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I Don’t Want To Come In, I Just Want To Ring This Doorbell

Matt Buchanan — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 04:20:00 +0000

*Ring* *Ring* *Ring* *Ring* “What?!” “Oh sorry, I can’t stop pushing your Spore doorbell.” *Ring* “I’m calling the cops.” *Ring*

[Spore Doorbells via Apartment Therapy]

Dealzmodo: Get A Free Copy Of Spore When You Subscribe To Popular Science

Nick Broughall — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 00:00:57 +0000

It’s simple mathematics people: A copy of PopSci costs $8.95 on the newstand. A 12 month subscription costs $84.95, which works out at a saving of $22.45 over a year. A copy of Spore will set you back about $90. Which means that if you subscribe to PopSci this month, you’ll end up getting $112.45 worth of free stuff for your 85 bucks.

Not only that, but you can enter the mag’s other competitions, which include the chance to win a $900 Blu-ray pack, a $900 Tamron lens and a $140 STM bag. That’s a lot of value for your purchase, right there.

The timeframe for the free Spore giveaway probably ends fairly soon, so you should get subscribing sooner rather than later…

[PopSci]

I’m A PC, and Apparently I Need Lots of Antivirus Software

Gizmodo US Edition — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 19:45:00 +0000

Our sister site Kotaku posted the NPD’s PC software sales charts for the month of September, and it’s pretty interesting to see how mega-games like Spore measure up to less-exciting products like Microsoft Office. Spore may have nabbed the top spot, but MS Office 2007 grabs two spots, and despite its early troubles, MobileMe sneaks onto the list at number 19. What’s most interesting is that antivirus and anti-spyware software take a whopping 9 out of the top 20 spaces. Looks like digital security is the hot buy of the season. [Kotaku]

The Week in iPhone Apps: Games, File Sharing, and More Games

John Mahoney — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 21:00:00 +0000

At the Let’s Rock event this week, Apple pushed the new iPod touch hard (and iPhone too, obviously) as a viable gaming platform. Steve even went so far as to call it the best portable gaming platform out there. Strong words for DS and PSP fans, but the crop of games popping up in the App Store continues to build steam. This week we’ll take a look at games both current and upcoming, as well as some other standout favourites as always. Shall we?

Spore Origins For iPhone: Now Available

John Mahoney — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 21:52:11 +0000

We showed you our hands-on of Spore Origins for iPhone last week, and despite some release-date wavering, it did in fact make it to the App Store today on schedule. It’s US$10. [App Store]

EA Announces SimCity and the Sims 3 for the iPhone: Spore Coming on September 7th

Sean Fallon — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 22:16:00 +0000

EA has announced that nine new titles are currently in development for the iPhone: Yahtzee Adventures, EA Mini Golf, Lemonade Tycoon, Mahjong, Monopoly: Here & Now The World Edition, SimCity, Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 09, Need for Speed Undercover, and The Sims 3. Many of these titles have been mentioned before, but I was pretty pumped to hear about SImCity and the Sims 3 being added to the list. EA has also revealed that they are shooting to release Spore Origins on September 7th—the same day it is released on the Mac and PC. Hit the jump for some new Spore screenshots and the official press release.

EA’S SPORE ORIGINS OOZES ONTO THE IPHONE

EA Mobile Announces More iPhone Games in Development: MONOPOLY, Tiger Woods PGA TOUR

and Need for Speed Undercover

LOS ANGELES, Calif., – September 5, 2008 – EA Mobile™, a division of Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ:ERTS), today announced that Spore™ Origins, an original game for the iPhone™ and iPod™ touch, will be available later this month. The game takes full advantage of the devices’ built-in accelerometer as players tilt, turn and twist their way through a world made of primordial ooze. In conjunction with the launch of Spore Origins, EA Mobile also announces a list of nine games in development for both the iPhone and iPod Touch platforms.

