Boom Blox Gets Sequel

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For a while there it seemed like it could go either way, but thankfully Electronic Arts has got behind their new IP and is giving us a Boom Blox sequel, Boom Blox: Bash Party! Their continued collaboration with director and producer Steven Spielberg will result in richer multiplayer action and more than four hundred new levels, including new zero gravity and underwater stages.

“Boom Blox: Bash Party is a wild social gaming experience,” said Steven Spielberg. “We know families and friends really enjoyed playing the original Boom Blox together, so we designed more explosive multiplayer experiences with Boom Blox: Bash Party.”

The new game features twice as many multiplayer challenges as the original, and now offers team-based modes. There are also new block types, including virus and conveyor blox, new blox shapes, such as cylinders and wedges, and new tools that will make for even more destructive fun. Players will find twists on old gameplay favourites like throwing and grabbing, and can now sling, launch, and blow the competition away with new cannon, paint ball and slingshot tools.

This time around, the characters are in on the action, as the new cast are now blox themselves, and can be stacked or launched too. But of all the new additions, the best has to be the use of the Wi-Fi Connection to download new levels from both EA and the community. The Create Mode returns - and was actually identical to what the development team used to create all the stages in the final game.

"In Boom Blox: Bash Party we are taking the game elements to the extreme,” said Amir Rahimi, Senior Producer. “In the original Boom Blox, we really focused on perfecting the game’s physics. Now we can push the boundaries, offering exciting new challenges and completely new ways to play.”

Developed by the EA Casual Studios, Boom Blox: Bash Party will be available in Australia in Autumn 2009.