EA: First Spielberg Title Is For Wii [Update] News

Whilst widespread reports of a further Spore delay into the 2009 fiscal year remain unconfirmed by EA (after all, the likes of Crysis and Burnout: Paradise also failed to get a mention in the publisher's financial results), it seems that one upcoming title managed to sneak in under the radar.

The first in a three franchise collaboration with the acclaimed Hollywood director Steven Spielberg, which was first announced back in October 2005, EA has today confirmed that the untitled game will be heading to Nintendo Wii before the end of the 2008 fiscal year, which ends on March 31st next year.

Described as the "Wii Spielberg" title in an EA conference call to investors, little else is known about the game, though it will join both EA Playground and Boogie as exclusive titles on Nintendo's so-called 'new-generation' machine.

Spielberg is just one in a small group of movie directors delving into videogames, along with Peter Jackson and James Cameron, but the fact that his first EA collaboration will be a Wii title is something of a surprising revelation.

[UPDATE] Spore's release is on the cusp of the fiscal year 2008 and 2009, with the publisher unable to confirm whether it will launch before April 1st 2008.