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Joystiq (culture.joystiq.com) has great Spore news, photos, videos and more
Thursday, Oct 29
Spore Creature Creator builder creates iPhone game about destroying
Chaim Gingold spent the past few years creating ways to create things in Spore, most notably the game's Creature Creator. Now the former Maxis design lead has decided to take a different path, making an iPhone game that's all about destroying things ... as a creature. Titled Earth Dragon, Ging...
Thursday, Sep 17
Spore Creature Creator 2-D set free in your browser
Now here's some ... creative marketing. Maxis has launched a Flash-based browser version of the Spore Creature Creator that mimics the customization found in the retail game fairly closely. Only, y'know, in 2D. All 250 parts found in the 3D creator are available and there's even the option to i...
Sunday, Aug 30
Former Maxis employee working on new project, SpyParty
If you enjoyed the bioengineering action of Spore, you owe Chris Hecker a debt of gratitude. He was a contributing developer for the title, and is a six-year employee at Maxis -- rather, he was an employee, until he was let go from the company during Maxis' recent round of layoffs. However, he...
Monday, Aug 17
Spore spinoffs for Wii and DS arrive in October
Ready to make some more bulbous, off-putting creatures? EA has announced the official release dates for the latest Spore universe games, Spore Hero for Wii and Spore Hero Arena for DS: October 6 in North America, and October 9 "internationally" (which means PAL regions).
Saturday, Aug 1
Spore Galactic Adventures now has over 100k user-created levels
After Spore Galactic Adventures launched in late June, we expected a similar torrent of user-created content that arrived with the original game's release. Though not quite the same in terms of exponential upward curves, the expansion has just surpassed the 100,000 mark of user-creat...
Monday, Sep 22
Spore gets its first patch
If any sort of parallel can be drawn between Spore and the creatures you foster into civilization within its digital confines, then we've reached a very proud moment. After it emerged from the development seas, wobbling on two spindly legs, Spore has now gone through its first evolution,...
Sunday, Sep 21
The Best of Big Download: September 15-21
It's been another busy week for news, downloads and original features at the PC Big Download site. We've got reviews of two highly anticipated PC exclusive games, a preview of an unusual MMO, our detailed look at the space stage in Spore and lots more.
Friday, Sep 19
Opinion: Law of the Game on Joystiq: Rare footage of the DRM in its natural habitat
Digital Rights Management (or "DRM" for short) is back in the news in a big way with the recent Spore fiasco. DRM, much like a Spore creature, is a quirky animal, with legs of technology, a torso of law, and arms of business, but it doesn't always have a head on its shoulders. But like so many othe...
Sunday, Sep 14
The Best of Big Download: September 8-14
Filed under: Mac, PC, Meta (about Joystiq) Spore, Spore, Spore and did we mention Spore? Yep we were all over this past week's release of the long awaited game at Big Download but we did talk about some other things as well. Let's check out the past week's highlights at the PC gaming site:
Friday, Sep 12
Amazon's Spore reviews vanish in 'glitch', return soon after
We're not sure if Amazon is secretly displeased with its recent transformation from major online retailer to caustic protester staging ground. Gamers dissatisfied with Spore's "draconian" digital rights management attacked the game's reputation en masse earlier this week, draggi...
Tuesday, Sep 9
Spore producer on reviews, depth, and LittleBigPlanet
Filed under: Mac, PC, Simulations We went into social mode at last week's official Spore launch party to chat with Caryl Shaw, producer of the enormously anticipated "everything sim." Specifically, we wanted to hear her thoughts on how the game's being received around the globe - especi...
Sunday, Sep 7
Opinion: The Best of Big Download: September 1-7
Spore: It ships to stores today in the US so make sure you check out our coverage of Will Wright's magnum opus, including our five reasons we thing we will love this game, our first out of the box experience and some interesting Spore related advertisements.Champions Online: We get a hands-...
Opinion: The Best of Big Download: September 1-7
Activision Blizzard hopes Starcraft II shows up in 2009Penny Arcade Expo 2008: 58,500 attendeesUnreal Engine 3 to be used for newly revealed Sky GodsGOG.com to open up for early access next week; free Interplay game offerFirst Spore reviews are predictably mixedEntire X-Com series no...
