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In a friendly, high-speed presentation, Will Wright demos his newest game, Spore, which promises to dazzle users even more than his previous masterpieces. Here Wright encourages users to create not households, as in The Sims, or cities, as in SimCity, but the entire universe, from sing...

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Gamers have been waiting five years to get their hands on "Spore", which is launching in the UK two days ahead of its North American release. Reuters Technology Correspondent Matt Cowan sat down with Wright in London to discuss why he thinks Spore will generate "game inspired epiphanies"....

By rss@youtube.com (50Bellow) The next evolution in gaming is upon us. From the mind of Will Wright, the creator of The Sims™, comes SPORE™, an epic journey that takes you from the origin and evolution of life through the development of civilization and technology and eventually all the way into the deepest reaches of ou...

By rss@youtube.com (gamereactorTV) The Game Director of Spore and man behind The Sims franchise, Sim City (and the list goes on) holds a killer speech on the evolution of gaming, innovation and story telling in games at this years GDC in San Francisco

By Brian Crecente Also said to be affected heavily are Spore and former-Sims studio EA Maxis, social network gaming acquisition Rupture Studios, and Mercenaries and The Saboteur creators Pandemic Studios LA. Those development studios are said to be hit with substantial layoffs, according to a source,...

Further studios getting hit are Sims and Spore creators Maxis and social network gaming company Rupture Studios. Employees that will not be laid off will be ... Report: EA jobs will go within Pandemic, Maxis and C&C team GamesIndustry.biz

EA to lay off 1500 workers, close some facilities blog) EA has kept up well with the iPhone platform and has released some of its most popular titles to the App Store, such as The Sims 3, Rock Band, and Spore. ...

Selections from the GamersGate catalog included in the promotion are Dragon Age: Origins, FIFA 10, Need for Speed Shift, Spore, Sims 3, and many more. ... and more »

Selections from the GamersGate catalog included in the promotion are Dragon Age: Origins, FIFA 10, Need for Speed Shift, Spore, Sims 3, for complete listing ... and more »

Quick Look: Warhammer Online Mac Edition TheAppleBlog (blog) or so of game play to base these observations on. I've had decent luck with Cider ports, although my sample set of Sims 3 and Spore is a little small. ...

By Deza Hey, Its Deza here, just letting you know that I’ve joined the sporedum team. I look forward to posting on this site, and helping it reach its full potential. Related posts:The Sims 3 Team presents ‘Spore Galactic Adventures’ Give-Away on Facebook A message that was passed along to me from T...

Headlined by Sims supremo Will Wright, Spore sought to bring the concept of true genetic evolution to the PC game-playing masses. From humble beginnings as ...

And with other big names such as Tiger Woods PGA Tour, Tomb Raider: Underworld, The Sims 3, Spore, Resident Evil and Metal Gear Solid it's clear that the ... and more »

Maybe it's what Will Wright says about The Sims and Spore -- that people don't really want to create, they want the illusion of creating -- the illusion of ...

Speaking exclusively to NowGamer about the Army of Two sequel, Hutchinson, who spent six years working on titles like the Sims and Spore, told us that ...

Take MMOs September PC gaming top 20 sellers: 6 mmos, 3 Sims-franchise games, a handful of casual arcade-style games, and titles like Spore, Civilization IV ... and more »

Even big publishers like EA Mobile have brought franchises like Madden NFL 10, Spore, The Sims, and now Rock Band to Apple's mobile platform. ... and more »

This time last year EA's commitment to the iPhone was limited to simple tilting games like Spore and equally simple board game ports like Scrabble. ... and more »

By Ball Lightning Here is the press release from IGN about Will Wrights upcoming keynote at the Engage toy fair next year.. who knows what he’ll announce there! San Jose, CA – New York, NY - Will Wright, Founder and Chief Executive of Stupid Fun Club, Creator of Spore and The Sims, will deliver the opening keyn...

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...

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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 ... Will Wright's New Studio Developing Three Projects, 'A Couple' Are Games G4 TV Will Wright 'working on three projects' Digital Spy

A branching out of the Spore universe is in keeping with EA's desire to extend the game into the kind of open-ended brand The Sims has become ...

Gamasutra Wright, who has made blockbuster games from SimCity to The Sims to Spore, was one of the key brains behind EA's successful Maxis studio, which has sold ... Will Wright Hints at His New Project Escapist Magazine

computer games The Sims, SimCity and Spore, is working on a new project. As he told Times Tech writer Alex Pham, it's not a new PC game. It's a toy. ... Will Wright speaks about his Stupid Fun Club start-up CNET News Will Wright Hints at His New Project Escapist Magazine

By RawmeatCowboy Through his SimCity, The Sims, and Spore game franchises created at Electronic Arts, Will Wright generated over $1 billion dollars of value. At Stupid Fun Club, a design studio Will maintained throughout his career as chief designer at Maxis Studios and Electronic Arts, advanced toy de...

