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Video: Electronic Arts - E3 2008: EA Press Conference Part 4Original at truveo.com
• Sat, Apr 4
EA chats it up with Spore. www.truveo.com
Videogame Specials - Game Scoop! News Break: EA and Spore
Original at Metacafe
• Sat, Feb 28
Videogame Specials A quick update on Electronic Arts development and the Spore creature creator. www.metacafe.com
Video: Spore 2009 02 10 17 15 47Original at YouTube
• Tue, Feb 10
By rss@youtube.com (SporeKing06) Therizinosaurus-A huge theropod from the cretaceous period it fed on plants and had huge scythe-claws. Author: SporeKing06 Keywords: therizinosaurus spore creature creator EA maxis Added: February 10, 2009
Video: Spore-GirafficornOriginal at YouTube
• Mon, Feb 9
By rss@youtube.com (SporeKing06) Girafficorn-Mix between a Giraffe and a Unicorn. Author: SporeKing06 Keywords: spore creature creator maxis EA Added: February 9, 2009
Video: Spore-My Creatures:New JegantuxOriginal at YouTube
• Fri, Feb 6
By rss@youtube.com (BLACKNJECKER) If u saw my first Jegantux video,u should know what my creature can do. Author: BLACKNJECKER Keywords: Spore Jegantux EA Games the sims Added: February 6, 2009
Video: Spore Tribe Stage Part 2Original at YouTube
• Thu, Jan 1
By rss@youtube.com (tycoonfan1) Part 2 (I now know there will be 15 parts) Author: tycoonfan1 Keywords: spore tribe part2 EA Added: January 1, 2009
Video: EA demos 'Spore' on the iPhoneOriginal at Google Video
• Wed, Nov 5
At Apple's official launch for the iPhone software development kit in Cupertino, Calif., Travis Boatman, executive producer of mobile studios for Electronic Arts, demonstrates the company's new Spore game on the device. Spore integrates the iPhone's touch screen and tilt features in...
EA/Maxis: Spore Islands [Facebook]
Original at El Mundo Tech
• Thu, Nov 5
By elmundotech EA, EA SPORTS, EA Mobile, POGO, Maxis, and Spore are trademarks or registered trademarks of Electronic Arts Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries. Nintendo DS and Wii are trademarks of Nintendo. All other trademarks are the property of their respective licensors. Mac is a trademark of Apple...
Will Wright Joins 'Play Industry,' Still Developing Games
Original at Shacknews
• Thu, Oct 8
Spore and Sims creator Will Wright left Electronic Arts to found Stupid Fun Club in April, and now a new interview has shed some light on what his team may be up to. "We are expanding what we call the 'play industry,'" Wright told VentureBeat. "Games are limited in some ways. Play can be applied t...
Will Wright Hints at His New Project
Original at Escapist Magazine
• Thu, Oct 8
By Andy Chalk The Sims and Spore creator Will Wright has dropped a few hints about what he's been up to at Stupid Fun Club, the company he founded after leaving Electronic Arts earlier this year.
'Ice Age' Veterans Handling 'Spore' Film
Original at Shacknews
• Fri, Oct 2
Chris WedgeYet another Electronic Arts franchise is headed to the big screen, as the video game publisher has signed a deal with Twentieth Century Fox for a film based off critter customizing series Spore. Variety reports that the movie is set to be an animated affair helmed by Ice Age and R...
Electronic Arts SPORE
Original at Pricespider.com
• Mon, Sep 21
SynopsisCreate universal wonder in Spore, an exciting simulation game that lets you develop your own personal universe. Work your way through five evolutionary phases, including Cell, Creature, Tribe, Civilization and Space, that offer unique challenges, thrills and goals. For exa...
Maxis Layoffs Include Outspoken Spore Dev Chris Hecker [Maxis]
Original at Kotaku
• Fri, Aug 28
By Michael McWhertor Electronic Arts' recent attempt to "focus" Spore developer Maxis—which was a nicer way of saying some people got laid off—includes one of its more rant-ready folks, Chris Hecker, a Technology Fellow at the company. Remember him?
