Steven Spielberg and Electronic Arts Reveal the Ultimate Wii Game

A lot of rumors could be heard in the past few weeks regarding a mega game that was going to come from Steven Spielberg. Some feared that we'll get another E.T. game, others were fantasying about the coolest sci-fi game in the world. Nobody was expecting a Wii title and that is exactly what Steven Spielberg and EA were planning. Boom Blox is its name and the game will be released in May 2008 as a Nintendo Wii exclusive.

Although it is not very clear at the moment what genre will Boom Blox be, a "full site coming soon" about the game makes us believe that it will be a strange combination between tetris games and monkey characters that look like square pieces of soap. And, honestly, it is not exactly the thing we were expecting from Spielberg.

Anyway, the game promises to offer action-packed interactive activities that takes Wii play to a new level of creativity and fun with single player, co-op, and versus gameplay. There will be four themed environments available, Tiki, Medieval, Frontier, and Haunted, which don't give us too much of a clue of what should we expect, as well as over 300 levels to play. Additionally, players can remix any level of the game in Create Mode using props, blocks, or characters that have been unlocked during the game or could build a level themselves.

"I am a gamer myself, and I really wanted to create a video game that I could play with my kids," said Steven Spielberg. "Boom Blox features an enormous amount of fun challenges and cool scenarios for your kids to solve or for you to master together. My inspiration for this game came while I was playing the Wii for the first time"

And now, please, somebody tell Steven Spielberg that he doesn't hold the Wiimote as he should (check the photo in the upper left corner). The wrist strap exists for a reason!