EA Brings Hasbro Games to Consoles, PCs

February 11, 2008 12:20 PM

Electronic Arts' Casual Entertainment studio announced today that it is partnering with Hasbro to develop a number of its properties for home consoles and Flash-equipped internet browsers.

The first console titles to be developed as part of the new partnership are Littlest Pet Shop (NDS, PC, Wii) and Nerf N-Strike (NDS, Wii), both in development at EA Salt Lake and currently scheduled for release in the fall of 2008.

EA is also developing a number of Hasbro properties for its web-based casual gaming arcade Pogo.com, including online versions of popular board games Trivial Pursuit, Yahtzee, Operation and Monopoly.

The console titles will be published as part of EA's newly formed Casual Entertainment label. The company claims that the titles developed under the partnership will provide "new ways for families to build relationships through digital entertainment with some of world's greatest brands."

Aaron Linde

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wytefang

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February 11, 2008 12:32 PM

They need to make HeroScape into a PC flash-game. Man that would rock. Of course WotC has the rights to that game now, so who knows what'll happen?
- Sturm08
  
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  February 11, 2008 2:15 PM
  
  This, of course, would be brilliant. Build maps using the wii control or DS...share maps...it'd just be so much fun.
- wytefang
  
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  February 11, 2008 6:37 PM
  
  It could work, really, on any system, though I'd imagine that ease of downloading would make it the best choice on the PC or 360, though the Wii-controller would be very well adapted for making maps as you've pointed out, Sturm08. :)