Four Unique Launches Prove That Possibilities in Spore are as
Infinite as the Cosmos
EMERYVILLE, Calif., Jan 22, 2009 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- The Spore franchise is evolving! With more than 65 million pieces
of user-created content shared online, fans from around the globe have
gravitated to the game's powerful creativity-centered experience and
massively single-player content sharing site. This year, the
award-winning Spore franchise continues to evolve as Maxis, an
Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ:ERTS) studio announces four new titles,
each designed to deliver a unique experience to a specific audience; Spore(TM)
Galactic Adventures, Spore(TM) Creature Keeper*, Spore(TM) Hero* and Spore(TM)
Hero Arena*. This roster offers unique gameplay for space hunters,
creature creators and action adventurers, proving that Spore has
something for everyone - gamers, kids and Nintendo fans alike.
"Last year was a very exciting year for Maxis with the release of Spore.
We were overwhelmed by the massive response to the game from the
millions of people that created, shared and played in the Spore
universe," said General Manager of Maxis, Lucy Bradshaw. "This year
we're going to experiment with new experiences that extend the powerful
creativity tools of Spore to all-new audiences. With the universe
as our backdrop, the only limit in the Spore universe is your own
imagination."
The next big bang for Spore on PC comes this spring with the
deeply immersive and customizable expansion pack, Spore Galactic
Adventures. Spore Galactic Adventures adds a tremendous amount of
variety and depth to the original "space game" in Spore, allowing
players to beam down to planets, play mission-based adventures and even
create their own customized adventures for the first time. Each
adventure has a unique reward to upgrade a space creature with special
accessories - from an Energy Blade and Stunning Charm to a Jump Jet and
more. Players can fight their way to victory as a Warrior, dance with
new friends as a Bard, and much more.With an almost unlimited
number of user created adventures, there's more to play than ever
before. The "adventure creator" in Spore Galactic Adventures
gives gamers the tools to make their own missions and share them with
friends via www.spore.com.
Younger Spore fans will have a blast with the SporeCreature
Keeper, a stand-alone PC game that has players nurturing, training
and playing with their own personally-created creature. With lots of
toys, clothes and gizmos to play with, players can pamper their pets to
perfection! With Spore Creature Keeper, fans can play with their
creation alone or have a play-date online for endless creature fun. Spore
Creature Keeper brings all the fun of creature creation to a new
level by adding nurturing, teaching and social components to the
experience.
Spore will make its highly-anticipated debut on the Nintendo Wii
with SporeHero, an all-new adventure game focusing on
creativity and evolution that was built from the ground up for the
unique controls for Wii(TM). Spore Hero takes players on an exciting
adventure through a beautiful, colorful world. Spore Hero Arena for
Nintendo DS(TM) builds on the success of 2008's hit Spore(TM) Creatures
and allows players to create fully-3D Spore creatures and take
them into battle with an array of other creatures across the galaxy. Spore
Hero and Spore Hero Arena offer two all-new Spore
experiences available exclusively for Nintendo platforms this fall.
To learn more about Spore, to download a free trial of the Spore
Creature Creator, or to visit the more than 65 million
player-created creations to date, please visit www.spore.com.
For screen shots or press materials about Spore, please visit our
press web site at http://info.ea.com
* Working title
About Spore
Spore, available for PC and Mac(R),gives players their own
personal universe in a box. Create and evolve life, establish tribes,
build civilizations, sculpt entire worlds and explore a universe filled
with creations made by other gamers. Spore gives players a wealth
of creative tools to customize nearly every aspect of their universe:
creatures, vehicles, buildings, and even spaceships. Spore Creatures,
available on Nintendo DS(TM), takes players on a quest to save their
species and the entire Galaxy. Meet, befriend or fight other creatures
in a number of unique Touch Screen-based activities. For more info,
please visit www.spore.com.
About Electronic Arts
Electronic Arts Inc. (EA), headquartered in Redwood City, California, is
the world's leading interactive entertainment software company. Founded
in 1982, the Company develops, publishes, and distributes interactive
software worldwide for video game systems, personal computers, cellular
handsets and the Internet. Electronic Arts markets its products under
four brand names: EA SPORTSTM, EATM, EA SPORTS
FreestyleTM and POGOTM. In fiscal 2008, EA posted
GAAP net revenue of $3.67 billion and had 27 titles that sold more than
one million copies. EA's homepage and online game site is www.ea.com.
More information about EA's products and full text of press releases can
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EA, EA SPORTS, EA SPORTS Freestyle, POGO, Maxis, and SPORE are
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and/or other countries. Wii and Nintendo DS is a trademark of Nintendo.
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