We can’t blame or credit the new, more physical version of Connect Four on Microsoft’s Kinect sensor. No, the TV show Hasbro Family Game Night is responsible for that. That’s where the basketball version of Connect Four came from. More »
EA rolled out Hasbro Family Game Night for Xbox Live Arcade last week as part of Microsoft’s Days of Arcade promotion. Battleship, Yahtzee and Connect 4 were included, but the one I wanted to play was Scrabble. Thing is, we’re not allowed to play Scrabble on our Xbox 360s in Australia.
EA continues its onslaught of Hasbro titles this spring autumn as the company reveals plans to flood Xbox Live Arcade with classic board games via the Hasbro Family Game Night channel.
Electronic Arts’ casual label showed off their upcoming collection of virtual Hasbro games at the gathering in LA last week.
Hasbro Family Game Night will include Wii-friendly versions of Connect Five, Sorry, Boggle, Yahtzee, Battleship and Sorry Sliders.
The games are all played on a table in the Hasbro Family Game Night living room, which can be decorated with unlockable themes and items.
I had a chance to check out two of the games during the presentation.
Back when I was growing up, just about every family I knew had a closet full of tattered board games, ready at a moment’s notice should said family come dangerously close to just quietly sitting and enjoying each other’s company. Now EA introduces the 21st century version of said dusty closet, Hasbro Family Game Night for the Nintendo Wii and PlayStation 2.
The title contains a nice selection of six big-name board game favourites – Battleship, Yahtzee, Boggle, Connect Four, Sorry!, and the all-new Sorry! Sliders, each with its own twist for fresh gameplay. Connect Four gets power chips, Bobble gets portal cubes, etc. As a special added bonus, each game is hosted by Mr. Potato Head. Apparently we needed a host, and he was available.
If you ever wanted to get you parents into gaming, Hasbro Family Game Night will probably be your best chance when it comes out this Fall.
