CNN:

"When makers of one of the most anticipated video games of the year invited users to help design part of the game, the gamers jumped at the chance to create animated characters. Creatures designed by gamers, like these, are shown in a database on the "Spore" Web site.

Users will have the option to incorporate other people's "Spore" designs or choose to block them all. But some took it upon themselves to create something entirely different -- a new kind of Internet porn."
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GamingShogun reports that on an investor call, John Riccitello stated that he was considering charging for DLC packs at a later date for their upcoming sandbox game, Spore. These packs would include new parts for your creatures. etc...
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EA has teamed up with the countries east coast newspapers to distribute free discs with the full version of Spores Creature Creator as a one-time offer.

It will only be available this Saturday and five of Australia's territories will be missing out unless they can get their newsagent to score a copy of the paper.
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Destructoid writes: "At Comic-Con this week, co-founder of Maxis and The Sims creator Will Wright revealed a bit about Spore's depth during a large demo of the game. According to Eurogamer, Wright claimed that players would never see the entirety of the game, regardless of how long they play. Considering the nature of the title, Wright may be correct in that regard.

He then went on to debut 'MashOn,' which is a tool inside of Spore that will allow players to create their own comic books with both digital images and videos. The idea according to Wright is that videogames should be "tools of self-expression." The showing of MashOn only punctuated his point earlier during the demo, in which he stated that most games will put you in the shoes of 'a Luke Skywalker or Frodo Baggins' but Spore will allows players to be 'in the role of Lucas or Tolkien.'

Honestly, as time goes by, I've become less and less enthused about what Spore will bring to the table. Sure, creating phallic monsters is an awesome pastime and enjoyable to boot, but how long will you have to play to really get the full experience of the game? Regardless, it looks as though Wright is certainly excited about his product."
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Will Wright gave the opening keynote today at the nerd-packed Comic-Con 2008, an event so chock full of fellow geeks Joystiq is hard-pressed to find a free patch of San Diego Convention Center floor to stand on. For the first half hour or so Will rattled off profound observations and inspirational quips at approximately the speed of light, leaving the second half of the presentation to an extensive demo of the civilization and space stages of Spore.
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Ripten writes: "EA has announced a partnership with Planetwide Media, allowing Spore content creators to share their creations with friends through the use of Spore E-Cards."
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Ripten writes: "Spore box art announced … uhhhh what can I say … it's very colorful, very boxy, and very artsy! Will Wright kicks ass, and I am pretty sure that Spore will too."
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Will Wright's Spore is aiming to set precedents in many ways, and it's also set to break a long-standing Maxis tradition: the game ends. Producer Thomas Vu told us that the space phase of the game is what he considers the RPG phase, with 15 to 20 hours of gameplay and -- prepare to be floored -- one ending. No matter how your species lives its existence, it always ends the same way as you make your way to the center of the universe.
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Creator makes gamers even more full of themselves.
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MCV: New title can have same 'long tail' effect as Will Wright's last smash, says publisher
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Kotaku: Last month Electronic Arts contacted me to see if I would be willing to create a Spore creature for charity. The idea was that 70 handpicked "celebrities" from the Internets and meatspace would create a creature and send them to EA, which would in turn allow the public to vote on the best creation.

The winner of this little Sporelebrity contest would have $15,000 donated to the charity of his or her choice. Going up against such truly famous people as Carlos Santana, Emeril Lagasse, Richard Branson and Stan Lee, I know I don't stand a snowballs chance in hell of winning. But if by some bizarre twist of fate people selected my TickleMeKotaku creature (which has a prehensile Tickleme Elmo tail) then $10,000 would be donated to Child's Play and the remaining $5,000 would be donated to Jennifer Ann's Group.
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Computer giant HP is offering an exclusive edition of the Spore Creature Creator, complete with double the number of body parts of its free-to-download little brothers.
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Shortly following the high profile release of EA's Spore Creature Creator, former lead designer Chaim Gingold gave a keynote titled "Magic Crayons: Spore and Beyond" at the Dutch Festival of Games, where the publisher distributed 500 hard-copies to attendees of the creator to attendees.

The much anticipated and much delayed game features several editors that players can use throughout ¿ but the Creature Creator represents the most difficult design challenge, Gingold told and audience of developers, professionals, and academics during his speech.
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You want more proof that people have far too much free time?
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Unique Galactic Edition Content

· 'Making of Spore' DVD video

· 'The Human Toolkit' DVD video, by National Geographic

· 'The Art of Spore' hardback mini-book

· Fold-out Spore poster

· Premium 100-page Galactic Handbook
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Between posting pictures of sheep and writing rants about how his games aren't selling on Xbox Live, Jeff Minter has updated his livejournal with his own creations in the Spore Creature Creator.The Llamasoft founder is well known for his interest in animals and creatures, even at one point creating an entire franchise based around Mutant Camels.His Spore Creatures are unmistakably Minter creations, from the prominent bladders ... » Read More

Live in San Francisco? You'll want to head out to your local Apple Store for a hands on demo of Spore on the Mac by the game's designer. Will Wright, creator of Sim games and the upcoming Spore, will be at the Apple Store in San Francisco showing Spore and the Spore Creature Creator. See the details here.
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The rumoured motion controller has yet to be unveiled so in the meantime check out the next best thing... A livining, breathing, and yes, moving 360 joypad.

Kotaku writes:

"Hey! People aren't just using the Spore Creature Creator to make penis monsters. Creative kids are trading cocks for controllers - just look at what Kotakuite zOmbi's friend Eric made in the Spore creator editor a few minutes ago. Yep, that's right, Eric made an Xbox 360 controller."
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How far is too far in the Spore Creature Creator? PC Gamer's Kristen Salvatore found out the hard way this morning when she got a time-out in her email from EA.Above: Didn’t pass the bra exam Less than a day after responding to Tim Edward’s “member” contribution to the Spore Creature Creator community with “Boobalicious”—a somewhat more gynocentric take on the same theme—she received ... » Read More

Kombo Reports: "Spore enthusiasts will be happy to know that they can now download and buy the full version of Spore Creature Creator. Selling for the low price of $9.95, players will be able to indulge themselves in the world of Spore as they create their own unique creatures."
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