Steven: "Big Download wants to see intelligent design in action. So, we're kicking off a two week giveaway contest to see what crazy creatures grow and evolve. Simply download the Spore Creature Creator and let your imagination run wild. Take a screenshot of your best creature and email it to contests@bigdownload.com. Our judges will pick the top ten creatures and let you vote for the winners.
Maxis has released the Spore Creature Creator today, which you can either snap up now for cash or download the demo for free.Although it's a (large) part of the upcoming game Spore, the creature creator is a stand-alone product that allows you to shape, paint and play with your own custom-created creatures that can be used in the full game. Check out our hands-on with the glorious invention.And if you really need a ...
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Many creatures will be born into virtual existence today with the debut of the Spore Creature Creator. The Spore Creature Creator will be available today, from Spore.com or other retailers, for both the PC and Mac. Gamers already sold on Spore will want to get a head start of their creatures before the full retail release of Spore ships in September 2008. Creatures can be imported from The Spore Creature Creator and used in the full Spore game when it is released. The Spore Creature Creator is $9.99 for the PC/Mac. See a video trailer of it here.
Ross: "In our quest to familiarize ourselves with the laws of nature (and subsequently ruin them), this week we're going to share at least five abominations each day that we've concocted in Spore Creature Creator. You can keep track of this writers' progress via this Spore profile page.
Gamernode reports: "Brendon has rigged up a live stream of his experience with the early version of EA's Spore Creature Creator. He's in there making stuff now, so I'm going to quit my commentary and get to posting. Enjoy!"
In a UK only offer, those who both pre-order Spore and buy the Creature Creator on July 17th will have the cost of the initial package removed from the full price of the game
MCV: As a major celebrity's son or daughter, you're due a few more perks than your average playground dweller.
Days before the Spore Creature Creator arrives, publisher Electronic Arts has released the system requirements for EA Maxis' galaxy-spanning evolution simulator Spore. The full version of Spore is slated to arrive on PC and Mac September 7, with a Nintendo DS edition, titled Spore Creatures, hitting on the same day.
TVGB: "The stage begins with your tribe being the first on their planet to discover tools. With these tools you can pick fruit or go on a hunt with your fellow tribesmen and, while you're at it, you can also capture and ultimately domesticate animals."
The Spore team has lifted the lid on what it's calling the Creature Stage, which is the second stage in the Spore universe. See the screens here.Straight from the team: "You begin Creature Stage as a simple organism which has just sprouted legs and wandered onto land for the first time."This stage takes place on a 3D world filled with lush plant life and life forms of all shapes and sizes. Gather DNA points as you interact ...
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GP writes: "Hotly-anticipated PC titles Spore and Mass Effect will be among the first wave of PC games from EA to employ a controversial form of copy protection."
EA and Maxis today announced that a free downloadable demo and a complete retail version of the Spore Creature Creator will be available worldwide from June 17, 2008.
EA and Maxis have confirmed that the Spore Creature Creator will launch worldwide on June 17. It'll be available for download in demo form, or there'll be a full-fat version at retail."The Spore Creature Creator," says EA, "gives Spore fans, and those who are creatively curious, the first hands-on opportunity to design their own species and share it with their friends."All creatures designed with the Spore Creature Creator can ...
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We've known for a while that EA and Maxis plan to unleash the Spore Creature Creator as a separate product before the full game ships, and now eyes are turned to June for its release.This has come off the back of an interview with Maxis VP of marketing Patrick Buechner conducted by IGN, in which he's asked if the Spore Creature Creator will be included in "The SimCity Box" which launches in the States that month. ...
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Maxis marketing VP Patrick Buechner said that a trial version of the creator creator in the company's upcoming life sim Spore will hit PCs this June, The Creature Creator will allow gamers to get a head start in crafting the unique alien species for use in the title, which is currently slated for a September release.
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IGN writes: "Caryl Shaw's vast experience managing the user-generated content in Maxis' The Sims serves her well in her new role as the head architect behind the sharing of user-created content in Spore. She shared her views in a recent session that made us even more intrigued by the idea that players, not developers, can be in charge of the actual creatures, structures and vehicles found throughout the game. Of course, that's a tall order and one that presents many potential complications, but Caryl outlined her ideas for the system very convincingly."
GamesIndustry.biz's Phil Elliott writes: Although most people seem to agree that there's a healthy anticipation building around the forthcoming Will Wright project, Spore, there's also some feeling that its publisher Electronic Arts must manage expectation about its performance and appeal.