Spore players will be happy to know a major update is now available for their game, opening up new worlds, improving graphics, performance, and lots more. Further on that, an update to the Creature Creator is online.

Get the first patch here, the second here; changelog is below.

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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 ...

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"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..."

Twisted via www.videogamesblogger.com »

"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..."

Twisted via www.computerandvideogames.com »

From last week World of Warcraft: Battle Chest has moved up 2 to get the top spot, and the Sims 2 Double Deluxe moved down to second place. Blizzard (maker of World of Warcraft) made the games of half of the list.

Here are the top ten selling PC games of the week of August third.

1. World of Warcraft: Battle Chest
2. The Sims 2 Double Deluxe
3. World of Warcraft
4. Nancy Drew: The Phantom of Venice
5. Spore Creature Creator
6. Diablo Battle Chest
7. Warcraft III Battle Chest
8. ...

Twisted via pc.ign.com »

"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."

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