Eat-or-be-eaten in Spore Origins! Designed exclusively for the iPhone and iPod touch, Spore Origins uses the platforms’ motion-sensing technology to let gamers navigate a primordial tidepool on a quest to evolve. Feast on the weak and flee from the strong through two exciting modes and 35 challenging levels. Pinch, pull, and poke your creation in the Creature Editor, customising the texture, shape and body parts to improve your offence, defence, perception and movement as you evolve over millions of years.

“The iPhone and iPod touch are the perfect platforms for a game like Spore Origins,” said Travis Boatman, Vice President Worldwide Studios at EA Mobile. “Fans of the game can customise their own creatures, and then dive into exploring the ooze-filled environments by rotating the device for an experience that is truly unique to these devices. EA is excited about extending the Spore franchise across several mobile platforms including the iPhone, iPod touch, iPod as well as regular mobile phones.”

EA Mobile today also announced nine titles in development for the iPhone and iPod touch, pending regional availability. This list includes YAHTZEE Adventures, EA Mini Golf, Lemonade Tycoon™, Mahjong, MONOPOLY: Here & Now The World Edition, SimCity, Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 09, Need for Speed™ Undercover, and The Sims™ 3.

Dealzmodo: Spore Creature Creator Free With East Coast Saturday Papers

Nick Broughall — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 01:42:54 +0000

Kotaku AU had this nugget on Monday, but I was too busy playing with my iPhone to notice – If you happen to live on the east coast of Australia, you may want to pick up a copy of either The Daily Telegraph, The Herald Sun or The Courier Mail this Saturday – you’ll be pleasantly surprised by the inclusion of a free copy of the full-version Spore Creature Creator.

Considering that EA chose not to allow Australians to buy the full version (unless they went to the New Zealand store), this is a pretty good deal.

Unless you live anywhere other than t he east coast, of course. If you’re out west – tough luck, I’m afraid.

[The Daily Telegraph, via Kotaku]

Jar Jar Gives You Another Reason for Spore, iPhone 2.0 Excitement

Gizmodo US Edition — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 10:17:00 +0000

If getting Spore in the iPhone wasn’t enough reason to get excited about its potential as a gaming platform (despite the naysayers), someone has created a Spore version of Jar Jar Binks. You know, so you can download it and kill the bastard with your own hands. Again, and again, and again. Now somebody create a George Lucas creature, pronto. [Kezins via The Official Star Wars Blog]

Forbes: iPhone Could Kill the DS (Spore Shows Us Why They’re Wrong)

Matt Buchanan — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 19:30:00 +0000

Forbes is running a frankly bizarre piece that the DS’s greatest threat is the iPhone, because it has “the touch-sensitive screen of a Nintendo DS with the motion sensitivity of the Nintendo Wii” (the writer is absolutely hyped for this combo) and the upcoming App Store will bring in a flood of games. The primary goods he waves at is EA’s Spore. Not only is he wrong on principle–the iPhone really isn’t about games to start, and remember Apple’s most recent gaming rennaissance?–but Spore actually just proves our point.

The DS version of Spore is already a very different, much smaller game than the truly galactic full-scale universe you’re getting on the Mac and PC. It’s like Spore Lite. And the iPhone version is even simpler than that–it’s basically just the “spore” stage of Spore, totally top-down and 2D, extremely simple. In a way, it’s just a glorified version of the mobile phone games that people who’d pick up a DS or real portable gaming system would totally ignore. There’s no crossover or competing audience with the DS version–it’s basically just a distraction, and that’s what most games on the iPhone will be.

Will games on the iPhone be better than most other mobile phone games? Probably. It has the juice, the platform and the controls. But it won’t knock a DS or PSP out of your bag by any means. It’s just not the same space. [Forbes]

iPhone Getting Multitouch Games, Including Spore, Super Monkey Ball

Adam Frucci — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 18:44:17 +0000

I’ve got good news and better news. The good news is that the iPhone is getting multitouch games that use the accelerometer and every bell and whistle of the iPhone for controls. The better news? Developers such as EA and Sega are on board. EA is bringing the insanely anticipated game Spore to it. All 18 levels. Yes, this is real. Oh mercy. Sega is also bringing Super Monkey Ball, and the App Store looks like it’ll have a bunch of casual games available as well.