Spore
Creator tools startup Spore raises $1M to build closer bonds between influencers and their fans
Few spaces have grown hotter in the past year than the creator economy has, but for all of the new tools available to those starting a podcast, newsletter or storefront, most players have been more fo
EA's Spore Evolves Once More, Launches On Facebook
<a href="http://apps.facebook.com/sporeislands"><img src="http://tctechcrunch.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/sporeislands-215x87.png" width="215" height="87" /></a>Electronic Arts has brought its very po
Oh dear: There will be a movie based on the game Spore
<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/sporemovie.jpg" />Here's the latest movie based on a video game that's sure to be horrendous: <i>Spore</i> will be turned into a movie, l
EA announces further plans to milk Spore dry
<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/media.jpg" alt="media" title="media" width="500" height="372" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-67450" />Remember when we were all ex
EA to release games on Valve's Steam completely free of DRM
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Not only are EA games going to be released on Steam henceforth—in and of itself a big deal—but the games will be <a H
Two lawsuits against EA, one might have merit
Poor, wretched EA. First they have to make 600 staff walk the plank, and now they’re being sued all over the place. There are a lot of hackles raised by SecuROM’s secondary effects, like d
Harry Connick, Jr. on Spore
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izhy_UkAsWg&w=560&h=461] Conan O’Brien You’re going to get mad and throw the joystick panel. It’s going to rap around and go…
Spore now has cuboid planets – just like real life
Will Wright expressed some regret that Spore turned out to be less simulation than toybox. His original vision was less cutesy and more scientifically accurate (it’s been accused of covertly app
Will Wright says he should have been more involved in DRM planning for Spore
Will Wright, the brains behind Spore, Civilization and The Sims, finally spoke his mind yesterday about the now infamous Spore-DRM brouhaha. It’s a strange reaction, I think. It [the DRM] was so
EA's CEO on Spore: I hate DRM but it's here to stay
It’s hard to exaggerate just how much EA’s CEO, John Riccitiello, misses the point here. I personally don’t like DRM. It interrupts the user experience. We would like to get around t
Spore expansion set for November; let the chiseling begin
As visionary as Will Wright is, I think Spore has been compromised by his commercial sensibilities — or those of Maxis’ marketers. An interesting article in this month’s Seed suggest
EA doesn't think BitTorrent downloads of Spore mean lost sales
Plenty of people have downloaded Spore using BitTorrent, but EA doesn’t seem too concerned. Because on Earth 2, where EA is apparently based, people downloading torrents of the game doesn’
You engineering skill has increased by one point: StarCraft re-created in Spore
Spore! StarCraft! Korea! It’s a triforce of fun! As you might have already guessed by glancing at that photo, some enterprising folks have re-created vehicles from the hit game StarCraft in Spor
EA facing class action lawsuit over Spore DRM
And now Electronic Arts has a class action lawsuit on its hands. Hell hath no fury like Spore fans scorned. The publisher is accused of violating two laws relating to the game’s DRM. The suit cl
EA to address Spore’s DRM concerns
In light of thousands upon thousands of irate DRM-hating gamers, Electronic Arts has announced that it’ll be issuing a patch to the game that’ll allow people to de-authorize certain computers. Cur
Spore And The Great DRM Backlash
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/binary_koala/2842003002/"><img src="https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/spore-screen.jpg" alt="" title="spore-screen" /></a>If we can learn anything
Anti-Spore Web site calls the game an attack on Christianity for teaching evolution
I’m starting to think this anti-Spore site is merely a prank. It’s worded too perfectly to be On The Real™. Right, so even though Spore has been favorably reviewed (despite the DRM upro
Spore incompatible with older MacBooks
Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but if your MacBook is equipped with an Intel GMA 950 graphics chipset then you’re SOL. If you’re unsure then go to “About This Mac” and trickle down to the
‘Spore’ gets walloped on Amazon thanks to DRM
How about that? It seems that people don’t like DRM. The highly-anticipated “Spore” has been released to a mob of angry customers, thanks to digital rights management that basically limits the g
Spore cracked, already all over BitTorrent
Will Wright’s Spore officially comes out on Tuesday, and it’s already raking in the positive press. But perhaps you want to play the game this weekend, what do you do then? You turn to Bit