Family Favourite Monopoly Goes 3D

For almost 75 years an estimated 500 million have played Monopoly, the board game where you play the landlord and can become stinking rich at the expense of other wannabe property investors.

Now game publisher EA has announced it is developing Monopoly Streets for the Wii, Xbox 360 and PS3.

For almost 75 years an estimated 500 million have played Monopoly, the board game where you play the landlord and can become stinking rich at the expense of other wannabe property investors.

Now game publisher EA has announced it is developing Monopoly Streets for the Wii, Xbox 360 and PS3.

For the first time, players will experience Monopoly in a 3D world that continuously evolves with the video game action.
Called Monopoly Streets, it will feature online multiplayer and downloadable content for Xbox360 and PS3 players around the world.

Developing properties within high rent districts will produce lavish houses and hotels that appear within the world and further substantiate its visual appeal, while developing in the less expensive areas provide more modest, but no less interesting, establishments.

The game will also feature player-owned headquarters that rise and fall along with the Player’s fortunes – large and luxurious when winning, stunted and minuscule when losing. For purists, Monopoly Streets will also offer classic game board modes.

Monopoly Streets will come loaded with an array of imaginative twists such as the ability to establish “house rules” where players can save their own set of customised rules tailored to their group of friends.  In addition, players will be able to create and play as their own Wii Mii or Xbox 360 avatar, and have the city populated by their friend’s Wii Mii or Xbox 360 avatars.