Hasbro plans modern Monopoly and Yahtzee for mobile phones

February 11th, 2008, 4:35 pm · Post a Comment · posted by Sonya Smith

EA Games announced today a partnership with Hasbro to deliver the board game maker’s titles to mobile phones, as well as on the Web, Nintendo Wii and Nintendo DS.

The new mobile games are: Monopoly Here & Now, Trivial Pursuit, Risk and Yahtzee Adventures. Scrabble and Yahtzee Deluxe — are the two mobile games already offered by EA for Hasbro.

“We are thrilled that together we are bringing our great toys and games to life in the digital world and providing consumers with new and dynamic ways to enjoy our amazing brands,” said Mark Blecher, Hasbro’s Senior Vice President of Digital Media and Gaming.

Monopoly Here & Now is expected to ship in March and is a modern version of the popular board game with players buying properties that exist around the country. Yahtzee Adventures is another remake of a classic game with new characters and battle modes; the game is expected to ship in April.

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