Steven Spielberg is the name behind Electronic Arts’ “Boom Blox” for Nintendo Wii, which is expected to reach stores on May 6, a game that has been highly anticipated after its official announcement earlier this year. The game was intended for kids aged 6 to 12, but it has been described as the perfect game for the whole family.

At the time of the announcement, film director Steven Spielberg said: “I am a gamer myself, and I really wanted to create a video game that I could play with my kids. “Boom Blox” features an enormous amount of fun challenges and cool scenarios for your kids and for you to master together.”

The game revolves around knocking down blocks with different values, a multiplayer puzzler that challenges gamers to find the perfect strategy to boost their points but at the same time, prevent the adversary from earning points on his expense.

“My inspiration for this game came while I was playing the Wii for the first time,’ Spielberg said in early February. “Boom Box” will feature over 300 engaging levels, 30 characters and single-player, co-op and versus gameplay, and will be the first of its kind to feature a collaboration with the famous film maker.

However, it won’t be the last, as EA and Spielberg agreed to a project that included a total of three video games. A second project, code-named “LMNO,” was announced as a game for Sony’s PlayStation 3 and Microsoft’s Xbox 360 and has been described as a contemporary epic action-adventure game focusing on a special relationship between the player and a non-playing character.

In an interview last year, Spielberg said about this second project: “The challenge is, can the game have an emotional impact on players while they are actively manipulating the world?”