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So, Spore got delayed. Bummer. But EA also had some sort-of-kind-of good news to report in its place: Steven Spielberg's upcoming video game now has a loose release date (sometime before April 2008) and a specified console (the Nintendo Wii).

But that's it. No plot. No gameplay details. No explanation of how involved Spielberg will be in the game's production. Spielberg's game deal was first announced in October of 2005, and this is all we're told? Apart from EA Playground and Boogie (which I'm absolutely positive we're all looking forward to), Spielberg's game will be the only Wii-exclusive EA game on the system before the end of the 2008 fiscal year. 

So it better damn well be good. It wouldn't be a stretch to say that Peter Jackson's King Kong: The Official Game of the Movie (insert your own joke about the length of the game's title here)wasn't quite as good as it should have been -- trying to search for hidden, wall-mounted torches gets old after a while -- but damn if it wasn't one of the most awesomely cinematic games released in 2005. Hopefully, Spielberg will be able to do the same things Jackson did so well with Kong (namely, inserting an immersive film aesthetic into an interactive game), while avoiding some of Kong's mistakes.

But what do you think it'll be about? How might Spielberg use the Wiimote? Nex had some pretty disturbing ideas of his own which I'll let him reiterate in the comments if he so desires, but what do you think, dear readers? Personally, I'm pretty excited. War of the Worlds aside, Spielberg's a pretty damn imaginative guy, and the Wii seems like the right system for that imagination.

[Via TVG, and the lovingly over-zealous tipster BlindsideDork] 


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Natedizzle's Avatar
Natedizzle at 05/09/2007 17:24
The last few projects that Spielberg's done haven't been that great IMO so I for one am not really looking forward to a Wii game from him, I mean hell... I don't even have a Wii.
winojesus's Avatar
winojesus at 05/09/2007 17:24
will i be able to melt nazi's?
that useless fuck hasn't made a decent film in 23 years, great now we gots a new media form for him to trash.
PappaDukes's Avatar
PappaDukes at 05/09/2007 17:26
Two words, Indiana Jones. Man, I can see myself now, whipping the hell out of bastards with my Wiimote now...
PappaDukes's Avatar
PappaDukes at 05/09/2007 17:27
wow, me and redundancy go together like peanut butter and jelly! Jelly.
Anthony Burch's Avatar
Anthony Burch at 05/09/2007 17:33
Come now, winojesus: if you ignore the endings of Minority Report, Schindler's List, and Saving Private Ryan, and if you ignore the ham-fisted messages of Munich, he's made some pretty good flicks recently.
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winojesus at 05/09/2007 17:37
guess its just not my kind of thing.
the normally sound good though. but munich, jesus, check out one day in september, or night and fog for schindlers list, or a computer vomiting up renders for minority report.
mono's Avatar
mono at 05/09/2007 17:41
@ Winojesus

Really? 1984's Temple of Doom is Spielberg's last great movie? Or even a good movie, for that matter?

Say what you want about Spielberg's current body of work, but the fact that you would put Temple of Doom above even Jurassic Park makes me giggle.
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DJDuffy at 05/09/2007 17:45
ET sequel! Just like the original, it too will bring the gaming industry to it's knees. Eliot! EEEEEEliot!
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ArrestedDeveloper at 05/09/2007 17:50
I hope it's a "Batteries Not Included" game. OOO or another E.T. one.
subnet6's Avatar
subnet6 at 05/09/2007 17:54
Whatever happened to the Indiana Jones game that was coming out on 360/PS3? I haven't seen anything about that game in about a year. Was Spielberg involved with that, or this the only game he's working on at this very moment?
winojesus's Avatar
winojesus at 05/09/2007 18:01
it was an arbitary date, fuck it man, temple of doom was balls, but jurassic park........equally vapid.
subnet6's Avatar
subnet6 at 05/09/2007 18:01
Bla, Jurassic Park.

Schindlers List was only 14 years ago or somewhere thereabouts. That was an AMAZING film.

Saving Private Ryan was pretty solid too. I didn't care much for A.I. but Catch Me If You Can and Munich were both pretty good IMO. Minority report got 90+ on rotten tomatoes but I thought it was just OK.

I would be interested to see what he can bring to the table.
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yamabushi at 05/09/2007 18:03
Im hoping for a 'Terminal' game. were I use the Wii-mote to guide tom hanks around an airport, or an A.I. game, or how about the Lost World where if you use a gun you die, or Hook, or empire of the... Wow, Spielberg kinda blows....
Mxyzptlk's Avatar
Mxyzptlk at 05/09/2007 18:04
Finally a video game version of Amistad!
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topgeargorilla at 05/09/2007 18:10
ok, screw it. let's have him make an interactive porno to the utmost extent. see you use the remote to recreate sexual acts. oral, anal, oral-anal, the whole shebang. toss in surprise visits of classic spielburg characters to join in (indy, e.t., jaws *never mind jaws, a vagina like that would be brutal*) and you've got at once a game that fulfills the needs of all.
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twesterm at 05/09/2007 18:18
Steven Spielberg's first game is coming to the Wii

This isn't his first game, he was also involved with The Gid.
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twesterm at 05/09/2007 18:19
bah, I don't know how many times I gotta say it, but I hate not hanving an edit button because I cannot type. >_<

[url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dig]The Dig[/ulr]
twesterm's Avatar
twesterm at 05/09/2007 18:19
bah!

