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The Spore team have shared something very special on the Spore website: one of the prototype programs they used to test certain mechanics for use in the game.
Usually these prototypes are never seen by the public, but we thought some of the more intrepid players out there might enjoy playing around with a few of [...]

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Forumer toroca just found out an official trailer for Spore has been released. Check it out!

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We are very very pleased to welcome our senior tech admin sdrawkcab back into our midst. As some of you may know cabbie has been overseas for quite a while. We’re very very pleased he’s back safe and sound!

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About two weeks ago Simphoni reported that Will Wright would give a Spore demo at the Apple Store in San Francisco. Our friends over at Simprograms found a video that covered the event right up to the phrase
No cameras allowed

Cmendel over at Gaming Steve forums analysed the video, and came up with some very interesting [...]

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Electronic Arts has announced a special version of Spore for the “ultimate Spore fan”. According to the press release this limited edition special box will contain the “Making of Spore” DVD, “How to Build a Better Being” DVD from the National Geographic Channel, (NGC) “The Art of Spore” hardback mini-book, a fold-out Spore poster, and [...]

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About a month ago Simphoni reported on the recreation of Colonization, due for release in the fall of 2008. Forumer usman has been very helpful in finding us more information on this exciting remake! He found an article on WorthPlaying, one at Gamespot, and one at 1Up. The last one made me feel particularly old:
Here’s [...]

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You may have noticed activity on the frontpage has gone down a bit over the last two weeks. This is due to real life issues catching up with the people keeping the site up to date. Editor in Chief Gil is on holidays, so he’s not around to kick our behinds into gear either [...]

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For people in the San Francisco Bay Area that don’t yet know what to do Saturday night MaxisCactus may have the perfect idea:

I just wanted to remind those of you who are local to the San Francisco Bay Area that you’re invited to swing by the Apple store’s Spore event this Saturday, June 21st at 7:00pm.  [...]

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Our very own MaxisCactus shows us how to create a Praying Mantis with the Spore Creature Creator in a new video that appeared on Youtube.

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If you have a creature that moves in a way that “just isn’t right’, you can tag it on the Sporepedia to have Maxis take a look at it. MaxisChecker or Chris Hecker writes:
Hi, thanks for getting the word out! I updated my UseMeForMessages guy to be a little more clear about what we’re looking [...]

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