en-gb Copyright 2005-2006 The Spore Zone, www.thesporezone.co.uk webmaster@thesporezone.co.uk 15 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.thesporezone.co.uk/images/button.gif http://www.thesporezone.co.uk 88 31 The Spore Zone Tue, 13 May 2008 23:11:35 GMT The latest news about Spore from The Spore Zone! http://www.thesporezone.co.uk http://www.thesporezone.co.uk/news/archive.php?ID=89 http://www.thesporezone.co.uk/news/archive.php?ID=89 http://www.thesporezone.co.uk/news/archive.php?ID=89#comments cheetah@thesporezone.co.uk (ChEeTaH) Mon, 05 May 2008 01:11:35 EA has announced recently that the Creature Creator will be released 17 June, over 2 months before Spore itself is released. The creator will have all features of the full game, and creatures created with it can be used in the full game as well... http://www.thesporezone.co.uk/news/archive.php?ID=88 http://www.thesporezone.co.uk/news/archive.php?ID=88 http://www.thesporezone.co.uk/news/archive.php?ID=88#comments cheetah@thesporezone.co.uk (ChEeTaH) Mon, 25 Feb 2008 03:11:42 Earlier this month The Spore Zone was invited to come over to the EA UK headquarters in Chertsey to take a look at Spore... http://www.thesporezone.co.uk/news/archive.php?ID=87 http://www.thesporezone.co.uk/news/archive.php?ID=87 http://www.thesporezone.co.uk/news/archive.php?ID=87#comments cheetah@thesporezone.co.uk (ChEeTaH) Wed, 13 Feb 2008 21:39:21 EA has finally announced what will be the date when Spore will be released: 7 September 2008. It'll be out worldwide that weekend. Some countries may already receive the game in the days before the seventh... http://www.thesporezone.co.uk/news/archive.php?ID=86 http://www.thesporezone.co.uk/news/archive.php?ID=86 http://www.thesporezone.co.uk/news/archive.php?ID=86#comments cheetah@thesporezone.co.uk (ChEeTaH) Wed, 13 Feb 2008 21:32:55 Over the past couple of days The Spore Zone has experienced some downtime. The site is now back and should remain online properly from now on again. The server this site runs on has been hacked due to a security hole in PHP 4... http://www.thesporezone.co.uk/news/archive.php?ID=85 http://www.thesporezone.co.uk/news/archive.php?ID=85 http://www.thesporezone.co.uk/news/archive.php?ID=85#comments cheetah@thesporezone.co.uk (ChEeTaH) Thu, 07 Feb 2008 13:36:26 It's been a long time since we've updated, but we're starting up again as Spore gets more attention as well... http://www.thesporezone.co.uk/news/archive.php?ID=84 http://www.thesporezone.co.uk/news/archive.php?ID=84 http://www.thesporezone.co.uk/news/archive.php?ID=84#comments cheetah@thesporezone.co.uk (ChEeTaH) Fri, 04 Aug 2006 00:00:18 As some of you might have noticed the past two days, there has been some downtime of this website. That's because the site has been transferred to a new, more powerful server in Germany... http://www.thesporezone.co.uk/news/archive.php?ID=83 http://www.thesporezone.co.uk/news/archive.php?ID=83 http://www.thesporezone.co.uk/news/archive.php?ID=83#comments cheetah@thesporezone.co.uk (ChEeTaH) Wed, 07 Jun 2006 22:52:24 Well after the Game Developers Conference a couple of months ago, website Gamasutra has posted a podcast about Spore. Caryl Shaw, producer for the game, talks about pollinated content, and building a community around it... http://www.thesporezone.co.uk/news/archive.php?ID=82 http://www.thesporezone.co.uk/news/archive.php?ID=82 http://www.thesporezone.co.uk/news/archive.php?ID=82#comments cheetah@thesporezone.co.uk (ChEeTaH) Wed, 07 Jun 2006 22:43:34 The Dutch gaming magazine Power Unlimited has published an interview with Will Wright on their website. In the interview Will comments on a few things about