Hasbro Family Game Night 3 Sees Mr. Potato Head Return With a Vengeance

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Richard Walker

Here's undisputable proof that Mr. Potato Head hasn't had his chips just yet. He's back for yet another bout of Hasbro Family Games, bringing five board game classics to sparkling digital life on consoles later this year.

The Game of Life, Clue (Cluedo to us Brits), Twister, Mouse Trap and Yahtzee will all be getting the video game treatment this time around, with online and 4-player local multiplayer "designed to bring friends and family together from living rooms around the world," says the announcement press release. Answers on a postcard as to how Twister can possibly work on a controller, please.

Full avatar integration is also in the game, which is due to ship this fall 2010 in time for the holiday season, when everyone loves to gather round and play a classic board game. Well, almost everyone. Grandpa usually falls asleep after Christmas pudding.

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  • OMG!! Mouse Trap!! that used to be my favorite game as a kid. deff. have to try this one out!
  • I don't think I knew a GN2 came out? This sounds good though. I'll probably pick it up, a couple game choices are weird.. they'll either do really well or just flop. Hopefully the former.
  • I am just baffled as to how Twister will possibly work on a screen.
  • Twister isn't exactly complicated. For example, hold down X, then RT, then Y, etc.
  • If twister works like it should then can you say Project Natal?
  • @2 was previously available on the Wii. They are adding 3 of those 5 games as DLC to GN 1 in a couple months (Jenga, Pictureka and Connect 4x4, they are leaving Operation and Bop It out). That brings the total achievements for GN 1 to 100 and a total gamerscore of 2000! This is a totally separate game that's retail only, not DLC.
  • Clue is probably my all time favorite board game, so ill probably pick it up, if the price is right
  • Actually sounds good
  • Nice! Sounds great. I will be checking these out for sure. Life is a great game.
  • These games should just be added to the current Family Game Night module. Let it break the 2k gamerscore.
  • Sooo... when I read the title I instantly thought back with a vengeance by devildriver. Now I have to get it... lol.
  • how do u play twister on xbox lol
  • If they want to have Mouse Trap be true to the real game, the loading time would be huge and twice as long as the game itself. Clue, however, is the greatest board game of all time. I'm quite happy to see it included in this package.
  • Oh man, not fuckin' yahtzee again! I know how Stan feels when he's sucked into Facebook on South Park! >
  • Finally get Clue on Family Game Night. I'm also guessing that Twister will use Natal seeing as this batch of games is coming out for the holidays just like Natal.
  • I don't think they would make a Natal Twister mat because users wouldn't be able to use it with anything else but Twister.
  • No, there won't be a special Natal Twister mat; however, it will require you to paint colored circles on your living room carpet to play.
  • #6, that's convenient that all the other games are 200G each and this has 5 games on it. That being said, I hope they release the 2nd wave of 3 on a disc. I have the first disc because $10 a piece for the games was a bit steep. (save for scrabble, that's the one exception)
  • Wait, since when was a FGN2?
  • Are these just more games being added on or are there really 3 FGNs?... where's 2?
  • Clue and Life are probably gonna be worth the price of the game.
  • I'll be getting this. Loved FGN1 and have FGN2 for my wii. Life and Clue are going to be great.
  • Colonel Mustard with the lead pipe in the library!
  • lol @ twister, that should be left out, definately not a game to be put on consoles... I'm just hoping they'll be available in Aus, bloody pissed that scrabble wasn't.
  • @24 same for the UK :( Twister? like to see how it works maybe thats their plan. Everyone will download it just to see how it works.
  • lol...Cluedo. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAAHA....ok not funny!!!
  • Everyone asking about GN2, check out comment 6 plz
  • Life is a nice game=) Twister is something for Natal I suppose:P
  • Wasn't Family Game Night supposed to come out as retial for the xbox? Did it ever?
  • sounds good I love the extra game modes they add in
  • How the hell is twister gonna work lol
  • hmmm we already got yahtzee... why more?
  • I'M STILL WAITING BOOGLE AND SCRABBLE HERE IN EUROPE SO I CAN FINALLY COMPLETE THE SUITE. Actually we still can't obtain much more than 1000/1400. and Hasbro wanna release a new suite. Go Fuck Yourself.
  • You know what would be great? If you could combine all of your family game night games all onto Family Game Night 3. Similar to how Rock Band's setlist system works.
  • I've still yet to pick up the DLC from round 2 (I just can't see Jenga being anything but painful on the 360. I hate that game IRL, I'd hate to have to use a controller), but this has definately resparked my interest. Mousetrap + Clue + Life = mega win.
  • Yahtzee again?
  • Mouse Trap Rocks! But Family game night 3? I never knew there was a Family game night 2? Anyone ever play this? http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/10037/monkey-madness
  • Really Looking Forward to this, Some of my favourites!
  • kinect compatibility for 4????
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