Thursday, Sep 4
Metareview - Spore (PC)
The review embargo lifted on Spore today, and the critics wasted no time weighing in on Will Wright's oft-delayed opus. The general consensus seems to be that an amazing level of quality is there, but depth may not be, which is really the last complaint we ever expected anyone to level at Spo...
Tuesday, Sep 2
PAX 2008 hands-on: Spore, have we seen enough already?
Even the EA rep was skipping us from the cell level to the creature level to the tribal level and so on. Yes, I know that's because it takes eons (literally) to get your creatures to those levels, but the gameplay element of actually making it that far just wasn't doing it for me. At least it wasn'...
Thursday, Jul 10
Today in Joystiq: July 10, 2008
uery E3 1995-2007: A Retrospective interview: Mercenaries 2 senior producer Jonathan Zamkoff Microsoft E3 2008 press conference: Let's play bingo! Vote in Big Download's Spore creature contest X3F Week in Review: July 4, 2008 - July 10, 2008 The Xbox 360 $299 price drop gallery
Friday, Jul 4
This Week in Review is evolution, baby
Filed under: Nintendo DS, PC, Nintendo Wii, Microsoft Xbox 360 Oh yes, we got to play Spore. The entire thing. With Will Wright providing backseat commentary. We also got some time with the Wrath of the Lich King's Death Knight, and DS Fanboy decided to play Homie Rollerz (so you don't have to)....
Tuesday, Jul 1
Today in Joystiq: July 1, 2008
uery The best of WoW Insider: June 24-July 1, 2008 Big Versus tweaks format while Alone in the Dark hands-on: Spore (the whole thing) A lustful look at Limited Edition DS models Massively Week in Review: June 24-July 1, 2008 Readers pick best webcomic: The Inevitable Conclusion
Friday, Jun 20
Today in Joystiq: June 20, 2008
uery A guided tour of World of Warcraft patch 2.4.3 A week with Spore Creatures: Conclusion DS Fanboy Lite: June 14 - June 20 eyes and ears-on: Guitar Hero: World Tour Podcast 054 - World exclusive edition Metareview -- Alone in the Dark (Euro edition)
Thursday, Jun 19
Today in Joystiq: June 19, 2008
uery A week with Spore Creature Creator: Day Three Counting Rupees: Bust Blox Metareview -- Don King Presents Prizefighter (Xbox 360) Off the Grid reviews Power Grid X3F Week in Review: June 13, 2008 - June 19, 2008 Wii Wheel + Balance Board = racing simulator
Monday, May 26
Counting Rupees: Digital Rights Madness
1. The Sims 2 Kitchen & Bath Interior Design Stuff 2. The Sims 2 Double Deluxe 3. World Of Warcraft: Battle Chest 4. The Sims 2: FreeTime 5. World Of Warcraft: Burning Crusade 6. Call Of Duty 4: Modern Warfare 7. World Of Warcraft 8. Sins Of A Solar Empire 9. Hoyle Card Games 2008
Tuesday, Feb 12
Joystiq impressions: Spore Creatures (DS)
Filed under: Nintendo DS, Online, Simulations, Casual, Galleries Like many other multi-platform games, Spore DS Spore Creatures is being developed outside of EA's Maxis office. Foundation 9 -- formerly the Amaze Entertainment studio -- is handling the game. (Maxis says it's doing the...
Joystiq impressions: Spore (PC/Mac)
But most of all, I came away thinking that Maxis could pull off Spore's overwhelming scope. This game could actually live up to Will Wright's intent, shipping on September 7. Through Spore, he could change gaming again. Gallery: Spore: new pics (12 Feb 2008)%Gallery-15870%
Tuesday, Jan 15
Spore coming to Mac, simultaneous release with PC this year
Filed under: Mac, PC, Simulations Spore will launch simultaneously on Mac and PC later this year, reports Cnet. An official announcement from EA is expected today out of MacWorld where EA will apparently preview the everything-sim on - you guessed it - Macs. As with EA's previous PC-to-Ma...
