2 Months Ago, Sporedum says (in Spore Hero Preview) Hooked Gamers have previewed Spore Hero. It seems as though as your titular Hero has landed on a planet that isn’t his home. A blue meteor has the indicated the creature, and it seems like a dangerous red meteor is coming to destroy your planet. This crisis must be solved quickly, as one of your f...

3 Months Ago, RawmeatCowboy from Go Nintendo says (in Maxis lays off staff, say Spore Hero/Spore Hero: Arena will still make their dates) “Often in the video game industry, the size of a studio fluctuates in response to business conditions. In this case, EA has taken action to reduce the workforce at Maxis as we focus the business and focus Maxis. EA remains fully committed to Spore and other IP within Maxis, with games planned...

And Shacknews says (in EA Confirms Maxis Layoffs) It seems that today is not a good day to be a game developer for a successful studio, as publisher Electronic Arts has now confirmed a series of layoffs at Spore developer EA Maxis. "Often in the video game industry, the size of a studio fluctuates in response to business conditions," EA told...

6 Months Ago, ballightning from Sporedum says (in Gamezone Pre-E3 2009: Spore Hero Preview) Gamezone has the last of today’s Pre-E3 Spore Hero previews.   In development at EA Montreal, Spore Hero is a different take on the Spore franchise, debuting on the Wii with Spore Hero. The game is less of a strategy/simulation hybrid and more of an action/adventure, taking the creature design elements from the original PC game and applying it [...]