The Dig
Natedizzle's Avatar
Natedizzle at 05/09/2007 18:22
This is my list of great Spielberg movies starting with oldest to newest...

Jaws (1975)
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
Empire of the Sun (1987)
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
Always (1989)
Schindler's List (1993)
Saving Private Ryan (1998)
Catch Me If You Can (2002)

and hopefully...
Fourth Installment of the Indiana Jones Adventures (2008)
Interstellar (2009)
Anthony Burch's Avatar
Anthony Burch at 05/09/2007 18:35
subnet:
I have no idea where the hell our Indy info is, but Spielberg isn't involved with them in roughly the same way Lucas has almost nothing to do with the Star Wars games.

twesterm:
Point, but he only came up with the story for that -- for whatever this title is, it appears he's taking a much more direct approach to the game's development. He's a pretty big gamer, so he'll very well have input on more than just the story and visuals.
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Todd Umbarger at 05/09/2007 18:56
The Wii remote will be fashioned as a masturbation simulator.

The name of the game: A.I
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Geo1362 at 05/09/2007 19:41
Whatever it is I'm pretty sure that it's going to have a bunch of people w/ walkie-talkies as weapons. Damn him and his bastardization of E.T.
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brad drac at 05/09/2007 19:50
twesterm beat me, the bastard. But anyway, spielberg is an overrated hack. Puts far more emphasis on manipulation than storytelling. And natedizzle left out possibly his best film, duel.

Also, 3 wii exclusives from EA(at least 1 of which looks positively horrendous) until next april is a pretty goddamn pathetic. I thought they were meant to be throwing their chips in or some shit.
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skAnarky at 05/09/2007 20:00
He was the main writer of the original Medal of Honor, if he does some bang up originality again, I'm game.
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grrza at 05/09/2007 20:06
maybe there aren't any details on plot because it won't be a game based on a movie, but a game on movie making: Steven Spielberg's Hollywood Movie Director Tycoon, brought to you by EA
UglyDuck's Avatar
UglyDuck at 05/09/2007 20:17
Incidentally, where he writes Peter Jackson, read Sir Michael Ancel. :)
Roryzilla's Avatar
Roryzilla at 05/09/2007 20:21
This could save the Wii. Mayhaps.
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Rockvillian at 05/09/2007 21:04
Hopefully it's a Dennis Nedry simulator. Meet with Dodson! Hack into computers! Steal dino fetuses! Escape! Die!

I watch Jurassic Park too much.
subnet6's Avatar
subnet6 at 05/09/2007 21:29
@Brad Drac,

"Also, 3 wii exclusives from EA(at least 1 of which looks positively horrendous) until next april is a pretty goddamn pathetic. I thought they were meant to be throwing their chips in or some shit."

I don't know, 3 exclusives (and I think I actually heard it was 4) between now and 08 with one of them being a Spielburg love child? Thats not bad really. Admittedly the exclusives they are bringing are not that exciting but as far as them throwing their chips in, I think that refers to the fact that they bought an entire studio to do Wii development and they have been doing more Wii specific work lately, with games like Madden, Blackhand edition and others taking good advantage of the controller. We're not seeing their best effort but the list of EA titles is growing rapidly and several franchises that had faded from gamecube are back in rotation or rumored to be back for the Wii.
BlindsideDork's Avatar
BlindsideDork at 05/09/2007 22:40
Sorry Rev :(

I will try to calm down!
Anthony Burch's Avatar
Anthony Burch at 05/09/2007 23:54
No! We love you, Blindeside. Your enthusiasm is much appreciated.
Anthony Burch's Avatar
Anthony Burch at 05/09/2007 23:54
Blindside. Not Blindeside. However you're spelled, we love you.
questworld's Avatar
questworld at 05/10/2007 03:47
Jurassic IV The Game.
questworld's Avatar
questworld at 05/10/2007 03:47
Jurassic Park IV The Game.
Natedizzle's Avatar
Natedizzle at 05/10/2007 12:13
Never saw Duel, I'll have to check it out.
Joe Burling's Avatar
Joe Burling at 05/10/2007 12:26
Great... take a guy who specializes in making cinematic experiences, and put him on the console that provides the least best cinematic experience.

What a joke. This game is going to suck, no matter how good it is.
subnet6's Avatar
subnet6 at 05/11/2007 11:29
The "least best".

Somehow I don't think Mr. Spielburg will be hurt if you don't like his games.
Jim Sterling's Avatar
Jim Sterling at 05/13/2007 03:37
I want a fighting game made up of characters from all Spielberg's films. E.T versus Oskar Schindler, that's what I'm taklking about.
Jim Sterling's Avatar
Jim Sterling at 05/13/2007 03:38
I also love the word taklking which is a legitimate word.
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