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Spore Creatures Hints II (DS)

Spore Creatures is a video game made by the Foundation 9 studio, under the guidance of Spore and Sims creator Will Wright, and published by Electronic Arts for the Nintendo DS portable platform as well as for the iOS operating system, thus appearing on platforms like the iPhone or iPod Touch, and released on Septembe...

6 July 2011
13:51 GMT

Spore Creatures Hints (DS)

Spore Creatures is a video game made by the Foundation 9 studio, under the guidance of Spore and Sims creator Will Wright, and published by Electronic Arts for the Nintendo DS portable platform as well as for the iOS operating system, thus appearing on platforms like the iPhone or iPod Touch, and released on Septembe...

5 July 2011
13:51 GMT

Spore Creatures Unlockables II (DS)

Spore Creatures is a video game developed by the Foundation 9 studio, under the guidance of Spore and Sims creator Will Wright, and published by Electronic Arts for the Nintendo DS portable platform as well as for the iOS operating system, thus appearing on devices like the iPhone or iPod Touch, and released on Septe...

4 July 2011
15:21 GMT

Spore Creatures Unlockables (DS)

Spore Creatures is a video game developed by Foundation 9, under the guidance of Spore and Sims creator Will Wright, and published by Electronic Arts for the Nintendo DS handheld platform as well as for the iOS operating system, thus appearing on devices like the iPhone or iPod Touch, and released on September 4, 200...

1 July 2011
13:51 GMT

Electronic Arts Announces Create for Christmas

Electronic Arts, through its Play label, has announced the development of Create, a new gaming experience set to be launched this fall that will be built around creativity and family play. The game is set to arrive on the Nintendo Wii, the PlayStation 3 complete with support for the motion tracking Move system, the X...

3 August 2010
16:51 GMT

Darkspore Revealed, First Trailer Now Available

Darkspore has been officially announced by Electronic Arts and it is a science-fiction action role playing game, as it was expected by almost everyone. The game is slated for a February 2011 launch and, at least at this moment, it is a PC exclusive. Maxis, the developers, is promising that the title will be be rich i...

21 July 2010
03:06 GMT

Spore Action RPG to Be Unveiled at Comic-Con

This year's Comic Con will host the announcement of a new title in the Spore franchise. Electronic Arts and Maxis will unveil a “brand new Sci-Fi Action-RPG based on the DNA of Spore,” according to the schedule of the San Diego-based convention. This would be another of the many spin-offs that EA hav...

13 July 2010
17:01 GMT

Will Wright Still Working on Videogames

The fact that Will Wright left Maxis and Electronic Arts to create something called Stupid Fun Club, a self-described think thank focused on entertainment, caused a small earthquake in the videogaming world.The man who has designed such franchises like The Sims, Sim City and the more recent Spore could be in a positi...

12 October 2009
04:09 GMT

Spore Hero and Spore Hero Arena Hit Nintendo Wii and DS on October 9

Electronic Arts is one of the biggest companies in gaming, owning a huge amount of highly profitable franchises, from its sports ones, like FIFA or Madden, to other titles like Need for Speed or Sims. This has generated a lot of profit for the company, which has been reinvesting in creating new and interesting franch...

18 August 2009
02:24 GMT

Spore Creatures Hints VIII (DS)

Spore was one of last year's biggest and most hyped-up titles to appear. Being the next big thing from Sims creator Will Wright and promising to let players create their own creature and then guide it through the stages of its evolution, the title became very popular on the PC.But the new franchise has also rece...

17 August 2009
08:02 GMT

Spore Creatures Hints VII (DS)

Spore was one of last year's biggest and most hyped-up titles. Being the next big thing from Sims creator Will Wright and promising to let players create their own creature and then guide it through the stages of its evolution, it became very popular on the PC.But the new franchise has also received a handheld v...

14 August 2009
08:22 GMT

Spore Creatures Hints VI (DS)

Spore was one of last year's biggest and most hyped-up titles. Being the next big thing from Sims creator Will Wright and promising to let players create their own creature and then guide it through the stages of its evolution, it became very popular on the PC.But the new franchise has also received a handheld v...

