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Great Video Games That Bring Families Together

Posted: 12/29/2010

A classic board game delivers fun for the whole family.

(NAPSI) - When it comes to spending quality time with the family, there’s no better way to get in the game than to play a video game.

This season’s favorites include many new games and innovative takes on game classics.

MONOPOLY Streets

In MONOPOLY Streets, players can now “Pass Go and collect $200” in a 3-D world, buying properties, auctioning with friends and building hotels.

To celebrate the 75th anniversary of the brand, MONOPOLY Streets comes to life through a living, breathing city that you can build and own. Players engage in a head-to-head race to build the greatest city and accumulate the most wealth. The fun can also be extended by playing against friends locally or online while seeing their Xbox 360 avatars and Wii Miis populate your world. New features, such as property auctions, also add unique elements to the classic play. From the affordable motels on Baltic Avenue to the luxurious Boardwalk suites, there is excitement around every turn of this reimagined favorite, priced at $39.99.

Different modes allow you to choose how long your game lasts and you can play in different-themed 3-D cities including world landmark city, futuristic city and the classic MONOPOLY city. Fans can also take the classic game to go in the Nintendo DS version.

HASBRO FAMILY GAME NIGHT

HASBRO FAMILY GAME NIGHT 3, now available in stores for $39.99, features a suite of five new digital versions of popular Hasbro game brands for the Nintendo Wii, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. The collection of titles features digital versions of favorite family game brands brought to life in a new theme park setting with the lovable Mr. Potato Head as the host and park guide. Featuring both classic and remixed versions, players can spin the wheel of fate in THE GAME OF LIFE, find out “whodunit” in CLUE, tie themselves in knots with TWISTER, trigger crazy chain reactions in MOUSE TRAP and try their hand at YAHTZEE HANDS DOWN.

For the first time, fans will also be able to take the gameplay online and challenge opponents around the globe.

LITTLEST PET SHOP 3: Biggest Stars

The third version of the popular video game franchise, priced at $29.99, employs themes and gameplay that really celebrate the different interests of tween girls. Whether girls are young athletes, aspiring artists or budding designers, the game delivers an engaging and meaningful play experience. The releases include three games for the DS, each with its own customizable pets, colors and team accessories that girls can collect and use to showcase their pets’ unique personalities.

As players dance, design and skate through an exciting assortment of minigames and challenges, they will see their pets’ personalities come to life in an array of colorful animations.

MySims SkyHeroes

The high-flying action adventure game delivers cooperative gameplay missions and multiplayer online action for the Nintendo Wii, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.

It’s a fun game for fathers and sons to play together as well as for video game enthusiasts looking for high-speed aerial maneuvers, battles and online multiplayer action, all for $49.99.

In the game, a pilot joins a group of fellow stranded pilots in a quest to take down the villain Morcubus, who is doing everything in his power to prevent anyone from flying in an attempt to rule the skies.

While progressing through the game, players use power-ups such as radar jammers and giant laser attachments; swap in a new engine or upgrade wings to create a faster, more nimble aircraft; and paint and detail planes to blend and disappear into the environment to evade combatants. The customization combinations are endless.

MONOPOLY Streets, HASBRO FAMILY GAME NIGHT 3 and LITTLEST PET SHOP 3: Biggest Stars are rated E for Everyone. MySims SkyHeroes is rated E 10+. For more information, please visit www.ea.com.

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