Last night we got a chance to take a sneak peak at some upcoming games from EA. Amongst the games that especially caught our attention was MySims Kingdom for Wii and DS, Hasbro Family Game Night and Monopoly.

MySims Kingdom is a followup on last year’s popular MySims game for the Wii. The game is very suitable for kids, but has many qualities that will make it popular with all ages. MySims kingdom employs a lot of the qualities that people love about  the Sims – the ability to easily build, decorate and furnish your home. The game focuses on customization using your own creativity and it takes advantage of the Wii controller to implement your building and object moving skills, as well as your overall puzzle solving skills. Unlike the traditional Sims, MySims Kingdom is also an adventure where the main character sets out to explore different islands where he/she interacts with other characters and develops relationships with them, helps many of them out by using their special talents, and solves puzzles along the way. Many of the puzzles are cool in that there are several ways to solve them. Also, each of the islands have a different theme ranging from a cowboy themed island to another one where a mad scientist works on building a space ship. Overall, there is a lot to discover in the colorful MySims Kingdom. The DS version of MySims Kingdom features similar gameplay elements as well as the ability to play via multiplayer with other MySims Kingdom players.

 

Another upcoming game that we thought is pretty cool and unusual is Hasbro Family Game Night. The game brings together classic board games, reinvents them somewhat and transforms the package in to a video game that the whole family can enjoy together. The game includes CONNECT FOUR, BATTLESHIP, YAHTZEE, BOGGLE, SORRY! and the all new, SORRY! Sliders. Each of the games can be played in traditional modes are you can mix things up with additional game modes that introduce new rules. Our favorite aspect of the game is your host – the charasmatic Mr. Potato head. What is nice about the game is that you really dont have to be in to video games to want to play. Even a very casual gamer like Grandma would enjoy getting involved in a game of Connect Four – because there isn’t a big learning curve, so everyone can enjoy it. The game will be available for Wii and Playstation in November. EA is also working on Monopoly for the Wii, PS2 and Xbox 360. which is rich with different cities and landmarks from around the world. The game also has different modes which includes a shorter game for times when you just don’t have the time to play out a full traditional game session of Monopoly. Monopoly looks like it will also be popular with families.