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EA Closing Down Mercenaries Developer Pandemic Studios

17 Nov 2009 09:08:00 PST

Written by Chris Pereira
Rumors begin circulating earlier today that EA would be shutting down Pandemic Studios, the developer behind Mercenaries, Full Spectrum Warrior, Star Wars: Battlefront, and Destroy All Humans. They were currently at work on The Saboteur, which is set for release on December 8. Kotaku r...

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Review: Cities XL

17 Nov 2009 08:00:30 PST

Even the original working title for Spore (another Will Wright project) was SimEverything, a name presumably suggested by the same genius who thought it ...

Original story at Stuff.co.nz .

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Winifred Phillips Discusses Her Score for Spore Hero

16 Nov 2009 11:04:11 PST

The game is clearly light-hearted, both in terms of its story and its visual style. But the concepts Will Wright put forward in the original Spore PC game ...

Original story at GameZone .

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Spore Islands Preview

12 Nov 2009 16:26:18 PST

Evolve, Survive, Party" is Spore Islands' slogan, and that pretty much sums up the game-play. Waiting for time to pass so you can gain new tokens means ...

Original story at IGN .

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Modern publicity warfare

12 Nov 2009 06:48:51 PST

Written by Tobold(noreply@blogger.com)
According to user reviews in various places, like Metacritic, IGN, or Amazon, Modern Warfare 2 is one of the worst games in history, with a user review score hovering very close to the absolute bottom. At the same time press reviews regularly score the game above 90%, as one of the best games...

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Spore Hero Arena - review

02 Nov 2009 15:47:16 PST

Written by RawmeatCowboy
Full review here A portion of a C3 review… The Spore concept is a difficult one to transfer well to weaker hardware, but thankfully EA have not tried to shoehorn in anything unnecessary to a good gaming experience. Sadly, what is here, in regards to fighting and journeying, doesn’t hold up i...

Original story at Go Nintendo .

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Spore news and blogs - November 20, 2009

20 Nov 2009 00:00:01 PDT

Below is today's roundup of news and blogs that haven't yet hit top story status by our community. Visit Spore news and blogs for even more news and blogs converage.

• 'Spore' game developers Maxis getting hit with layoffs? [Kotaku] -- from Examiner.com
• Confirmed: EA Closes Pandemic Studios, Says Brand Will Live On -- from Kotaku.com
• Confirmed: EA Closes Pandemic Studios, Says Brand Will Live On [Disturbance In The Work Force] -- by Brian Crecente from Kotaku
• Spore Galactic Adventures Reviewed -- from Inside Mac Games
• Modern Warfare 2 PC update: Steam version unlocks at midnight and more -- from Game Daily
• Growing trend as big-name publisher buys Facebook games company -- from Independent
• More studios affected by EA layoffs -- from Fragland.net
• Spore Hero, Madigascar Kartz shine in this look at holiday gaming gift ideas -- from Sudbury Star
• New Saboteur screens show heartless, blimp-hating hero -- from Game Daily
• EA to lay off 1500 workers, close some facilities - tuaw.com -- from blog

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Spore Hero Arena Review

22 Oct 2009 18:24:15 PDT

Spore Hero Arena, developed by Full Fat, takes the basic Spore aspect of character creation and personal customization and thrusts it into a game design ... Competitions: Spore Hero (Wii) Giveaway! Nintendo Life (blog) all 3 news articles »

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How About A Spore Fighting Game? [Fighting Games]

20 Oct 2009 14:00:01 PDT

Written by Stephen Totilo
This is where I saw the potential. I asked the Spore Hero producer if the size of my creature affected his ability to get hit in a fight. Maybe a smaller creature would have a smaller hit box and a larger one So the reality might not be coming, but Spore Hero, at least, suggest what the birth of a Spo...

Original story at Kotaku .

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Spore Hero Review

14 Oct 2009 16:19:00 PDT

Written by Kris Pigna
Unlike the universe-spanning PC simulation it's spun off from, Spore Hero is a disappointingly generic third-person platformer with some very light "Metroidvania" influences. You start the game with a barely evolved creature that crash lands on an unfamiliar planet, and you then exp...

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Spore Creature Creator 2-D set free in your browser

17 Sep 2009 00:00:00 PDT

Written by Randy Nelson
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...

Original story at Joystiq .

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Spore Patch: 1.5/1.5.1 for mac

10 Sep 2009 01:52:22 PDT

Well the Spore Patch 1.5/1.5.1 has finally been released for the mac! If you can’t remember what was in the last patch, here are the details below: Fixed issues: Object orientation near water or lava can appear incorrectly when Playing or Testing an Adventure. Fixes a crash in the Building Cre...

