EA Preps In-Flight Video Games

[liam858]

Redwood City (CA) - Electronic Arts, together with in-flight entertainment company DTI Software, today announced a plan to provide multiple airline companies with in-flight versions of their software, largely headlined by The Sims 2. Software from EA's Pogo.com will make up the rest of the initial list of available games.

In-flight video games are not entirely new, but they've previously been limited to 80's arcade style games with simplistic controls. EA breaks that mindset by offering The Sims 2 in built-in airline consoles. Pogo.com, which EA acquired in 2001, will supply the rest of the lineup, which fit the "casual game" designation that most non-gamers would be more interested in during a flight. According to EA, titles available at the outset will be Poppit, Word Whomp, Phlinx, Tri-Peaks Solitaire, Harvest Mania, Tumble Bees, Great Escapes Solitaire and Turbo 21.

Link: http://tomshardware.co.uk/2006/09/21/ea_inflight_games/


Liam

[ProfessorU]

Sweet. Better than playing Tetris on my cellphone, anyway.