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Hasbro Family Game Night

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Space needed: About 263 MB
Plays offline: Yes

Overview

Hasbro Family Game Night is a 2008 party video game developed by EA Bright Light and published by Electronic Arts for the PlayStation 2 and Wii in November 2008, before being ported to the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 the following year with similar, un-related games of the same name being released for the Nintendo DS and Microsoft Windows. The game adapts a selection of popular Hasbro board games into a video game form, with both classic and enhanced versions of each game available to play. The game was named after the company's "Family Game Night" marketing campaign, which aimed for families to bond together while playing board games.

While receiving mainly mixed reviews upon release by critics, the game and marketing campaign were a commercial success for Hasbro and Electronic Arts. This allowed the two companies to produce a franchise featuring three additional video game entries, while a game show of the same name aired on The Hub from 2010 until 2014.

Hasbro Family Game Night is a party video game which adapts six classic Hasbro board games in a single disc package, with Mr. Potato Head as the game's host. The game is set within a simple game room where the games will form up when chosen, with Mr. Potato Head flying around on a jetpack. The games are chosen through a robotic-style menu featuring the cover art of the game, whose design depends on the region. The game room can be customized with one of four different themes, while completing objectives can unlock new furniture and themes for the room, alongside trophies.

On August 10, 2007, Hasbro announced that they had entered into a new worldwide strategic licensing agreement with Electronic Arts that would allow the publisher to develop and publish games based on a majority of Hasbro intellectual properties, including Monopoly, Littlest Pet Shop and Yahtzee, from 2008 until 2013. EA's Hasbro titles would be targeted towards all platforms, including console, PC, and mobile, and were the first major deal formed by EA's Casual Entertainment division after being created in June. This new agreement followed the ending of a prior seven-year deal Hasbro held with Atari for select Hasbro board games, which, due to their financial problems, had ended the deal after only three years, selling back the rights for $19.5 million.

In February 2010, Electronic Arts announced that both Hasbro Family Game Night and Hasbro Family Game Night 2 had sold a combined one million units.