"As a big thank you to Spore fans and to celebrate the release of Spore Creepy & Cute Parts Pack, which ships to retailers today, gamers who download and install Patch 3 will be rewarded with 24 brand spanking-new and exclusive exoskeleton limbs for the Creature Creator!

To get the patch, launch the EA Download Manager to download and install it. If you didn't install the EADM when you installed Spore, you can get it from: http://files.ea.com/downloads/eacore/eadm-installer.exe

Additiona..."

"As some of you may know from the podcast I’ve been playing uber amounts of Spore lately. Though much of the game can be conquered without breaking the tiniest sweat, the real fun comes from watching your creature evolve and adapt to the situations it faces. That’s pretty much what Adventures in Sporeland is all about. This is a chronicling of the Turzex race from their humble beginnings from walking on land, to their uncertain future throughout the galaxy.

Simply put, the Turzex race is an..."

Australian software sales for the week of September the 21st for all consoles, the Wii and the Nintendo DS.

Star Wars: The Force Unleashed heavily dominated the all consoles top ten, also managing a respectable second on the top ten Wii games from being beaten by Wii Fit which also managed third being the best all console seller other than Star Wars. Wall-E managed top spot for the DS chart closely followed by Cooking Guide: Can't Decide What To Eat.

Overall the Nintendo Wii was by far ...

"Wario Land: Shake It! (Wii) - 8.0
Spore Creatures (DS) - 8.0
Samba De Amigo (Wii) - 9.0
Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood (DS) - 8.0
Viva Pinata: Pocket Paradise (DS) - 7.0
Line Rider 2: Unbound (Wii) - 5.0
De Blob (Wii) - 8.0
Kirby Super Star Ultra (DS) - 9.0
Bleach: Dark Souls (DS) - 8.5
NHL 2K9 (Wii) - 7.0
SimCity Creator (Wii) - 6.0
Myster Case Files: Millionheir (DS) - 6.5
Time Hollow (DS) - 7.0
Lock’s Quest (DS) - 7.0
Line Rider 2: Unbound (DS) - 6.0
NBA Live 09 All-..."

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1. Overly Restrictive DRM
2. One account per game
3. A mile wide but an inch deep
4. No Diversity
5. 4 out of 5 stages unneeded
6. Forget about peace
7. No lasting impact
8. Space Stage loses casual players
9. Evolution Ends
10. Long wait for low payoff

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"I created this blog to find support for and follow my progress in letting Electronic Arts know that their biggest attack on Christian values to date will not be tolerated.

We can not allow the gaming industry to invade our homes and poison the minds of our children.

After all, their billions in revenue and all the advertising in the world are no match for the power of God."

"Here’s a list of this weeks U.S. game releases. The most popular games are Spore on PC / Mac, Viva Pinata: Pocket Paradise on DS, Yakuza 2 on PS2, and NHL 09 & NHL 2k9 on multiple platforms. On the downloadable games front we’ve got today’s Wii Shop titles Groovin’ Blocks, Cho Aniki, Final Soldier, as well as Samurai Shodown II, RocketBowl, and Shotest Shogi on Xbox Live Arcade (updates Wednesday). American McGee’s Grimm: The Devil and His Three Golden Hairs will join the GameTap lineup (upda..."

"Spore is a game about evolution, but evolution that's intelligently designed by the choices you make. Players design their creatures' traits, and those traits ultimately influence the civilization. The game is segmented into five phases of the evolutionary scale: Cell, Creature, Tribal, Civilization, and Space, with each stage presenting a different kind of game-play; a progress bar along the bottom of your screen marks how far along you are within each evolutionary stage. This is a game that..."

"Ahead of Spore's September 7 launch for PC and Mac, genius creator Will Wright has been talking about the create feature that's so far spawned more porn than yesterday's Bristol pirate.

But Wright says he's not offended by the army of cock monsters that invaded the internet following the release of the Spore Creature Creator. Quite the opposite in fact.

"When you give players creative control, you have to expect they're going to do the unexpected," he told the AP.

"Some of it's reall..."

"Market research company NPD has released its list of best-selling PC games for the week of August 10-16. Once again Blizzard's World of Warcraft: Battle Chest remains at the top spot. While adventure game Nancy Drew was the best-selling overall game of July, it is now fifth on the list and has swapped places with Maxis' Spore Creature Creator. Another swap that happened was between Blizzard's World of Warcraft: Burning Crusade expansion and its Diablo Battle Chest. Other than that, it was ver..."

"Unfortunately, the Sporepedia option isn’t possible yet. iPod “Spore” points users to EA’s mobile website, which still features a “coming soon” tag. The idea is you’ll register with EA and gain the ability to download user-made creatures to your own iPod. Their unique, customized characteristics are deduced with a “DNA Code.”

I’d previously been told such a feature would not be possible with the iPhone version. Strange, considering the old iPod product line has no Internet connection. Once..."

"Blizzard's World of Warcraft: Battle Chest has moved up two spots from last week to grab the NPD's top spot for the week of August 3. Previous first place holder, The Sims 2 Double Deluxe, moved down a notch to hang on to second place. Adventure game, Nancy Drew: The Phantom of Venice, which held the top spot a month ago, is now in fourth. Blizzard continues to dominate the NPD's top ten with half of the games on the list, while Maxis follows closely behind with three games."

"She then added that a "flora editor" may be among these additions, allowing players to create their own plant species as well, presumably for your creatures to munch on. I'm sure the internet community will keep things completely tasteful when it does come out and certainly will not produce a field of phallic trees or some such.

If you want to hear more about the future of Spore, be sure to check out the interview we did with Maxis senior producer Morgan Roarty on 1UP FM."