Thursday, May 29, 2008

Electronic Arts brings Shogi to WiiWare

Silver Star has a series of Shogi (aka Japanese Chess) games for PCs in Japan. On May 27, one of them is being adapted for WiiWare. Perhaps more interesting than seeing a downloadable Shogi game (note: one is coming to the Xbox 360 too) is the publisher behind Saikyou Gin Hoshi Shogi (Strongest Silver Star Shogi). This game is being published by Electronic Arts. The mammoth sized publisher hasn’t announced specific WiiWare plans yet, but now we know they are playing with the platform. Well,