Through his SimCity, The Sims, and Spore game franchises created at Electronic Arts, Will Wright generated over $1 billion dollars of value. ... What does Sims creator Will Wright have up his sleeve? Los Angeles Times Will Wright speaks about his Stupid Fun Club start-up CNET News

By Alex Pham Will Wright, creator of The Sims. Credit: Stupid Fun Club. Will Wright is still messing around. The 49-year-old creator of The Sims, Sim City and Spore quit Electronic Arts in April, but he continues to "build things that people would want to play with." Wright is still cagey about what he has u...

By Owen Good A Boy and His Blob (Wii) A Witch's Tale (DS) Game Party 3 (Wii) Hands On! Tangrams (DS) Spore Hero (Wii, DS) Star Wars The Clone Wars: Republic Heroes (DS, PC, PS2, PS3, PSP, Wii, 360) The Biggest Loser (DS, Wii) The Sims 2 Best of Business Collection (PC) Zenses Zen Garden (DS)

Companies such as Electronic Arts have Cider with successful results, releasing such well-received titles as Spore and The Sims 3 . ...

Will Wright, the creator of SimCity, the Sims, and now Spore, speaks with pundit John Battelle about the creative process, user-generated content ... imdb.com

By Justin Keverne Really? What about The Sims, Michael Abbott (The Brainy Gamer) recently proved that The Sims has the potentially to offer powerful insight into his own psychology and affect him in unexpected ways. The Sims doesn’t have an author so clearly I’m talking nonsense…

By glennw National Public Radio recently posted an interview between Will Wright and Dr. E. O. Wilson. Wright is famous for creating The Sims, the best selling video game in history and Spore, a recent game incorporating many science themes. One of Wright’s first games, SimAnt, is based partially on th...

Saturday`s keynote will be provided by legendary game maker Will Wright (The Sims, Spore) who will share his vision for Stupid Fun Club, his new venture. ... and more »

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NEWS - EA has added five new titles to Impulse, the games and software download hub. Starting today, you'll be able to purchase The Sims 3 ($49.95), Spore ($39.95), Command & Conquer Red Alert 3 ($29.99), and Command & Conquer Red Alert 3 Uprising ($19.95). You're also able to preord...

By judhudson A message that was passed along to me from The Sims 3 Team on Facebook: To celebrate the release of A message that was passed along to me from The Sims 3 Team on Facebook: To celebrate the release of

By ballightning Will Wright chats with Industry Games about many topics – the Stupid Fun Club, whether we’ll see Spo Will Wright chats with Industry Games about many topics – the Stupid Fun Club, whether we’ll see Spo

By ballightning Lucy Bradshaw talks to Gamasutra about many aspects in the world of Spore and the Sims. She goes into details about the community and the balance Maxis tried to create in Spore.   Spore And Balance Finding the right balance was a challenge in Spore, she says, particularly in the area of how much impact and meaning to give people’s [...]

Casual gamers will also find some very interesting titles at the E3 booth, as, although it will be launched at the start of E3, The Sims 3 will be playable, alongside Need For Speed Nitro, Spore Hero or MySims Agents. Sports game enthusiasts will also ... EA Spotlights E3 2009 Game Titles I4U

Spore, the highly anticipated game from the creators of The Sims, gives players their own personal universe in a box. Create and evolve life, establish tribes, build civilizations, sculpt entire worlds and explore a universe created by other gamers. ...

The leaked version apparently contains little to none of the DRM restrictions or online activation requirements that got gamers in a fuss over Spore, and as such is currently spreading like wildfire. EA has yet to comment on the leak. ... Sims 3 leaked two weeks before release Register

By ballightning Seems Maxis is hiring more people for a new simulation game. If you remembered last month, Maxis was hiring someone for a fast paced MMO. Now the question is, are these related, are we finally getting a Sims/Spore MMO?   LEAD SIMULATION ENGINEER Location: California – Emeryville Role: Software Engineer Specialty: Gameplay Engineer   Maxis is seeking an experienced engineer to lead the development of [...]   [read the full post]

 Romania - Andrei Dumitrescu with friends about the game. Electronic Arts is really making an effort to spice up the community options of its new title. The trend started with Spore, which had the option to populate their world with creatures put together by other players. ...

