audience for something like this. And I'm done with this discussion.
Connect four for the win right there!
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In Canada, we were able to recieve each these in PC version free in a box of Lucky Charms cereal.
Bring on the annoying cut-scenes!
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The classic Yahtzee or we get to play as our favorite Australian game reviewer?
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