Darkspore

We were quite intrigued when we saw Darkspore the first time – with Diablo III so far off, it’s nice to see a similar (yet unmistakably different) dungeon crawler come along, with the added bonus of it being sci-fi instead of the usual fantasy. Now that we’ve gotten a hands-on with it… well it’s hard to tell at this point, because clearly the game is so huge in scope that a mere half-hour with it can’t really encompass what it’s aiming for. Still, we’ll do our best with what we played… » Read Full Darkspore preview

Yes, the second half of Darkspore’s title is referencing the evolution-sim Spore. Except gameplay-wise, it’s really nothing like Spore. That’s because it’s dark. But seriously, Darkspore looks like a sci-fi take on Diablo, except it throws in the mentality of Magic: The Gathering by centering on the collection of heroes, which make up squads similar to a deck in Magic... » Read Full Darkspore preview