EALA has laid off the Boom Blox team, developers of the Wii puzzle games created in collaboration with Steven Spielberg. The LinkedIn profile of Jeff Dixon has this brief explanation: Jeff Dixon Has joined the ranks of the EALA departed. The Boom Blox team was laid off today. We spoke briefly with Jeff, who tells us that the team was working on a Natal launch title, and adds: I strongly believe in the future of Natal. Jeff says 14 employees were cut, and we wish them the best of luck in their job hunts.
TGS writes: Blink-182 bassist and vocalist Mark Hoppus recently tweeted about how much he's enjoying EA's latest Boom Blox Bash Party. Digging this Bash Party video game! Many thanks to the designer who brought it to the ticket on-sale yesterday
EA has taken the wraps off two new worlds of BOOM BLOX Bash Party. Heroic and Show Time join the Space and Pirate worlds.
There's been some confusion about the subtitle for the upcoming Boom Blox sequel. EA Europe calls it Smash Party, but around the web it's mostly found as Bash Party (as it is on the official Boom Blox US website). Does the title carry a different name in Europe, or has somebody made a mistake?
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