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'Family Game Night 4: The Game Show' got bored with board games

by James Ransom-Wiley on May 3rd 2011 4:15PM

The crazy thing is: Yahtzee played with a giant rubber bawl and bowling pins, instead of the traditional cup and dice, is actually a better idea for a video game -- especially one compatible with Kinect and PlayStation Move.

The crazier thing is: The Family Game Night 4 video game includes fewer than half of the minigames featured in the Family Game Night television game show on which it's based. You can't even begin to imagine how "Operation Relay" is going to work in your living room -- you just have to wait for the EA Hasbro division's next sequel.

Family Game Night 4: The Game Show will be released this fall for Wii, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, and features support for motion control on all three platforms. It includes five minigames adapted from The Hub channel's Family Game Night game show, including "Bop-It Boptagon," "Connect 4 Basketball," "Scrabble Flash," "Sorry! Sliders" and "Yahtzee Bowling."

[Image credit: Hub Television Networks]

Source: EA

Tags: avatar, ea, ea-hasbro, family-game-night-4, hasbro, kinect, microsoft, mii, nintendo, playstation, playstation-move, ps3, wii, xbox

Reader Comments (11)

I have to admit, I have NEVER heard of this show before. I assumed these games were just board game collections.

@Softserve

Sounds like a cheap cash in on a cheap show.

@Softserve I hadn't heard of the show or The Hub before. It kinda sounds entertaining in its own way? But I wouldn't want to buy the home version.

...I kind of want to try this Yahtzee Bowling.

Someone bought me the last one for Christmas. It's worse than Lair. Yet it has trophies. I am conflicted. Its not even fun to play. But trophies.
ENUGH.

@johndrinkwater

Can someone please explain to me why Trophies/Achievements matter? I am really trying my best to understand this.

@ipsum

Because if we have them and you don't, obviously we're better then you.

@ipsum
It gives their lives value?

@ipsum No one said they matter, but there are people that like to collect them.
I'm warning those people to not bother.

@The Only Girl That's adorable! How do comments on the Internet matter?

"Family Game Night" is fun... for families at home. Despite how dysfunctional my own family is, we still have a blast at Monopoly together.

I love FGN.

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