What do you get when the biggest games company in the world teams up with the biggest Internet company? You get Monopoly City Streets.
Hasbro, one of the biggest toy manufacturers in the world, and Google have teamed up for a new version of the classic game of Monopoly. Using Google Maps, you will be able to play Monopoly in a global version that merges the game with the world that Google has created with its mapping service.
What this means is that you will play Monopoly on an overlay of the actual planet Earth where you can purchase properties all across the planet and then start building various objects on them from houses to sports stadiums. If someone beats you to a property you want, you can make an offer to buy it from them, and if they do not respond within seven days, the transaction will go through by default.
You can follow the development of the game on the official blog, and as a total Monopoly nut, you better believe I will be playin coming September 9th when the game launches!