Spore. For example, you can stay in any stage of the game as long as you wish... http://www.thesporezone.co.uk/news/archive.php?ID=81 http://www.thesporezone.co.uk/news/archive.php?ID=81 http://www.thesporezone.co.uk/news/archive.php?ID=81#comments cheetah@thesporezone.co.uk (ChEeTaH) Wed, 07 Jun 2006 22:33:57 Recently the Wall Street Journal published an article about Will Wright and his games. Although it's a lot about the history of Maxis and games like The Sims, Spore is also briefly mentioned as being the biggest game launch of 2007 for EA... http://www.thesporezone.co.uk/news/archive.php?ID=80 http://www.thesporezone.co.uk/news/archive.php?ID=80 http://www.thesporezone.co.uk/news/archive.php?ID=80#comments cheetah@thesporezone.co.uk (ChEeTaH) Wed, 07 Jun 2006 22:14:33 That Spore is revolutionary in the gaming industry, is hardly any news at all. The way the game works, as well as the way it's being developed, is different from anything that's been seen before... http://www.thesporezone.co.uk/news/archive.php?ID=79 http://www.thesporezone.co.uk/news/archive.php?ID=79 http://www.thesporezone.co.uk/news/archive.php?ID=79#comments cheetah@thesporezone.co.uk (ChEeTaH) Wed, 07 Jun 2006 01:04:03 Just like last year Spore got nominated for several E3 awards - both the official ones as well as those from many gaming sites... http://www.thesporezone.co.uk/news/archive.php?ID=78 http://www.thesporezone.co.uk/news/archive.php?ID=78 http://www.thesporezone.co.uk/news/archive.php?ID=78#comments cheetah@thesporezone.co.uk (ChEeTaH) Wed, 07 Jun 2006 00:07:46 Many people have taken a look at Spore during the E3 2006, and as a result there are many previews of the game all over the net... http://www.thesporezone.co.uk/news/archive.php?ID=77 http://www.thesporezone.co.uk/news/archive.php?ID=77 http://www.thesporezone.co.uk/news/archive.php?ID=77#comments cheetah@thesporezone.co.uk (ChEeTaH) Tue, 06 Jun 2006 23:36:20 Apologies for the lack of updates recently, but we'll be catching up with all the (post) E3 news asap. During the E3 last month, Robin Williams was invited to play Spore at the Wired Mag party. Three sites have covered the happening... http://www.thesporezone.co.uk/news/archive.php?ID=76 http://www.thesporezone.co.uk/news/archive.php?ID=76 http://www.thesporezone.co.uk/news/archive.php?ID=76#comments cheetah@thesporezone.co.uk (ChEeTaH) Sat, 13 May 2006 21:16:26 Like all major gaming sites GameSpy too has covered Spore extensively. Not only with a three page preview and a bunch of screenshots, but also by a breakfast chat with Will Wright, the designer of Spore... http://www.thesporezone.co.uk/news/archive.php?ID=75 http://www.thesporezone.co.uk/news/archive.php?ID=75 http://www.thesporezone.co.uk/news/archive.php?ID=75#comments cheetah@thesporezone.co.uk (ChEeTaH) Fri, 12 May 2006 11:19:00 Just like IGN gaming site GameSpot has taken a look at Spore at the E3 show in Los Angeles. They've posted two articles to start with, one with some updated impressions and a smaller one solely about the creature editor. ... http://www.thesporezone.co.uk/news/archive.php?ID=74 http://www.thesporezone.co.uk/news/archive.php?ID=74 http://www.thesporezone.co.uk/news/archive.php?ID=74#comments cheetah@thesporezone.co.uk (ChEeTaH) Fri, 12 May 2006 10:45:48 Several major gaming sites have covered Spore for the past two days of E3 2006 in Los Angeles, California. First of all there was IGN, which has posted both a preview and a video of Will Wright's demonstration (which was open to anyone on the show). ... http://www.thesporezone.co.uk/news/archive.php?ID=73 http://www.thesporezone.co.uk/news/archive.php?ID=73 