Slowly building itself up to be what looks to be one of the Nintendo Wii’s biggest surprise packages of the year so far, Electronic Arts has confirmed that its upcoming physics-based puzzler, Boom Blox, will arrive in North America and Europe on May 06 and May 09 respectively.

Boom Blox, it has been revealed will feature single player, co-op and multiplayer modes, in a title said to be perfectly suited to the Wii’s motion sensing controls. Gamers’ brains will be racked over 300 levels and across four themed environments (Tiki, Medieval, Frontier, and Haunted), where we are promised to come across the likes of block-laying chickens and baseball-throwing monkeys.

To extend the gameplay even more, Boom Blox includes a Create Mode in which players can design and build their own block puzzles using blocks, props and characters unlocked during the main game. Whether creating structures simply for artistic purposes or to challenge friends, both can be shared with friends over the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection.

“We developed BOOM BLOX with endless combinations of gameplay in mind,” explains Louis Castle, executive producer. ,cite>“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.”

“I am a gamer myself, and I really wanted to create a video game that I could play with my kids,” said Steven Spielberg. “BOOM BLOX features an enormous amount of fun challenges and cool scenarios for your kids to solve or for you to master together.”

“My inspiration for this game came while I was playing the Wii for the first time,” he added. “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.”

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