Filmmaker Steven Spielberg and video game publisher Electronic Arts Inc. are releasing a few tidbits about their ongoing collaboration to make three video games, but most details including the game's titles remain a secret. Code-named "LMNO" and "PQRS," the first two games to come from the exclusive relationship will be previewed at this week's E3 Media Business Summit, which starts Wednesday in Santa Monica, Calif.
The "LMNO" game is being created for the Sony Corp.'s PlayStation 3, Microsoft Corp.'s Xbox 360 and PCs.
It will be a "contemporary action adventure" where the player partners with a female character who evolves over time depending on how she interacts with others in the game, said Neil Young, general manager of EA's Los Angeles studio. "PQRS," which is being developed for Nintendo Co.'s Wii, will have gamers wielding the wireless remote to manipulate blocks in various ways.
Young said to expect much more than a computerized version of Jenga when it's released, sometime in the current fiscal year. "Of course just playing with blocks does not a game make," he said Monday. "Now imagine there are up to 50 different properties that can be associated with them.
They can explode or form a chemical reaction." Young said Spielberg, known for his roster of films such as "Saving Private Ryan," "Schindler's List," "Raiders of the Lost Ark," and "E.T.
," got the idea for the block game after a round of Wii tennis Filmmaker Steven Spielberg and video game publisher Electronic Arts Inc.
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