Probably the year’s most eagerly awaited PC game, Spore arrives from the folks who brought you The Sims series of games. This ambitious new effort, from designer Maxis, allows players to control ...

SAN FRANCISCO — The long-awaited release of Will Wright’s evolution game, Spore, wasn’t the end of the journey. It was just the beginning. At a chic San Francisco art gallery Wednesday ...

The consumer is always right. Electronic Arts Inc., stung by a siege of criticism from gamers who took issue with the copyright restrictions the company placed on its Spore game, issued an apology ...

Game of the year The latest creation from the folks who brought us the Sims is overdue - and truly out of this world. An inside look at Spore, the most hotly anticipated game of 2008.

Both games offer a satisfying A to Z experience, but only Spore looks past humanity. In a world where series like Civilization get a new entry every few years, I want a new Spore for once.

Few games charm as quickly as "Spore." Seconds into the game, you slip into the primordial ooze with your single-cell organism. The creature blinks at you with a now-what helplessness that fosters ...

Here's the happier thing: The Spore Creator, the first bit of public code from the much-anticipated video game Spore, is now available for download. Spore, of course, is Will Wright's next video game.

Another Spore game-changer: Everything players create is transmitted to the game's network, run by publisher Electronic Arts and becomes part of a constantly updated universe.

He admits Spore is a game that deals with intelligent design. He acknowledges the religious component. But he takes pains to point out that it’s a caricature of reality, like all his games.

Spore is a God game, which means you are the one in charge of this fictional world. Spore has a few phases, starting at the beginning with a small organism that must evolve and become intelligent.

— -- The video game Spore begins its life cycle Tuesday. For its first baby step, the game's Spore Creature Creator goes live at www.spore.com. The program, for Windows and Macintosh PCs ...