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EA Taps Steven Spielberg for New Games

by Terrence O'Brien on July 10, 2007 at 10:52 AM

EA and Spielberg Make Beautiful Games TogetherVideo game super studio Electronic Arts has announced a partnership with director Steven Spielberg to produce three future games, all of them shrouded in secrecy.

What many people don't know is that this isn't the first time the two have joined forces. Back in 1995, Spielberg launched Dreamworks Interactive, which went on to conceptualize and develop 1999's 'Medal of Honor' for EA, a game too similar in content and aesthetics to Spielberg's big movie at the time, 'Saving Private Ryan' to be a coincidence. 'Medal of Honor' went on to become one of the best selling game franchises of all time, and EA bought Dreamworks Interactive.

Now, with the band back together, their first new game is an action adventure for the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and PC, codenamed 'LMNO.' The player will take on the role a female character who will evolve over the course of the game based on her interaction with other characters.

The second game has an equally ludicrous code name, 'PQRS.' 'PQRS' is for the Wii and will be a puzzle game centered around manipulating blocks. But is this far from a computerized version of Jenga. There will dozens of properties associated with each block: They can be exploded, cause chemical reactions, or any number of other things.

Both games will be previewed at this week's E3 gaming convention.

The third game in the EA/Spielberg series is even more mysterious ... absolutely nothing is known about it at this time. Here's hoping for a licensed title based on 'Amistad.'

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