Maxis Hit With Job Cuts, EA Confirms [Disturbance]
Original at Kotaku
• Wed, Aug 26
By Stephen Totilo The layoffs were in the Emeryville studio, which is Maxis headquarters and the base of operations for Spore development. The Sims franchise, which was born at Maxis, is built out of EA's Redwood Shores offices, where The Sims 3 was created by the Sims Studio team.
EA Confirms Maxis Layoffs
Original at Shacknews
• Wed, Aug 26
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...
Spore Hero Mounts Retail Assault in October
Original at Shacknews
• Mon, Aug 17
Sticking true to the original fall projection, Electronic Arts today announced that the latest entries in the Spore franchise--Spore Hero for the Wii and Spore Hero Arena for the Nintendo DS--are due in North America on October 6 and internationally October 9.
Spore Creator Will Wright Leaves EA
Original at Wired News
• Thu, Apr 9
By Chris Kohler Will Wright, creator of Spore, will leave Electronic Arts to take the reins of his think tank Stupid Fun Club. Photo courtesy Electronic Arts Will Wright, creator of The Sims and Spore, has left Electronic Arts. The renowned simulation game... Will Wright, creator of Spore, will leave Electr...
Will Wright Leaves EA, Does Something Stupid [The Sims]
Original at Kotaku
• Tue, Apr 7
By Michael McWhertor Will Wright created Maxis with Jeff Braun in 1989, which was acquired by EA in 1997. Will is the visionary designer of blockbuster game concepts like Spore™, The Sims™ and SimCity™. Lucy Bradshaw, VP and General Manager at Maxis™, will continue to run Maxis and the Spore franchise. Lucy's te...
Spore Game Springs Up On Wii; New Spore Titles Announced
Original at Gaming Bits
• Thu, Jan 22
Spore Hero Arena (Nintendo DS) - Fall 2009 Spore Hero Arena for Nintendo DS™ builds on the success of 2008’s hit Spore™ Creatures and allows players to create fully-3D Spore creatures and take them into battle with an array of other creatures across the galaxy." From EA and Maxis
Stuff Your Spore For the Holidays
Original at GayGamer.net
• Fri, Dec 19
By PixelPoet Maxis, an Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS) studio, and Z Corporation today announced that fans of the critically acclaimed video game Spore can now transplant their unique creatures into the real world as "Spore Sculptures" through Z Corporation's 3D printing technology. The partn...
Patch: Spore de-authorisation tool released
Original at bit-tech.net
• Thu, Dec 18
EA has released an official de-authorisation tool for Spore, while a Ubisoft patch corrects widescreen issues in Far Cry 2.
Spore Gets Patch 1.03 Small fixes and some freebies
Original at Softpedia
• Wed, Nov 19
Romania - By Andrei Dumitrescu, Games Editor Electronic Arts and Maxis have release the third patch for their evolutionary game Spore. There is not much in the way of ... Analyze That: Piracy, DRM and Goo How 2D Boy gets it while EA does not Softpedia all 2 news articles
Patch: Electronic Arts shuts down Blueprint, making Boom Blox 2 ...
Original at GamerBlips
• Tue, Nov 18
As promised last week, Electronic Arts has released a new patch for their best selling alien evolution sim Spore (the patch is only available via automatic in-game downloads or through the EA Autodownloader program). ...
NEWS: EA announces Spore patch with free limbs
Original at gamesdog.co.uk
• Tue, Nov 18
Plus fixes a few glitches EA has announced a brand new Spore patch that will give away free limbs to gamers as well as fix a few small glitches. ... Read EA announces Spore patch with free limbs on Pocket-lint now
New Spore patch available now
Original at videogaming247
• Tue, Nov 18
By patlike To celebrate the release of the Spore Creepy & Cute Parts Pack, EA’s put out a new patch containing 24 new limbs for the Creature Creator. You can get the update here. In additional, the patch adds the following: Fix for esc key not bringing up Options in Galaxy Game Entry Fix for creator ba...
