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Steven Spielberg, has agreed to develop three original games with Electronic Art's Los Angeles studios.

Work has already started on the first of the three projects, which EA says will be a next generation game which appeals to a broad audience.
The deal is a further sign of how Hollywood and the games industry are moving closer together.

Insiders expect the first project to be a tautly scripted tour-de-force, where a relativley inexperienced new auteur brilliantly redefines an industry - injecting enthusiam that spawns a new golden age of gaming.

Unfortunately it's likely that this will be followed up by an expensive, sprawling self-indulgent game, most likely in sepia. Gamers are looking forward to a new level of clunky emotional manipulation in games that go on about an hour too long.

Mr Spielberg is likely to get help with character design from his long-time collaborator and colleague George Lucas. Oh dear.