13 August 2009
07:57 GMT

Spore Creatures Hints V (DS)

Spore was one of last year's biggest and most hyped-up titles. Being the next big thing from Sims creator Will Wright and promising to let players create their own creature and then guide it through the stages of its evolution, it became very popular on the PC.But the new franchise has also received a handheld v...

12 August 2009
09:13 GMT

Spore Creatures Hints IV (DS)

Spore was one of last year's biggest and most hyped-up titles. Being the next big thing from Sims creator Will Wright and promising to let players create their own creature and then guide it through the stages of its evolution, it became very popular on the PC.But the new franchise has also received a handheld v...

11 August 2009
08:03 GMT

Spore Creatures Hints III (DS)

Spore was one of last year's biggest and most hyped-up titles. Being the next big thing from Sims creator Will Wright and promising to let players create their own creature and then guide it through the stages of its evolution, it became very popular on the PC.But the new franchise has also received a handheld v...

10 August 2009
12:21 GMT

Spore Creatures Hints II (DS)

Spore was one of last year's biggest and most hyped-up titles. Being the next big thing from Sims creator Will Wright and promising to let players create their own creature and then guide it through the stages of its evolution, it became very popular on the PC.But the new franchise has also received a handheld v...

7 August 2009
11:31 GMT

Spore Creatures Hints (DS)

Spore was one of last year's biggest and most hyped-up titles. Being the next big thing from Sims creator Will Wright and promising to let players create their own creature and then guide it through the stages of its evolution, it became very popular on the PC.But the new franchise has also received a handheld v...

6 August 2009
12:11 GMT

Spore Creatures Unlockables V (DS)

Spore was one of last year's biggest and most hyped-up titles to appear. Being the next big thing from Sims creator Will Wright and promising to let players create their own creature and then guide it through the stages of its evolution, the title became very popular on the PC.But the new franchise has also rece...

5 August 2009
14:01 GMT

Spore Creatures Unlockables IV (DS)

Spore was one of last year's biggest and most hyped-up titles to appear. Being the next big thing from Sims creator Will Wright and promising to let players create their own creature and then guide it through the stages of its evolution, the title became very popular on the PC.But the new franchise has also rece...

4 August 2009
14:11 GMT

Spore Creatures Unlockables III (DS)

Spore was one of last year's biggest and most hyped-up titles to appear. Being the next big thing from Sims creator Will Wright and promising to let players create their own creature and then guide it through the stages of its evolution, the title became very popular on the PC.But the new franchise has also rece...

3 August 2009
14:01 GMT

Spore Creatures Unlockables II (DS)

Spore was one of last year's biggest and most hyped-up titles to appear. Being the next big thing from Sims creator Will Wright and promising to let players create their own creature and then guide it through the stages of its evolution, the title became very popular on the PC.But the new franchise has also rece...

31 July 2009
14:01 GMT

Spore Creatures Unlockables (DS)

Spore was one of last year's biggest and most hyped-up titles to appear. Being the next big thing from Sims creator Will Wright and promising to let players create their own creature and then guide it through the stages of its evolution, the title became very popular on the PC.But the new franchise has also rece...

30 July 2009
16:01 GMT

Spore Gets Patch 4

Spore has been one of the most talked about titles of last year. But even though its publisher, Electronic Arts, would have liked for these talks to revolve around the quality of the game and how much fun it was, many were about the draconic DRM software, which protected it against piracy by imposing some very tight ...

30 June 2009
02:22 GMT

Spore Patch 4 Released for Mac and PC

Spore, EA and Maxis’ God game, has received a fourth patch on both Mac and PC. The update delivers fixes and improvements reported and suggested by players worldwide. Besides gameplay tuning, the option for players to reach all Grox worlds has been added, as well as the ability to download creations from the Sp...

29 June 2009
04:22 GMT

The Sims 3 Already Pirated More than 180,000 Times

With the release date more than a week away, The Sims 3, the biggest game that Electronic Arts will release this summer, has been pirated by more than 100,000 people. The most recent estimates show that close to 200,000 have used or are using file sharing sites to get the pirated version of the videogame before it ar...

