The Coshocton Cherokees went 1-1 Saturday in the Roth/Gardner Memorial Tournament, ensuring a spot in today’s semifinals against Wayne County while Tuscarawas County will be in a play-in game this afternoon with hopes of advancing to the semifinals. [Link]
Welcome back to PC World's weekly celebration of slack. For this installment, I stand in line and wait patiently for the next summer blockbuster ... and later, I get infected with love for EA's Spore. [Link]
Spore’s population of creatures continues to steadily rise since the game’s Creature Creator was released just a few weeks ago. We’ve already taken a look at how freaky Pokemon invaded Spore . But today it’s all about Mario. [Link]
Like The Sims before it, the game Spore could be the catalyst for getting people who don't normally play video games to get out and play video games. [Link]
CNET News Korea ELectronics Technology Institute CNET News, CA - Jul 3, 2008 EA just released some of the first detailed images and video from the game's tribal phase. With Electronic Arts ' much-anticipated evolution game , Spore , ... [Link]
Kevin Rose, Mark Cuban, Craig Newmark Get Makeovers For EA's Spore Silicon Alley Insider, NY - Jul 3, 2008 Spore , Electronic Arts ' (ERTS) long-anticipated God game that arrives in September, could be a big hit for EA . In the meantime, it's getting a lot of play ... [Link]
Electronic Arts expands its casual game line-up VentureBeat, CA - Jul 2, 2008 “ Spore ” was also on display at the event as a PC game and as a mobile game , which shows that EA is positioning this game as something that the mass market ... [Link]
abstract expressionist art, CNET News, CA - Jul 2, 2008 EA just released some of the first detailed images and video from the game's tribal phase. With Electronic Arts ' much-anticipated evolution game , Spore , ... [Link]
MTV.com ‘ Spore ’ Impressions Breakthrough: It’s A Game After All MTV.com - Jul 1, 2008 Then I got my hands on a copy of the game at EA ’s Los Angeles headquarters a couple of weeks ago and — finally — found what I was looking for. “ Spore ” ... Digital Download: You're the ... [Link]
Former EA exec jumps ship to iPhone games startup Pocket Gamer, UK - Jul 1, 2008 by Stuart Dredge Neil Young has been one of EA's executive big-hitters, overseeing console/PC games including The Sims 2 and Spore . ... [Link]
The NPD Group has released US PC software sales data for the week ending June 21, with EA's Spore Creature Creator coming out on top. Maxis reported that one million Spore creatures were created and shared during the stand-alone program's first week of availability. [Link]
IntoMobile EA star leaves to start iPhone games company, Ngmoco VentureBeat, CA - Jun 30, 2008 He was the executive in charge of EA ’s most important upcoming title, “ Spore .” He gave it up a couple of weeks ago to start his own game company in San ... EA Games exec leaves to start iPhone ... [Link]
Game Guru EA to offer Spore Galactic Edition Macworld, CA - Jun 25, 2008 by Peter Cohen, Macworld.com Electronic Arts ( EA ) will offer a special version of Spore , the forthcoming game from Maxis designed by Sim City and The Sims ... Spore video game spawns explicit 'sporn' NEWS.com.au EA ... [Link]
Pro gaming finds new viewers; fans rush to ' Spore ' The Associated Press - Jun 23, 2008 7, when his new game , the universe simulator " Spore ," finally arrives. Publisher Electronic Arts gave fans a taste of the game last week, ... [Link]
eFluxMedia Free EA software release spawns 'sporn' MSNBC - Jun 20, 2008 “‘ Spore ’ is a great creative tool with parental controls that allow users to flag objectionable content and keep it out of their game . ... Mac Games : Electronic Arts releases Spore Creature Creator for Macs ... [Link]
Will Wright provides a great introduction to the concepts of Spore gameplay and creature creation on live TV during G4TV’s live Spore demo at the E3 2006. There is no discussion of Spore hardware requirements, but it’s obvious from the video that it’s going to be high.
Spore creator Will Wright and music director Brian Eno show off and explain the Spore Metaverse and Eno’s procedural soundtrack at the Long Now Foundation. Check out how well the generative soundtrack matches the gameplay!
A recent post on VideoGamesBlogger.com hints at a significant delay in the Spore release date by not including Spore in their planning for this fiscal year which ends in March 2008.
Does this really mean Spore won’t be released until at least April ‘08? If so, it’s more likely to be released just in time for the holiday shopping season which, if true, could mean another 15-16 months at least before we can play! Say it ain’t so, Wil!