EA Mobile releases new iPod games
Posted by Dennis Sellers 
Apr 2, 2008 at 11:53am
EA Mobile, a division of EA’s Casual Entertainment Label, today announced two new iPod games: versions of the hit Hasbro games Scrabble (in North America only) and Yahtzee are now available for purchase from the iTunes Store.
Scrabble, under license from Hasbro in North America only, includes flexible difficulty levels, a built-in word list, dynamic animations, scrolling and full-board views. You can use the click-wheel to play alone, challenge the computer in your iPod, or enjoy pass n’ play with a friend. The game offers tips, like the “Best Word” feature which suggests the optimal word that can be formed with your tiles.
Yahtzee provides dice animations, score-keeping, multiple game modes, and click-wheel controls. You can play solo, against a friend, or against the computer in an iPod. Yahtzee has unlockable difficulty levels, help menus and pop-up hints to explain the basics,
Yahtzee is available worldwide through iTunes. Scrabble is available via iTunes in the U.S. and Canada only. All iPod games are available for the 3G iPod nano, iPod classic and fifth-generation iPod
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Dennis has been a newspaper editor/reporter (seven years) and teacher (seven years). He has over 4,000 magazine, newspaper and online articles to his credit. He has also covered the Mac and tech industries for over a decade for such online publications as MacCentral, MacMinute and now MacsimumNews.
