Rumor: EA working on fitness title, will use its own peripheral

by David Hinkle { Oct 30th 2008 at 12:45PM }

The latest Men's Fitness magazine had an interesting story about fitness and gaming (something we call "exergaming"). Apparently, EA is working on their own Wii Fit knock-off (remember, we heard about this months ago?), complete with their own peripheral. The article states that the new game will fall under the "All-Play" brand, which is the family-friendly label they use for the Wii. This new peripheral will somehow allow players to attach the Wiimote to their body, measuring how instense they run, squat and do a variety of other exercises, says EA's executive producer Dave McCarthy.

We're not subscribers to Men's Fitness, to be honest, so we don't have the article to confirm any of this, so we're marking it as a rumor. If anybody wants to send us a pic or a scan, please, feel free. We'll be sure to update the post here.

Tags: balance-board, ea, electronic-arts, exergaming, fitness

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

WalkingCarpet @ Oct 30th 2008 1:17PM

I didn't buy Wii Fit because it was too much money, so odds are against me buying this one too.

Razor @ Oct 30th 2008 3:27PM

Yay for Wii Fit type of game,
Nay for having to purchase another accessory.

CTC XBL-supapaypamawio PSN-ctclaw @ Oct 30th 2008 3:35PM

I don't think I'll be throwing this in with my pile of Wii junk...I've got 4 nunchucks, 4 wiimotes, a zapper, a wheel, a fitness bored, I think I'm good till the next console generation.

johnnyg0 @ Oct 30th 2008 3:51PM

I just hope that EA makes sure its board is incompatible with Nintendo's Balance Board and the games made for it. One thing I would totally hate is having only a single balance board compatible with all balance board titles, that would just suck.

Maybe start with Skate It?...