Original story at Sporedum .

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Opinion: ‘Spore: Galactic Adventures’ Final Look

23 Jun 2009 12:30:25 PDT

Written by MTV Video Games
“Spore Galactic Adventures,” the first major gameplay expansion, is an effort to change that. “Spore” has an endless late-game; players who are able to reach the final Space Stage with their created species see the galaxy open up before them into thousands – perhaps more – of discrete sta...

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Spore Patch 4 (v 1.04) available now

23 Jun 2009 01:05:17 PDT

Written by ballightning
Maxis has a new patch for Spore users, fresh off the presses. But before you go on and download it, Maxis has a new patch for Spore users, fresh off the presses. But before you go on and download it,

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How To: Spore Creature Tutorial Part 2

10 Jun 2009 01:34:25 PDT

Written by rss@youtube.com (SilverMetallix)
Author: SilverMetallix Keywords: spore creature tutorial games Added: June 10, 2009

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How To: Spore Monster

20 May 2009 13:09:31 PDT

Written by rss@youtube.com (TheNobody89)
Author: TheNobody89 Keywords: Spore Maxis Electronic Arts Tutorial Creature Creator EA Demo Labor Animation Added: May 20, 2009

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Spore how to make things float

16 Apr 2009 02:58:06 PDT

Written by rss@youtube.com (yaykittyz)
Author: yaykittyz Keywords: spore creature creator float Added: April 16, 2009

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How To: Spore: Shadow the Hedgehog Tutorial Part 1

12 Mar 2009 01:30:49 PDT

Written by rss@youtube.com (lanmanamel)
Author: lanmanamel Keywords: spore sonic hedgehog shadow tails knuckles sega creature creator Added: March 12, 2009

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How To: Spore: Rolling Limb Tutorial

25 Feb 2009 16:22:18 PST

Written by rss@youtube.com (JP6267)
Author: JP6267 Keywords: Spore JP6039 JP6267 tutorial floating limb glitch fun easy creature Duskendore Added: February 25, 2009

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Opinion: E3 Trailer - Spore

26 Jan 2009 09:18:59 PST

Written by rss@youtube.com (GamezChannel)
Spore E3 Trailer Spore is a multi-genre massive single-player online metaverse video game developed by Maxis and designed by Will Wright. It allows a player to control the development of a species from its beginnings as a unicellular organism, through development as an intelligent and...

Original story at YouTube .

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Spore v1.03 Patch

18 Nov 2008 09:01:26 PST

PC version updated to v1.03

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New Spore patch

17 Oct 2008 06:41:16 PDT

Written by SpaceOddity
The new Spore patch has arrived, go to http://www.spore.com/patch for all the details. This is seemingly PC version only, but from the sound of it there is a Mac version on the way too. Things in particular that I like: # Hold down the Control key in Sporepedia to select multiple creations for de...

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Podcast: YouTube Gaming Interview

16 Oct 2008 22:01:00 PDT

NEWS - A few weeks ago I had the chance to chat with Nikoli Chandhok and Chris Dale from YouTube about how YouTube is integration with games such as Spore and PixelJunk Eden. We covered a wide variety of topics including how the system works, how the game companies are monetizing this integr...

Original story at GamingNexus .

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Podcast: Gaming Steve Episode 69 - 02.15.2008

15 Feb 2008 15:30:00 PST

After years of waiting, dreaming, speculating, hoping, wishing, fantasizing, and talking about Spore, we finally get ... a release date! Sure it's still seven months away, but now we all have something to look forward to for the next seven months!

Original story at Gaming Steve .

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Podcast: Gaming Steve Episode 18 - 07.28.2005

28 Jul 2005 21:30:00 PDT

Hot Coffee news until your head explodes!Every 30 seconds Xbox Live grows by one.World of Warcraft just keeps getting bigger and bigger.Microsoft confirms worldwide Xbox 360 launch.Advertising to invade all video games all the time.Hot Coffee Part 2 -- The Sims 2.GameTalk: Hot Coffee is ov...

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Podcast: Gaming Steve Episode 5 - 03.24.2005

24 Mar 2005 13:30:00 PST

The future of the web site.A bit of Spore stuff.The PSP launch.Why are Xboxes catching on fire?EA gets pounded.GameTalk: Should game designers unionize?Quicktake on the new God of War for PS2.In-depth review of World of Warcraft for the PC.“Name That Game!” contest winners from last week, a n...

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