29 May 2009
05:05 GMT

Free New Content for Spore Galactic Adventures Announced

There are times when Electronic Arts seems to be a very strange company. Thus, the publisher has announced that it plans to release downloadable content for the Galactic Adventures expansion on the exact day it is launched.The new content for Spore is set to arrive on June 23 and, at the same time, Electronic Arts wi...

20 May 2009
04:29 GMT

Spore Free Expansion Pack Scheduled for June Release

Maxis and Electronic Arts have confirmed that Spore Galactic Adventures, the first full-fledged expansion pack for Spore, is heading to the Macintosh platform on June 23. The Adventures are created by the Robot Chicken writers exclusively for Will Wright's popular simulation / God game. According to the officia...

19 May 2009
06:03 GMT

Online Features for The Sims 3 Revealed

Electronic Arts is saying that the online component of The Sims 3, which is set to be released in early June, is set to change the way people play the series, which has until now seen sales of more than 100 million units.The biggest new feature of Sims 3, when it comes to its online presence, is the Game Launcher, wh...

6 May 2009
14:11 GMT

Will Wright Talks About Spore Not Coming to Xbox 360 or PS3

Spore was one of the most hyped up games of last year, with Electronic Arts betting big on the popularity of Will Wright's other creation, Sims, to get people interested in the new title from his Maxis studio. But even though things went pretty well in terms of sales, the infamous SecuROM DRM software made a lo...

24 April 2009
02:36 GMT

Spore and Sims Creator Will Wright Leaves Electronic Arts

The gaming industry has, along with many other branches of entertainment, franchises that gained a cult-like following thanks to their unique features, story or the experience they offered. We've seen series like Halo, Need for Speed or Madden develop huge fanbases, but none of them are more popular than the Sim...

9 April 2009
16:41 GMT

EA Launches De-Authorization Tool for DRM Games of 2008

The gaming industry has seen its fair share of blunders and mishaps happen to even the most renowned companies involved with developing and publishing video games. One of the biggest ones in 2008 was Electronic Arts, abusive use of DRM software in almost all of the titles it published that year. But the scandal real...

1 April 2009
16:41 GMT

Here Are the Details on Spore Hero for Wii

Spore has been one of the most hyped-up titles of last year, as it was the brainchild of Will Wright, the creator of the hugely successful Sims franchise, which is still making a big profit for Electronic Arts. The game, despite being plagued by issues caused by the infamous SecuROM Digital Rights Management system t...

11 March 2009
16:01 GMT

Sims 3 Delayed, New Release Date Not Available

It seems that fans of simulated life will have to wait a little longer to get their hands on The Sims 3, which just might be the most anticipated title coming from Electronic Arts this year. The publisher is saying that the process of reevaluation has begun and a new release date will only be announced when the compa...

27 January 2009
04:04 GMT

Spore Producer Says Users Prefer His Game Over LittleBigPlanet

In the gaming industry a lot of trends appear and disappear, as easily as the wind gushing over a plain. One such “breeze” is user generated content, which, as some representatives of gaming companies would claim, is here to stay. This feature was very hyped up last year, when gamers received two titles a...

26 January 2009
13:01 GMT

Four More Spore Games Coming in 2009

Spore was a disappointment to many, a sleeping hit to others. The new intellectual property created by Will Wright and the team at Maxis, under the rallying cry of “Sim everything!” managed to do well at retail but the way the various stages worked was very different from what the players and critics envi...

22 January 2009
06:44 GMT

Spore Is Getting Galactic Adventures

Spore might be getting a new expansion in March next year. Listings from both Gamestop and Amazon regarding pre-orders reveal that a videogame called Spore: Galactic Adventures will arrive on March 17, costing 29.99 dollars. Pre-order listings have been known to be wrong at times, listing bad release dates or prices ...

29 December 2008
05:34 GMT

EA Lifts DRM off Spore, but Not for Mac

Electronic Arts and Maxis have released a de-deauthorization tool for Spore players looking to free up a machine / slot on the online Product Authorization server. Basically, gamers de-authorize at will, and are able to install Spore on additional machines as long as they have a free slot. However, as sad as it soun...

19 December 2008
06:35 GMT

Electronic Arts Games Could Be Coming to Steam

Electronic Arts, arguably the biggest videogame publisher in the world, is severely lacking in digital distribution, as is its main competitor, the newly created Activision Blizzard. Meanwhile, Steam, a Valve developed service that started as a way of delivering updates for Half Life and Counterstrike, offers a huge ...

