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EA Finds A Home For Spore Movie Project
12:40PM Owen Good | Electronic Arts and Twentieth Century Fox have reached a deal to produce a movie based on Spore, with the director of the animated film “Ice Age” assigned to the project, Variety reports. More »
Maxis Layoffs Include Outspoken Spore Dev Chris Hecker
7:40AM 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? More »
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Maxis Hit With Job Cuts, EA Confirms
9:00AM Stephen Totilo | Word from Electronic Arts today is that Maxis, the studio behind The Sims and Spore, suffered layoffs today. No word on how many people were affected. EA described the cuts as an attempt to “focus” the studio. More »
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Actually, The Sims 3 Was The Biggest-Selling Game In June
2:30PM Luke Plunkett | While there was much wailing and gnashing of teeth over the poor performance of June’s console games, on PC, things were looking a little healthier, with EA’s The Sims 3 emerging as the month’s biggest-selling game on any platform. More »
Culture
Your Comments Fuel Gay Gaming Conference
10:40AM AJ Glasser | Physically, you may not have been at EA Redwood Shores this weekend. But if you commented on to Justin Cole’s op-ed column to Kotaku, you were there in spirit. More »
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Pirated Copies Of Sims 3 Are A “Demo Program”
1:30PM Luke Plunkett | Prior to the retail release of The Sims 3, the game leaked onto popular torrent sites. Hundreds of thousands of people then illegally downloaded the game. Which you’d think would make publishers EA really cranky. More »
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The Sims 3 Review: Delayed Gratification
5:00AM AJ Glasser | After a more than three month delay—and more than four years on from the release of The Sims 2—The Sims 3 is finally here. So let’s get down to reviewing it. More »
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Robot Chicken Invades Spore Galactic Adventures
11:40PM Mike Fahey | The secret behind the mysterious Spore WTF website is revealed, as Maxis announces day one downloadable content for the Spore Galactic Adventures expansion from the deranged minds behind Robot Chicken. More »
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