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 Romania - Andrei Dobra, Andrei Dobra The first installment of the franchise will place good old Mr. T against a mechanized Nazi Army, which has abducted none other than famous video game designer Will Wright, the man responsible for such properties like the Sims and Spore. ...

 Romania By Andrei Dobra, Games Editor 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. ...

Wright still on board with Spore — Despite his departure from Electronic Arts, the Sims creator says he will still pitch in on Spore's sequels. Game runs apocalypse drills — A report on crisis response has been released based on the game Superstruct, ...

Aside from the regular titles such as Blizzard's Word of Warcraft and its subsequent expansions or ea's monopoly on casual gaming with Sims and Spore, other games are also present, most notable being Creative Assembly's Empire: Total War, ...

By Brian Crecente The famed digital toy maker responsible for SimCity, The Sims and Spore, is leaving video game publishing behemoth Electronic Arts to dabble in every form of entertainment from robots and toys to television shows, movies and, yes, even more video games.

 Romania In my twelve years at EA, I've had the pleasure to work alongside some of the brightest and most talented game developers in the industry and I look forward to working with them again in the near future.” The departure wasn't reason for worries for the ...

Will Wright, one of the most notable thinkers working in the field of game development today, and creator of SimCity, The Sims and Spore (amongst others) has left the company he co-founded, Maxis, and the company’s publisher, EA, to work full time at an ‘entertainment think tank’ called...

2. World Of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King - Blizzard 3. The Sims 2 Double Deluxe - Electronic Arts 4. Warhammer 40,000 Dawn of War II - THQ 5. World of Warcraft Battle Chest - Blizzard 6. World of Warcraft - Blizzard 7.The Sims 2 Apartment Life - Electronic Arts 8. Spore - Electronic Arts

 Romania The PC sales charts of this week showcase some of the companies that are making quite a lot of money from PC games, with old favorites Blizzard and Maxis, creators of World of Warcraft, and the Spore and Sims franchises, still managing to move those ...

And toys and play, Wright says, go hand-in-hand. If you step way back and look at Spore as a whole it's meant to show a grand arch, the story of life," her said. "The Sims is like the story of life on Earth, Spore is life with a capital L." Goodwin says Spore "amplifies the imagination."

By Altered Confusion The music sounds like it is taken out of a Sims game, and I find myself turning it down a bit. The sounds are what really bother me. It feels like they took the garbled mumbling of the Sims and just made it more ridiculous. It seems cool for the first couple encounters, but as time progresses you may...

By Ben The variety avaliable in the creature creator is staggering The creature stage revolves around judging whether to make friends or hunt depending on your species' own needs 7 Will Wright is an ambitious man; with the hugely popular Sims series he defined the God game. So

Spore, as you know, had a brief scandal over the game’s DRM, which some are claiming led to the number of pirated downloads. I disagree. Spore was a high-anticipated, hyped title from the creator of The Sims (#2 on the list after 4 years of release), which sported low system requirements and r...

By ballightning Spike and Electronic Arts Team Up to Celebrate Iconic Designer Will Wright With ‘The Wright Stuff SPORE UGC’ Contest To help celebrate Wright’s latest achievement, Spike and EA are teaming up to celebrate the creativity of Spore with “The Wright Stuff SPORE UGC” contest. The grand prize is a VIP trip for two to this year’s VGAs and some one-on-one time with the legend himself, Will Wright. SimCity, The Sims and Spore are trademarks or registered trademarks of Electronic Arts Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries. SOURCE Spike TV Spike and Electronic Arts Team Up to Celebrate Iconic Designer Will Wright With ‘The Wright Stuff   [read the full post]

By Tom(noreply@blogger.com) Spore is the hotly anticipated latest creation of Will Wright, creator of SimCity and The Sims, and was originally titled "Sim Everything". On the other hand, creatures don't evolve by random mutation and natural selection, they are built by a player - with the aid of the creature creator...

By Carol Mangis A model of the Mars Phoenix lander. SimCity and Sims Spore mastermind Will Wright (here with his wife, Kim) attended to accept an award for his newest creation, Spore. I asked him what was next; all he would say was, "There are a lot of ideas floating around..." We can't wait, Will.