Spore Patch 1.03 Released, Adds 24 New Limbs
Original at Shacknews
• Mon, Nov 17
A new patch for EA Maxis' Spore is now available to download from FileShack. The update resolves a few bugs and adds 24 free exoskeleton limbs for enhanced creature creation, bringing the PC lifeform management game up to v1.03 in the process. Bug Fixes Fix for esc key not bringing up Options i...
Spore Patch Plans; Movie
Original at Blue's
• Sat, Nov 15
By Blue EA announces Path 3 for Spore is near, saying: "Patch 3 is coming soon — make sure to download it when it arrives. We’re happy to include 24 free new limbs for your SPORE™ creatures — dial up your...
Spore patch available for the Mac
Original at Untitled
• Thu, Nov 6
By Dennis Sellers EA and Maxis have released a new patch for the Mac version of Spore, reports Inside Mac Games. The patch includes fixes for bugs reported by players, gameplay tuning, the option to select multiple items for deleting or banning in the Sporepedia, and a “cool new planet style.”
Electronic Arts' Spore Patch for PC Now Available
Original at TAXI Design Network
• Sun, Oct 19
NY - Oct 20, 2008 Players can get the patch by launching the EA Download Manager to download and install it. Electronic Arts has so far launched the patch for PC only but, ...
Electronic Arts makes changes to Spore DRM
Original at TechWhack
• Sat, Sep 20
By Satan Related posts Warren Jenson leaving EA as its Chief Financial Officer (0)Vixture gaming championship in India (0)The Sims has now sold more than 100 million copies! (0)Tetris clone Tris latest to disappear from Apple App Store (0)Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. Responds to Elect...
The Best of Big Download: September 8-14
Original at Joystiq
• Sun, Sep 14
By Joystiq Staff 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:
PAX 2008 hands-on: Spore, have we seen enough already?
Original at Joystiq
• Tue, Sep 2
By Kevin Kelly The last stop on our Electronic Arts booth tour at PAX was dedicated to Spore. That's right, it's more Spore news. It's not a real day on Joystiq unless you get some minor Spore news, or a definitive hands-on experience. With the game actually coming out (can it be?!) in five days, maybe you'll s...
Tetris, Spore, Scrabble and Sudoku – EA’s iPhone lineup
Original at Kotaku
• Fri, Aug 15
By AJ Glasser The most amazing iPhone game at the EA Showcase was Spore Origins – even if it hadn’t been up against such visually uninteresting things as Scrabble and Sudoku. Keep your eyes on the iPhone app store for each of these titles, but remember, Spore could be a while…
EA looking 'way outside the game space' with Spore
Original at Joystiq
• Wed, Aug 13
By Ludwig Kietzmann With Spore, we're looking way outside the game space, such as TV, movies, etc.," said the game's revered designer, Will Wright. "We're basically planting the seeds to spread Spore out to a much wider group of people than would ever play a computer game." The aggressive, multi-medium market...
E3 awards: Fallout 3 = Best of Show; LittleBigPlanet = Best Console game
Original at Joystiq
• Tue, Aug 5
By Christopher Grant Best of Show Fallout 3(Bethesda Softworks for PC, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360) Best Original Game Mirror's Edge(DICE/Electronic Arts for PC, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360) Best Console Game LittleBigPlanet(Media Molecule/Sony Computer Entertainment for PlayStation 3) Best PC Game Spore(...
Podcast: Episode 35
Original at Inside Mac Games
• Fri, Feb 8
MacBook Air, The 8800GT factor, EA Announces Ciderised Spore coming to mac, Aspyr Announced Call of Duty 4 for Mac, Macsoft gets official with UT3 for mac, Feral shipping Tomb Raider: Anniversary, Kill Monty Goes Universal, World of Warcraft reaches 10 million Subscribers, Penny Arca...
Spore could be delayed until fiscal year 2009
Original at Things That ... Make You Go Hmm
• Wed, May 9
By TDavid While they might have the NFL license wrapped up, EA shouldn’t be banking too much on Madden. Madden 07 didn’t have significant improvements over prior years, hopefully Madden 2008 due out this August does. One of the most anticipated EA games Spore [see Spore raw video footage in this past...