Spore, Spiderwick, Africa, a Free Wii and Online Board Games!

Get the scoop on a free Wii, Spore and more from EA, a fairy puzzle and taking pictures in the wilds of Africa! It’s all here.

Game News

There's a heap of [kwlink]gaming news[/kwlink] today so brace your eyeballs! We have more news about how you can win a free Wii, plus EA announced Spore and a batch of other games, there's another [kwlink]fairy puzzle[/kwlink] for you to solve and a new game that lets you go wild in [kwlink]Africa![/kwlink] It's all here, plus the list of all the new games that drop this week for every game system from [kwlink]Nintendo DS[/kwlink] to [kwlink]Xbox 360[/kwlink], [kwlink]Wii[/kwlink], [kwlink]PS3[/kwlink], [kwlink]PSP[/kwlink] and even for your PC!

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Be a Kidzworld Member - Membership is free and it may earn you a Wii!

Invite a Heap of Friends to Kidzworld - Get the most [kwlink]friends[/kwlink] to sign up for Kidzworld accounts and you'll win a Wii!

Now, cross your fingers and check out our Wii Sweepstakes!

EA Announces Spore!

The giant video game company [kwlink]EA[/kwlink] has been working on a massively cool new game that lets you guide a species as it evolves from a squidgy thing you could scrape off your shoe all the way up to creating [kwlink]pop music[/kwlink] and exploring [kwlink]space![/kwlink] The game is called Spore and EA just announced that it's going to hit stores September 7, 2008 for PC, Mac, DS and cell phones.

Get Wild!

Grab your camera and head to the [kwlink]African[/kwlink] wilderness with Majesco's Wild Earth: African Safari game that lets you take pictures of the native animals. It's coming in April 2008 but we have a preview video, and pictures, right here!

[kwlink]Wild Earth: African Safari :: Wii Game Preview[/kwlink]

Wild Earth: African Safari Video - .mov file (42MB)

Fairy Puzzle Time

The [kwlink]Spiderwick Chronicles[/kwlink] video game is on the way and it's bringing a pack of monsters and mayhem with it. Get the facts straight from Arthur Spiderwick's Field Guide by reading this riddle and figuring out which [kwlink]monster[/kwlink] it's talking about. If you guess right, not only will you be better prepared to defend yourself, you'll get an exclusive preview of the upcoming game.
Lurking underground, these weird-looking creatures like living in mines and digging at night - but nobody knows what they dig for! If you're near one of these creatures, don't whistle or swear unless you want to be pelted by rocks. But, don't hate 'em because if you're underground their cave-in warnings could save your life. What are these creatures? Pick your answer from the list below and click the "That's it!" button to see if you're right.

Online Board Games

Not only is EA finishing Spore, they're also working on turning a batch of [kwlink]Hasbro board games[/kwlink] into video games so you can play 'em online. Littlest Pet Shop and [kwlink]Nerf "N-Strike"[/kwlink] are coming for the DS and Wii while [kwlink]Monopoly[/kwlink] and Scrabble are on their way for even more game systems. If you have a cell phone you can already play Scrabble or Yahtzee Deluxe with Monopoly Here & Now, Trivial Pursuit, Risk and Yahtzee Adventures on the way.