By ballightning Spore has continued to hold onto its number one ranking in its fourth week on sale. The top three is pretty much the same as last week, with the most recent sims expansion The Sims 2 Apartment Life coming in at fourth. Spore Creature Creator managed to get back in the top ten, coming in at tenth, making it very likely that Spore will be one of the best selling games this year. 1. Spore 2. Warhammer Online: Age Of Reckoning 3. Civilization IV: Colonization Expansion Pack 4. The Sims 2 Apartment Life Expansion Pack 5. World Of Warcraft: Battle Chest 6. Crysis: Warhead 7. World Of Warcraft 8. The Sims 2 Double Deluxe 10. Spore Creature Creator Spore has continued to hold onto its number one ranking in its fourth week on sale. The top three is   [read the full post]

By ballightning 1UP spoke with Maxis general manager Lucy Bradshaw shortly after the announcement. When discussing the future of the franchise, they asked if Maxis would continue releasing Parts Packs indefinitely or if they might at some point open the game up for players to create their own parts, similar to how they eventually opened up The Sims 2. While careful to note that for the time being, the team is “focused on adding to it ourselves,” Bradshaw said, “I’d love to be able to do something like that, probably for more high-end players who have some 3D art skills.” Bradshaw also goes into detail on their plans for continued expansions and add-on packs as well as the future involvement of Will Wright in the game.   [read the full post]

By ballightning Spore has held its first place, even with tough competition from Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning. This is the third week in a row that Spore has managed to take top position on the PC charts. Civilization IV: Colonization rounded out the top 3. However both Spore galactic edition and Spore Creature Creator both fell of the charts. The complete top is down below: 1. Spore 2. Warhammer Online: Age Of Reckoning 3. Civilization IV: Colonization 4. Crysis: Warhead 5. The Sims 2 Apartment Life 6. World Of Warcraft: Battle Chest 7. World Of Warcraft 8. The Sims 2 Double Deluxe 9. Lego Batman 10. World Of Warcraft: Burning Crusade Spore has held its first place, even with tough competition from Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning.   [read the full post]

 South Africa - It really sounds great on paper and with Will Wright (the creator of 'The Sims' series) behind it you expect a delightful micro-management game that ... How evolution inspired a computer game Pretoria News (subscription) all 2 news articles

IBNLive.com  India - Spore is very different from any game Will Wright ever made till now. Yes, it has elements from his past creations such as SimCity, Sims, SimCity Societies ... Want to play God? play it with Spore IBNLive.com all 3 news articles

By drewmcgee Probably the most hyped game in the past few months (definitely since GTA4 and MGS4), Spore is Will Wright's and EA's newest Sims-like game with added components of an RTS (real-time strategy). The object of the game is to take a creature from a microscopic stage (I'd say single-cell, bu...

By ballightning The sales figures are for copies of the game on the PC, the Mac, and the Nintendo DS. The results are impressive and important for EA, especially given the heavy expectations that awaited the game, which was first announced in 2005 and was first expected in 2006, and also because the game has been beset by some controversy surrounding its DRM (digital rights management) restrictions. The big question, of course, is whether Spore can continue to sell over time and justify EA’s stated hopes that the game could end up becoming a full-scale franchise along the lines of The Sims. Written by Daniel Terdiman CNET Spore, the new evolution game from Electronic Arts, has sold a million units since its Septembe   [read the full post]

By ballightning Spore has dominated the US PC gaming charts taking out both first and second position on the US PC software sales chart for the week ended September 13, Spore sold more copies then the more expensive Spore Galactic Addition. Spore also took out fourth position with many shoppers continuing to buy Spore Creature Creatorr. Here is the US charts: The US PC chart follows: 1. Spore2. Spore Galactic Edition3. The Sims 2 Apartment Life4. Spore Creature Creator5. World Of Warcraft: Battle Chest6. The Sims 2 Double Deluxe7. World Of Warcraft8. World Of Warcraft: Burning Crusade9. Warcraft III Battle Chest10. Crysis Spore has dominated the US PC gaming charts taking out both first and second position on the US PC   [read the full post]

By Mike I have a new review out, and it’s for Spore Creatures over at Daily Nintendo. Spore Creatures is the Nintendo DS spin-off of Spore, another masterpiece by The Sims-designer Will Wright. Is the handheld version any good? ...

By ballightning Spore has maintained its position and gained in the German and Spanish software sales charts respectively for the week ended September 14. The German chart was topped by EA’s Spore, followed by Wii Fit in second place and Mario Kart Wii in third. Spore climbed to fifth in Spain overall, only being beaten by The Sims 2: Apartment Life in the PC category. The German software sales chart follows: 1. Spore (PC)2. Wii Fit (Wii)3. Mario Kart Wii (Wii)4. S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Clear Sky (PC)5. The Sims 2: Apartment Life (PC)6. Dr Kawashimas Brain Training (DS)7. The Settlers - Rise of an Empire (PC)8. Naruto Ultimate Ninja 3 (PS2)9. Dr Kawashimas More Brain Training (DS)10. Wii Play (Wii)   [read the full post]

By luke@ferrago.com (Luke Guttridge) The official Spore site revealed late yesterday that the sandbox opus from Sims creator Will Wright has been patched for the first time.