http://www.thesporezone.co.uk/news/archive.php?ID=73#comments cheetah@thesporezone.co.uk (ChEeTaH) Fri, 12 May 2006 09:57:00 The online version of USA Today has posted a small article about Spore, in which Will Wright talks about how players should be able to create things that looks like it could be from Pixar... http://www.thesporezone.co.uk/news/archive.php?ID=72 http://www.thesporezone.co.uk/news/archive.php?ID=72 http://www.thesporezone.co.uk/news/archive.php?ID=72#comments cheetah@thesporezone.co.uk (ChEeTaH) Thu, 11 May 2006 00:03:05 The official website for Spore, spore. ea. com, has been completely revamped for the E3 2006 today. It has new movies and screenshots posted on it. More details will follow later, with new information, pictures and more exclusively from the E3... http://www.thesporezone.co.uk/news/archive.php?ID=71 http://www.thesporezone.co.uk/news/archive.php?ID=71 http://www.thesporezone.co.uk/news/archive.php?ID=71#comments cheetah@thesporezone.co.uk (ChEeTaH) Mon, 08 May 2006 13:18:22 On the video sharing site YouTube a new video has been spotted, which is rumoured to be an E3 trailer... http://www.thesporezone.co.uk/news/archive.php?ID=70 http://www.thesporezone.co.uk/news/archive.php?ID=70 http://www.thesporezone.co.uk/news/archive.php?ID=70#comments cheetah@thesporezone.co.uk (ChEeTaH) Mon, 08 May 2006 13:13:26 We've just affiliated with another Spore fansite: Spore Central is a veteran Maxis fan-site, which started as just SimCity Central. They also cover Spore extensively now, with all the latest news and info... http://www.thesporezone.co.uk/news/archive.php?ID=69 http://www.thesporezone.co.uk/news/archive.php?ID=69 http://www.thesporezone.co.uk/news/archive.php?ID=69#comments cheetah@thesporezone.co.uk (ChEeTaH) Sun, 07 May 2006 01:08:33 Two days ago Electronic Arts revealed there E3 line-up for the show next week. In the press release it's said that Spore will be shown behind closed doors to press and professionals only... http://www.thesporezone.co.uk/news/archive.php?ID=68 http://www.thesporezone.co.uk/news/archive.php?ID=68 http://www.thesporezone.co.uk/news/archive.php?ID=68#comments cheetah@thesporezone.co.uk (ChEeTaH) Sun, 07 May 2006 01:07:34 1Up has posted a new preview of Spore, in which they talk to Will Wright and executive producer Lucy Bradshaw. It's also a small preview of what is written in the June issue of Computer Gaming World... http://www.thesporezone.co.uk/news/archive.php?ID=67 http://www.thesporezone.co.uk/news/archive.php?ID=67 http://www.thesporezone.co.uk/news/archive.php?ID=67#comments cheetah@thesporezone.co.uk (ChEeTaH) Sat, 06 May 2006 23:57:31 Gaming site Gamasutra has published an article, in which they say that Spore is not being released in EA's current fiscal year ("2007"), meaning the game won't be out until at least April 2007... http://www.thesporezone.co.uk/news/archive.php?ID=66 http://www.thesporezone.co.uk/news/archive.php?ID=66 http://www.thesporezone.co.uk/news/archive.php?ID=66#comments cheetah@thesporezone.co.uk (ChEeTaH) Sat, 06 May 2006 23:47:46 With the E3 just around the corner the amount of coverage of Spore is picking up a bit. The magazine Computer Gaming World has a 10-page coverage of the game, which is including a couple of pages of art and photos... http://www.thesporezone.co.uk/news/archive.php?ID=65 http://www.thesporezone.co.uk/news/archive.php?ID=65 http://www.thesporezone.co.uk/news/archive.php?ID=65#comments cheetah@thesporezone.co.uk (ChEeTaH) Sat, 06 May 2006 23:27:26 The Game Developers Conference is long over and the E3 is just around the corner, but still there is news from the GDC. Quite a bit of media regarding Spore has been published...