Forum: Spore News

A new Spore Challenge has appeared!* This time, more than likely it’ll have a lot more entries because of the fact that the Maxis team has announced that the winners may be featured as NPC’s in their upcoming DarkSpore game!* Sounds great to me, read the details from MaxisCactus and decide if you’d...

EA has publishes 9 new screens for DarkSpore.* I have FileFront to thank for providing these. http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4101/4906167878_670c257dfc_m.jpg http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4082/4905580517_d74b37d41d_m.jpg http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4136/4906168010_82533b2eb3_m.jpg...

A new preview for Maxis’ DarkSpore, this time from GameSpot.* Thanks to reader Mirco.M for the link! The area we were placed in was called Cryos, a planet with floating ice fields over plasma. Before visiting any new planet, you’ll be able to check out what kind of non-player characters are...

During their trip to EA last month to check out The Sims Medieval, Sims 3 Nieuws was also granted a special preview of Maxis’ next game in the Spore franchise, DarkSpore.* They have brought back their report on the game, you can read the full article here. The true reason for naming this game ...

The Maxis Team has released a few images of their character concept art for DarkSpore that were shown during their panel at ComicCon 2010.* They claimed that since they were already shown, they’d figured they would release the actual images for fans to enjoy. ...

While surfing the DarkSpore forum, I came across arecent post by MaxisDave, one of the three graphics engineers on DarkSpore.* He took a little time to share with us the rendering behind the game – specifically the lighting elements that will make up our battlefield on the various planets.* So take...

So all of the template challenges held in the past year actually served a purpose – to help feed the NPC’s for Maxis’ newest game, DarkSpore.* MaxisCactus gave us an inside look of the process of importing the latest Spore template challenge, the Space Barracuda, into DarkSpore for our characters...

A* recent post emerged over at the official DarkSpore forums with DarkSpore Level Designer MaxisMaverick sharing some insight on the level design.* Jump over to the thread or you can read what he had to say below: No doubt you look forward to making your creatures cool. When I played Spore I...

The San Diego Daily Transcript crew caught up with Paul Sottosanti, a system designer for Maxis, to divulge some more information about their upcoming game, DarkSpore.* Have a watch after the jump! jump

GameSpot has added Maxis’ panel on DarkSpore from the 2010 Comic Con event.* If you didn’t get a chance to watch it live, now is a great time to catch up!* They show off new gameplay and of course, shares with us new information.* Looks like fun!* Thanks to Thomas for sharing this link with me!

The basic gameplay is a sci-fi action-RPG, but players will have to focus on acquiring a stable of new creatures, and then implementing squad-based tactics in the way they use them. As with other action-RPGs, boss battles, loot collection, and co-op play will also play a role. Carrington,...

While Spore allowed you to make creatures completely from scratch, in Darkspore you’re provided detailed hero models that act as a foundation for customization. In the revamped Creature Editor, you’ll still be able to change the hands and feet and scale them. You can also apply colors and ...

I love the fact that the DarkSpore developers are so willing in sharing with us their developer secrets!* I wish more studios would follow suit!* Source is from the DarkSpore forums and brought to you by MaxisAlex. MaxisAlex here, one of the gameplay engineers on Darkspore. I wrote this...

The following was posted by DarkSpore community manager MaxisCactus.* In the following text, she explains how you can participate in upcoming Spore contests in which winning creations may be featured as NPC’s for the upcoming game! On the Spore forum, many of our Spore players have participated...

It appears the folks over at Maxis is having a little fun with the fans by creating an ARG to help with the promotion of DarkSpore.* ARG, or Alternate Reality Game is a type of game that contains puzzles in which people have to find various clues to help them proceed.* It’s a little difficult for...

Over at the DarkSpore forums, member RoxasXiii raised an important question about the camera controls for Maxis’ newest entry in the Spore franchise – camera controls.* During the gameplay video, we saw that the camera appeared to be fixed – similar to that of Diablo 2.* Roxas wanted to know if we...

If you head on over to IGN you can catch a podcast with Lucy Bradshaw as a guest.* During the discussion, she talks about the pressures of working at Maxis, what it was like working with Will Wright, and the latest game coming from their studio, DarkSpore. Listen

The look of the game is not quite as cute or young as Spore, but it definitely isn’t as dark as a series like Diablo. It should appeal to gamers of all ages, but the characters themselves will most likely skew a bit younger. Controlling a squad of heroes representing different powers and...

<div style="width: 480px;"> Discover the many combinations of battle abilities of the creatures of Darkspore with Gameplay Engineer Lauren McHugh.

Over at the DarkSpore forums, I caught a post by the game’s team member ‘MaxisMikella’ sharing new information about how the online gameplay will span out: I noticed you guys were wondering about our online features so I want to tell you more about them. Darkspore is a client/server online...

In the following preview, or to be more precise, interview, GameSpy caught up with Ryan Scott, Executive Editor of DarkSpore to toss a couple of questions about Maxis’ upcoming game: Eric Neigher, Contributing Editor: OK, so I’ll be completely honest: I have no friggin’ idea what this game is....

For those wondering, yes, DarkSpore is coming to Mac. http://www.simprograms.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif While you can play alone, cooperative multiplayer is most definitely a highlight of the game for social gamers. You can join with up to three others, advancing more...

In Darkspore, you’re a wanted man, but you’re also the god of heroes. You’re Rip Van Winkle gone exponential – you’ve been snoozing for 1,000 years. Now you’re awake, powerfully reanimated, and you have the daunting but compelling task of creating a squad of heroes to stick it to the jerks of...

Sure, we’re a long ways off (Feb. 2011 is the estimated date of release), but GameStop wants to make sure you’ll pre-order from them! http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4136/4815511632_f07b14b0f7.jpg