The game was part of an expansion in the Spring of 2008, along with Trivial Pursuit, Risk, and Yahtzee Adventures, which saw new twists on classic Hasbro titles. Monopoly Here & Now: The World Edition iOS versionĪdam Sussman, VP Publishing Americas and Asia for EA Mobile, commented upon the game's announcement: 'Our alliance with Hasbro continues to benefit EA Mobile customers with our ability to bring favorite popular board game properties to the mobile platform'. The game was added to the platform in 2009. The game was also scheduled for release on Nokia N-Gage.
The game marked the franchise's debut into the iOS market, and was launched on Nov 20, 2008. It was developed by EA Mobile and Hasbro. It was then released for the iOS as 'Monopoly Here & Now: The World Edition'. A PC version was created by Encore Software for the Windows XP/Vista in 2007.
It was originally developed by Glu Mobile for the mobile market in 2006. Monopoly Here and Now is a video game adaption of the board game of the same name, which itself is a version of the classic board game Monopoly.