reuters.com - 5/14/2009
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John Gaudiosi RALEIGH, North Carolina (Reuters) - Oscar-winning film director Steven Spielberg was so frustrated that no videogames catered for all of his seven children that he did what a entertainment maestro might do -- made his own game. "Boom Blox" was the first in a multi-franchise deal ...
kotaku.com - 5/20/2009
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kotaku.com —
On the week of the release of the
new Boom Blox , one of the game's chief...
creators heads to ThatGameCompany. Video game designer Robin Hunicke , noticeable at any gaming event for having the reddest hair of anyone in attendance, is trading her ...
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Boom Blox Producer Departs EA For Flower Studio [Moves]
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arstechnica.com - 5/19/2009
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Boom Blox was a game that didn't roar
out of the gates, but enjoyed a long and...
steady climb to something approaching cult status. If you can consider a game that crosses so many demographic lines "cult." We sat down with senior producer ...
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Boom Blox Bash Party: sticking to the Wii, and going online
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Spielberg: Smartest and dumbest thing I did was sell my company to EA
Joystiq —
Long ago, a young kid with a dream of breaking out of the movie business and into games named Stevie Spielberg showed up in Silicon Valley with just his cockeyed optimism and millions upon millions of dollars. But when times got tough, he made the decision to sell his company, Dreamworks Interactive, to EA, just as it was about to finish ...
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... in Ore makes it big in Japan) • Cooking Mama Serves Four Million >> edge-online.com US gamers love to cook • 23 Percent Of UK Households Own A Console >> edge-online.com UK is gaming powerhouse, according to new study • Iwata: Over One Fifth Of Japanese People Own A DS >> edge-online.com handheld is on course for world domination • Spielberg makes videogames to keep his family happy >> reuters.com Boom Blox Bash Party forthcoming • In Taiwan, City Officials Demand Game Rating ...
Spielberg Calls Selling Dreamworks Interactive 'Smartest and Dumbest Thing I Ever'
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Speaking to Reuters , Steven Spielberg talked about how his family influenced him to create Boom Blox . The filmaker says he learns with every game he makes and made an interesting comment about selling Dreamworks Interactive to Electronic Arts. "The smartest and dumbest thing I ever did was to sell my company to EA," said Spielberg. " Medal of Honor was almost done and we made the decision to sell to Electronic Arts and had we not sold, we would have been able to stay in business just based on the success of Medal of Honor ." "But it was very smart also for us to sell to ...
Spielberg: Selling Medal of Honor "the Smartest and Dumbest Thing I Ever Did"
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[image] Regrets: everyone has them, even if you're as successful as Oscar-winning director Steven Spielberg. But what would a man such as himself regret? While they seem to be getting along well now, "The smartest and dumbest thing I ever did was to sell my company to EA," Spielberg told Reuters . "'Medal of Honor' was almost done and we made the decision to sell Dreamworks Interactive to Electronic Arts and had we not sold, we would have been able to stay in business just based on the success of 'Medal of Honor.'" However, he does realize it's not all bad, as "it was very ...
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ca.reuters.com 1/29/2009 — SAN DIEGO (Hollywood Reporter) - Steven Spielberg and Electronic Arts are teaming for the second game in their partnership, "Boom Blox Bash Party," which will be available in the spring for the Nintendo Wii. The new game is a sequel to last year's ...
Spielberg, EA play Boom Blox sequel
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reuters.com 1/29/2009 — SAN DIEGO (Hollywood Reporter) - Steven Spielberg and Electronic Arts are teaming for the second game in their partnership, "Boom Blox Bash Party," which will be available in the spring for the Nintendo Wii. The new game is a sequel to last year's ...
Rumor: More Boom Blox On The Way, Could Go Multiplatform?
gaygamer.net 7/22/2009 —
EA's Boom Blox series is easily one of my favorites on the Wii. There's just something purely fun about building and destroying block towers. And with the addition of the online level sharing in the sequel, the possibilities a pretty much ...
EA Will Ask Steven Spielberg To Make A ‘Boom Blox’ Level
multiplayerblog.mtv.com 1/29/2009 — In an interview with MTV Multiplayer, the producer for the new "Boom Blox Bash Party," talks about new features, unpopular features, movie possibilities and how to get the most out of Steven Spielberg. Oh… and a lack of Friend Codes.
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Boom Blox Sequel Announced
shacknews.com 1/29/2009 —
Electronic Arts today announced Boom Blox Bash Party, a sequel to the Steven Spielberg-produced, Jenga-esque Wii party game.
According to a release, the Bash Party will feature new multiplayer modes and over 400 fresh levels. The game will ...
EA: Boom Blox possiblities on other platforms
thatvideogameblog.com 7/21/2009 —
Harvey Elliott, head of EA Bright Light studio in Guildford, told VideoGamer that while Boom Blox has captured the spirit of the Wii, the possibility of appearing on other platforms shouldn’t be dismissed.
When asked about possibilities on other platforms, Elliott commented, “I wouldn’t ...
Review: Boom Blox: Bash Party
eurogamer.net 5/18/2009 — New blox for the kids. You'd think Steven Spielberg had better things to do than help EA make videogames. Like issue a public apology for Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull, for example. Or remake it with a proper plot, decent special ...
Boom Blox Bash Party Breaks Alliteration, But We Have a Gallery
co-optimus.com 3/29/2009 —
Boom Blox Bash Blowout. Boom Blox Bash Brouhaha. Either of these titles would have kept the initial consonant sounds repeating. But no, EA and Steven Spielberg had to go and break the pattern with "party", a super imaginative word that is totally underused in ...
Weekend Gaming Score: Boom Blox is no longer on sale
aeropause.com 9/15/2008 — Boom Blox is one of those games my wife and I have wanted for a while, but we agree that the full retail price of $50 is just too much for… well, for any single puzzle game, no matter how epic. Today at Target, we poked around the clearance ...
DS | NPD: US April sales slide 17%, DS tops 1 million —
GameSpot's News, Screenshots, Movies, Reviews, Previews, Downloads, and Features 5/14/2009
Second monthly double-digit decline trims US game sales to $1.03 billion; Wii Fit, Pokemon Platinum, Mario Kart Wii, Wii Play, Mario Kart DS, and New Super Mario all finish in top 10.
As had been predicted, the US game industry saw the second ...