17 December 2008
06:20 GMT

Will Wright Hypes Up His Next Game

The gaming industry has been host to quite a lot of innovators along the years, but one of them really stood out when it came to giving players the power of a god upon all creatures - Will Wright. The mind behind massive hits such as The Sims or Spore, he employed gameplay mechanics and features unheard of in previou...

16 December 2008
13:01 GMT

Spore Is the Most Pirated Game of 2008

Spore had all the aces up its sleeve in order to become a best selling title. It promised players the ability to create their own creatures and then lead them through various stages of evolution until they could travel through space and visit other planets developed by other players. It delivered on all of these, but...

8 December 2008
03:24 GMT

Spore Creator Interviewed on Everything Else but Spore

The New York Times has an interesting piece on Spore creator, Will Wright. The publication took some time to discuss less gaming-focused aspects, and more personal ones related to the creator of the most popular simulation game currently available for Mac. Facts about Wright range from the worst thing about job and p...

25 November 2008
10:51 GMT

Apple Games Features Spore: Creepy & Cute Parts Pack

In light of Electronic Arts and Maxis shipping Spore's first add-on this week, Apple is advertising the Spore: Creepy & Cute Parts Pack on its web site, providing readers with a link to the US Apple Store for order. Spore Creepy & Cute Parts Pack is the first add-on for Spore, Will Wright's God game availa...

20 November 2008
04:04 GMT

Analyze That: Piracy, DRM and Goo

Recently we've had a furor over the DRM measures implemented in Electronic Arts' Spore in an effort to deter the piracy of the title. The system the big publisher implemented was restrictive enough to cause issues for regular, paying users while the piracy on the title shot up as users also rated the game l...

19 November 2008
15:31 GMT

Spore Gets Patch 1.03

Electronic Arts and Maxis have release the third patch for their evolutionary game Spore. There is not much in the way of changes made to the game, but those who get the update will also receive 24 new exoskeleton limbs as part of the package.There's a server side fix aimed at keeping achievements on the servers...

19 November 2008
05:59 GMT

Spore Patch 3 Brings 24 Freebies

The release of a third Spore patch was announced by Electronic Arts and Maxis. Besides fixes and tweaks, the patch also includes free exoskeleton limbs for your creatures, ranging from Arm Plated to Proprioceptive Flex. The two companies have also announced the shipping of the Spore Creepy & Cute Parts Pack to retail...

18 November 2008
04:17 GMT

Spore Patch 2 Finally Available for Mac

EA and Maxis have released a new patch for Spore. Mac users' frustrations are about to end, according to the two companies, as the patch includes fixes for issues reported by players. Also included are some gameplay tweaks, the option to select multiple items for deleting or banning in the Sporepedia, and a "coo...

5 November 2008
15:31 GMT

Electronic Arts Sued for Copyright Issues

Electronic Arts is facing a lawsuit from a composer, Gerald Willis, who claims that the company has been using a track called “Win With the Rebels” without his permission, even if he is the exclusive holder of the rights for the track. As it happens, the track is also the fight song for the University of ...

23 October 2008
04:22 GMT

Spore Gets Patch 1.02

Spore has received the second patch, for the PC at the moment. The big features of the patch are an ability to use the classic Control and Shift methods for selections of multiple creations and creation ranges in the Sporepedia. Also, in what might prove to be a controversial move, there are now Cubic planets in the ...

21 October 2008
19:11 GMT

Spore Patch for Mac Requires Patience

Upon flooding forums with negative comments regarding the latest-released patch for Spore, in the end, it was still the commenters who solved the problem – not EA, and not Maxis.Spore user frustration reached a critical point this month with gamers reporting computer lock-ups, crashes upon entering a planet...

21 October 2008
05:10 GMT

Spore Developer Really Likes LittleBigPlanet

Will Wright is one of the biggest creative minds in the gaming industry, having brought to the market huge hits like The Sims and the more recent Spore. All of his titles have focused on the creativity of the player and he has exploited that, making the games as addictive as possible for every kind of gamer, be it ha...

21 October 2008
04:02 GMT


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