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Monopoly Streets dev diary brings the city to life
EA recently dropped a developer diary for its customizable, modern take on Hasbro's landlord-centric board game, Monopoly Streets. If you, like us, were curious how one goes about putting a fresh spin on a game first printed during the F.D.R. administration, you may want to check it out below.
Monopoly Streets preview: I call the racecar
So you're playing Monopoly and there's a pile of money sitting in the middle of the board collected from income taxes and Chance penalties. You roll the dice, count off your move, and then land on Free Parking. Payday! You get all of the money sitting in the middle of the table, right? Wrong. "That's not part of the official rules of Monopoly," says EA Salt Lake producer Jeff Peters. "One of the things we found while making this game is that nobody actually knows how to play Monopoly." Turns out your older brother was lying to you. But not knowing how to play hasn't affected the game's popularity -- over its 75 years of life, Monopoly has become known as the most popular board game in the world, and Monopoly Streets is EA's attempt to reimagine the game in honor of the 75th anniversary this year. Instead of just a standard boardgame, Streets tries to create "a living, breathing place that is the world of Monopoly," says Peters. %Gallery-103554%
See the sites in EA's Monopoly Streets
When you're locked in one of those days-long Monopoly games that just won't end (in other words, pretty much every Monopoly game ever), wouldn't it be more thrilling to spend that time in a 3D Monopoly board-world? We'll find out with the release of EA's Monopoly Streets for Wii, PS3 and Xbox 360 this fall. Monopoly Streets reimagines the classic board game as a dynamic gameworld encountered from street level. As players buy and build up properties, they'll see actual buildings erected, styled in accordance with the neighborhoods' economic status. That's right -- you'll be able to see the Water Works for yourself! Each player will also have a headquarters that grows and crumbles with the player's fortunes. And if none of this sounds at all like the Monoppoly you know and love, "classic game board" modes will also be playable. The PS3 and Xbox 360 versions will also feature online play and DLC. In addition to Streets, EA will release a more traditional Monopoly game for DS this fall. As if that's not enough unilateral control of the virtual board game market, the company has also revealed the browser-based Monopoly City, currently in development for release on EA's Pogo portal.