 NY - Sep 22, 2008 It should come as no surprise to fans of The Sims that along with bug fixes and tweaks, EA has included some built-in cheats for players. ...

By Jonah Falcon No, really. My own review will point out some serious issues with the game, but at least they’ll be based on actual thorough gameplay, and not on two hours. And Ben once again “reviews” a game, this time Spore. It’s odd Ben would love The Sims but not Spore, since the former title is a massive micr...

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By Wade Larson Will Wright, the man who created the Sims phenomenon, finally gave the world Spore this weekend, after a long development and teasing gamers with the Spore Creature Creator. Unfortunately, like so many movie trailers, all the best parts were contained within that $10 download. The botto...

By travis The creators of The Sims present the next big bang - SPORE. Create your unique creature and guide it on an epic journey through a universe of your own creations. Play any way you choose in the five evolutionary phases of Spore: Cell, ...

This is just as intuitive and robust as the Spore Creature Creator , allowing you to make any sort of architecture you can imagine with a few mouse clicks. ... Will Wright: In conversation Toronto Star Will Wright, creator of The Sims, talks about his latest game, Spore Los Angeles Times

 UK - What to do next, when you’ve designed games as big as The Sims and Sim City? Well, the latest project from Sims creator Will Wright tackles life itself. ...

 CA - From the mind of Will Wright, creator of The Sims and Sim City; Spore is an epic game with fully dynamic user generated content that takes you on an ...

 - Probably the year's most eagerly awaited PC game, Spore arrives from the folks who brought you The Sims series of games. This ambitious new effort, ...

 CA - Sep 5, 2008 North America: 1. The Sims 2: Apartment Life (EA Games), 2. Spore Creature Creator (EA Games), 3. The Orange Box (EA Games), 4. SimCity 4 Deluxe (EA Games), ...

By Daniel Terdiman The game's creator, Will Wright, who is famous for previous games like SimCity and The Sims said recently that the game has been seven years in the making, meaning the project was getting under way not long after The Sims launched and became the best-selling PC game of all time.

We've all seen and played SimCity and The Sims, but does Will Wright's newest baby live up to the epic expectations that are laid out before it? Full details...

By weevil@wileywiggins.com (Wiley Wiggins) Will Wright, creator of Sim City and The Sims, arrived at The Apple Store, Regent Street yesterday to demonstrate his latest game Spore before a packed audience of keen Mac gamers.[...] Wright also talked about the importance of the ...

By Robert M. Barga There is a slight thumping in my chest cavity as I hear the announcement, the great Will Wright, maker of The Sims and SimCity is to make an announcement at 2005 Game Developers Conference. Will it be the anticipated and unprecedented The Sims 3, will it be some new sim-type of game, or will it...

Spore week is finally upon us as the game is set to launch in Europe this coming Friday, with a launch in North America coming Sunday. Spore comes from the mind of Will Wright who has created projects such as The Sims, and other major ...

 - Aug 25, 2008 Sold more than Call of Duty 4? Spore Creature Creator? World of Warcraft: Battle Chest? The Sims 2 Double Deluxe? Now here's what's even wilder. ...

We're basically planting the seeds to spread Spore out to a much wider group of people than would ever play a computer game," Wright told Reuters in an ... Spore' goes gold CNET News Spore Challenges The Sims’ Popularity eFluxMedia IGN - Fragland.net

By Ceasar S. Spore Creature Creator - Okay, we know EA Maxis' Spore teaser 'peeked a boo' at Bittorent lately. Still, Electronic Arts is planning on turning Spore (PC, Nintendo Wii, DS, Mac, and Mobile) into a million-dollar franchise like The Sims, and they're not wasting any time. Spore Creature Cre...

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By TDavid I continue to look forward to Spore. It seems like a limitless game, but with less tedium than The Sims. I hope EA has thought about making this cross platform and not only a PC game. Electronic Arts (EA), the company with the lock on the popular Madden franchise, is booking half of its revenue fo...

This week I provide the second part of my hands-on preview of The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, talk about some of the changes on the site and podcast after one year, and a new person joins the Gaming Steve forums. You might know him, he goes by the name Will Wright and made a game called The Sims or...

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By Guy00 The new game, which lets players guide the evolution of their creatures, is from Will Wright, the man behind the Sims series of games. The Sims let players guide virtual people and cities, spawning spin-offs, sequels and expansion packs ...