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Will Wright Delivers Fascinating Talk About Video Games, Education

10:00AM April 21, 2011 | Michael McWhertor

If you’ve ever seen Will Wright, the big brain behind games like The Sims, Spore and SimCity, deliver one of his humorous, hypnotising talks, you’re probably going to want to settle in and watch this one too. If you’ve never had the good fortune to be assaulted by Will Wright’s smarts, well, you’re in luck. More »


PC

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.


PC

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 »


News

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 »


I Played Darkspore And I Loved It

12:00AM August 24, 2010 | Brian Crecente

Darkspore is a bit like classic action title Diablo, with a twist: Instead of concentrating on levelling up a single character, you’re working to level up a team of heroes, three of which you bring on every mission. More »


The Darker, More Dramatic Side Of Spore

7:00AM July 21, 2010 | Mike Fahey

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Here’s the reveal trailer for Darkspore, the intense, fast-paced action role-playing game set in the colourful, friendly Spore universe. More »


First Look At Darkspore, EA’s New Sci-fi, Spore-based RPG

6:20AM July 21, 2010 | Michael McWhertor

The creators of Spore are going to the dark side with an all-new “fast-paced and intense” sci-fi action-role-playing game known as Darkspore, coming to the Mac and PC next year. More »


In Real Life

Will Wright Tells Morgan Freeman About Gods & Sims

7:30PM July 15, 2010 | Luke Plunkett

Morgan Freeman’s “Through the Wormhole” show on the Science Channel had an interesting guest a few weeks back: Sims creator Will Wright, who was there to talk about video game games, and gods. More »


Comic Con Teases New Spore Game

7:00AM July 11, 2010 | Owen Good

The programming schedule for San Diego Comic Con reveals a “a brand new, Sci-Fi Action-RPG based on the DNA of Spore.” Rumours and images floating around the Spore forums say the game will be called Darkspore. More »


The Disappearance Of SimCity

2:00AM June 11, 2010 | Sam Shahrani

What ever happened to the once-mighty SimCity franchise? More »