Electronic Arts has announced that an innovative puzzle game Boom Blox is set for release in the 2nd quarter of this year. The game is one which has had the input of Director and Producer Steven Spielberg. It is set to feature 300 levels, a cast of different characters, and a built-in editor. The game is set to be released in May for the Wii, and also mobile devices.

From the release:

Fun for kids and the entire family, BOOM BLOX offers action-packed interactive activities that takes Wii play to a new level of creativity and fun with single player, co-op, and versus gameplay.

Players can explore the visceral gameplay—perfectly suited for the Wii's interactivity—that keeps them destroying their way through brain-twisting challenges. They can interact with entertaining characters such as the Blox-laying chickens or the baseball throwing monkeys, who bring personality to the Tiki, Medieval, Frontier, and Haunted themed environments.

Additionally, players can remix any level of the game in Create Mode using props, blocks, or characters that have been unlocked during the game. Players can also virtually build anything they can dream up. Plus, their designs can then be shared with friends or used to challenge others to solve their newly created puzzle via WiiConnect24.

"We developed BOOM BLOX with endless combinations of gameplay in mind," explains Louis Castle, Executive Producer. "With over three hundred levels, built upon a full real-time physics model, your experience can be as easy or difficult as you want it to be—there really is something for everyone to enjoy.”

"My inspiration for this game came while I was playing the Wii for the first time," added Spielberg. "From the initial concept to what the game is today, it’s always been built around the innovations the Wii brings to playing games. BOOM BLOX plays on the enjoyment of building and knocking down blocks, something that can appeal innately to kids and adults of all ages."

One of those ones that will either be good.. or total #@$@#. Could be promising if done properly, otherwise could just be another Raving Rabbids - which was good for a while, but only so much you could take.

I've seen some videos, it looks pretty awesome.

The videos do look awesome. It looks like a giant lego/block set which can explode and there's no clean up afterwards, which is awesome.

Yeah I saw videos ages ago. I don't know why they've reannounced this game when we've seen it in action months ago?

In any case, it almost looks like a modern day 'Incredible Machine'. Good times.

Well it's out in May.. but yeah, it's EA - they have a habbit of doing that.