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Action-RPG Darkspore Is Or Was Coming To Xbox 360, PS3

8:00AM May 17, 2011 | Drew Cohen

In his resume, level-designer Jordan Patz claims to have “worked with Maxis to modify Darkspore for release on Xbox/PS3″. Wasn’t that just a PC game? The résumé has since been modified: it now links to a YouTube video of a flying cat. Very suspicious. [joystiq]


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Darkspore Is Now Building Better Battlers

5:20AM April 27, 2011 | Mike Fahey

Maxis splices the DNA of Will Wright’s Spore with Diablo with today’s release of the PC action RPG Darkspore, now available in stores and fine downloadable retailers across North America. I can’t wait to play. More »


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This Guy Built A Real, Living, Breathing City

6:30PM April 6, 2011 | Luke Plunkett

It’s been, can you believe, eight years since the last true SimCity game was released. Yet time hasn’t stopped people from doing amazing things with the venerable old PC game. More »


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Grab The Darkspore Beta Through Steam Now

8:40AM March 29, 2011 | Michael McWhertor

Steam makes it easy to get into the beta program for Maxis’ Spore spin-off Darkspore. Just head to the Steam web site and install. Darkspore was recently delayed until the end of April.


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Darkspore Delayed, Needs More Time To Evolve

7:50AM March 19, 2011 | Michael McWhertor

Sci-fi RPG (and Spore spin-off) Darkspore is the latest release to get pushed back. Originally slated for end of March, EA’s PC game is now due April 26 (North America) and April 28 (Europe/Asia). Darkspore devs say they need more time to incorporate user feedback from the beta.


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This Is Why You Should Sign-Up For The Darkspore Beta

3:00AM February 15, 2011 | Mike Fahey

In case our hands-on with Darkspore’s action-packed single-player and competitive multiplayer battles weren’t enough to whet your appetite for the game, perhaps the full beta trailer will do the trick. More »


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Darkspore Splices Fresh DNA Into Online Multiplayer

12:00AM February 15, 2011 | Mike Fahey

Spore is an amazing creative experience diluted by a broad gameplay focus. Darkspore has one focus: building a better killing machine. I took my monster squad to task in story mode and player-versus-player combat and lived to tell the tale. More »


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If Halo Doesn’t Kill You, SimCity Will

6:30PM January 26, 2011 | Luke Plunkett

You’ve seen the effects of Halo on the human heart. Now see the effects of… SimCity (via).


A Look At Darkspore’s Competitive Arena Matches

9:00AM December 17, 2010 | Brian Crecente

Kotaku got an early look at upcoming PC action role-playing game Darkspore’s cooperative multiplayer a couple of weeks back, but this latest video we get a look at the player-versus-player action. More »


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A Look At Darkspore’s Cooperative Multiplayer

12:00PM December 2, 2010 | Brian Crecente

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Electronic Arts is giving us an advanced look at how cooperative play is going to work in upcoming action role-playing game Darkspore. More »