The news arose from an investor conference call held this afternoon, in which EA CFO Eric Brown said the title met the publisher's expectations since its launch in early May.

The company did not specify whether the figure accounts for sales solely in North America or units moved worldwide. Boom Blox was released in Europe a few days after its North American debut, and made its debut in Japan earlier this month.

However, that figure is likely worldwide, as that moving that amount in North America would have caused the title to appear among NPD's ten best-selling games at least once during the past few months.

Electronic Arts CEO John Riccitiello added that the title "continues to sell well."

In all, the title was only purchased by a paltry 0.6% of the 10.2 million US Wii owners.

The news marks the latest blow for third-party Wii developers, which have typically seen much lower sales than first-party Nintendo efforts. While eight of May's best-selling games were Wii games, only three of those were not produced by Nintendo.

While the figure appears low, developer and publisher Electronic Arts was adamant that the game's performance matches estimates. "It has met our expectations internally," EA CEO John Riccitello said at the William Blair Investor Conference ... Read more

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The new shots detail a number of the characters that inhabit the world of Boom Blox, including mustached monkeys, happy doggies and frightened kitties.

Due out May 6, the block-tumbling title has over 300 levels, with players able to make their own stages and send them to online friends via WiiConnect24.

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Due out in May, the Wii-exclusive action-puzzler features over 300 levels, with players able to make their own stages in Create Mode and share them with online friends through WiiConnect24.

"Boom Blox plays on the enjoyment of building and knocking down blocks, something that can appeal innately to kids and adults of all ages," noted Spielberg. "I am a gamer myself, and I really wanted to create a video game that I could play with my kids."

Spielberg is known to be working on two other projects with EA Los... Read more