GameSpot may receive revenue from affiliate and advertising partnerships for sharing this content and from purchases through links. Darkspore is the next game from EA’s Emeryville-based Maxis studio, ...

Spore is an amazing creative experience diluted by a broad gameplay focus. Darkspore has one focus: Building a better killing machine. I took my monster squad to task in story mode and ...

A few weeks ago, I had a chance to play some player-versus-player (PvP) combat in EA and Maxis' Darkspore. PvP combat will take place in arenas and Maxis will offer matchmaking, player rating, and ...

REDWOOD CITY – Will Wright's out-of-the-box Spore is now the inspiration for a more traditional game experience. At a media event Tuesday morning, Electronic Arts unveiled the next game from Maxis, ...

The open beta client for Darkspore is now available for download, and the beta test will run until the April 22. The retail release is set to follow on the 26th. Darkspore is a multiplayer action RPG ...

Electronic Arts is giving us an advanced look at how cooperative play is going to work in upcoming action role-playing game Darkspore. The four-player coop mode felt a lot like cooping through the old ...

From SimCity through the development of the best-selling The Sims, Maxis has been a hugely influential development studio and has owned the simulation genre. In 2008, the company released Spore, which ...

GameSpot may receive revenue from affiliate and advertising partnerships for sharing this content and from purchases through links. For years, we waited for Spore–the next (and as it turned out, the ...

When EA announced Darkspore earlier this summer, the fusion between Spore’s character customization and a Diablo-esque RPG set in space makes for an interesting set-up. Last night, we had the chance ...

Maxis and EA just revealed Darkspore, an new sci-fi RPG that utilizes the creature creator technology from Spore to craft your fighter. Darkspore should be available in February 2011. Darkspore will ...

This week I was selected to come down to the EA Maxis studio in California to take a look at their forthcoming game, Darkspore. Originally, I was hesitant about the trip. I haven't been terribly ...