Everyone has been waiting for May 6 to come. Why? Because BOOM BLOX, a game developed by Electronic Arts, and with Steven Spielberg’s personal touch, is finally out. The game was initially intended for kids aged 8 to 12, but it has been described as the perfect game for the whole family.

BOOM BLOX is already available in North America as of May 6, and is soon to be released to the rest of the world, on May 8 in Europe, on May 13 across Asia and May 22 for Japan. For all those phone-addicted gamers, BOOM BLOX is also available across all major carriers, EA unveiled.

Steven Spielberg said in an interview earlier this year: “I am a gamer myself, and I really wanted to create a video game that I could play with my kids,” adding that his inspiration for the game came while playing the Wii for the first time.

“BOOM BLOX was designed to be interactive, pure escapism, and fun for kids of all ages,” Spielberg said in a statement. “My hope is that it will be a great shared family experience.”

The game offers 400 engaging levels, with over 30 different characters, such as Marion “Fluffy” McCluck or Boots Beaverton, and single-player, as well as co-op and multiplayer modes. The game also has four themed worlds: Tiki, Medieval, Frontier and Haunted.

“As we developed BOOM BLOX, we realized that the possibilities with the puzzles were endless,” Louis Castle, Executive Producer, explained. “We wanted to extend that element of wonder and discovery to players and even give them the chance to share those puzzles with their friends. We feel we’ve reached a new level of creative and immersive game play with the uniqueness of the Wii system and are looking forward to seeing what kids create.”

This won’t be the last we hear from Spielberg in this field, as his agreement with EA includes 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.