Yeah, THE Steven Spielberg… the same guy who has brought us some of the greatest movies of all time, recently partnered with EA to develop games for the Nintendo Wii console. Well today they’ve announced their first collaboration entitled “BOOM BLOX™” set to release sometime in May 2008.

According to the release, the game features more than 300 levels, a cast of more than thirty wacky characters, and an easy-to-use in-game editor that allows players to express their creativity. The release also describes the game and gameplay…

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 experience the visceral gameplay - perfectly suited for the Wii’s interactive motion-sensitive controls - through brain-twisting challenges. They can interact with entertaining characters such as the block-laying chickens or baseball-throwing monkeys across four themed environments - Tiki, Medieval, Frontier, and Haunted. 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™.

Spielberg has said that the inspiration for this game while he was playing the Wii for the first time… and is being built around the innovations of the Wii.

Who else is rather excited about this game? I mean it’s Spielberg!