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Friday 11 March 2005
Spore Info
Written at 23:23 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

Article originally from The Sims Zone

The Game Developers Conference ended with a bang from Will Wright, creator of the Sims and SimCity. There's has been a lot of rumour about his new project, Spore (or SPORE), lately. It's a sim game that allows players to control life in every possible way - "from the Cellular level to the Galactic level." At first you start as a cellular life form, after which you grow to be a more advanced creature. After upgrading the creature's hut, you'll be playing a mini-SimCity, a simplified version of that famous game, in which you manage technology and interact with other cities in the world. Eventually you can even buy a UFO and explore the universe, travel between planets and even star systems. Those can be populated, conquered and observed.

The game will be based on custom content a lot, as the creatures and everything that develops will be based on algorithmic procedures, resulting in a lot of variation. So far real details of the new game aren't available, but it might be that this is the game that will be shown at the E3 this year. Of course we'll keep you updated with any information as we receive it. For now, check out this GameSpot article for more information. Thanks to TheSidDog for the link.

Tuesday 15 March 2005
Spore Info and Images
Written at 13:23 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

Article originally from The Sims Zone

Over the weekend a lot of new Spore information has been posted, and even some pictures taken during the presentation were published. There are several articles at 1Up.com, ShackNews, IGN and GameSpy, after the first info of the presentation came out. All the information comes from Wright's presentation at the Game Developers Conference 2005 in San Francisco. The several stages the game will take the player through are described and named. Look inside for info - and screens.

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Saturday 19 March 2005
Another Spore Article
Written at 01:13 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

Article originally from The Sims Zone

After the lot of info and images we got earlier, another website has now published an article about Will Wright's presentation at the Game Developer's Conference in San Francisco. During that presentation Wright showed Spore, his new game. This article describes the presentation itself a bit more, but there isn't really any new information. Read the article itself for the details and some pictures of the presentation.

Wednesday 30 March 2005
SIMposium Special - Will Wright Interview
Written at 21:45 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

Article originally from The Sims Zone

SIMposium As promised, it's been posted. I have interviewed Will Wright during the SIMposium event at 18 February 2005, and finally the interview you've all been waiting for has been posted. Will Wright, creator of SimCity, The Sims and the upcoming Spore, speaks about The Sims 2, University - the first expansion, and several previous game. Even the Maxis logo is being discussed... Want to know more?

Read the Exclusive Will Wright Interview

Friday 1 April 2005
Spore Pictures
Written at 01:05 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

Article originally from The Sims Zone

After publishing an article about Will Wright's new game, Spore, GameSpy has now added some screenshots to the article. The six of them, of which some might look similar to older pictures, can all be seen below as thumbnails. Click the thumbnails to see slightly larger versions. As before, the quality isn't too great as they are pictures taken with cameras during the presentation. That means they're not live captured, and so may not really represent the actual graphical quality of the game. For more information from GameSpy, check the article itself.

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