Maxis Teams with Adult Swim's Robot Chicken Writers to Create
Hysterical Adventures for Spore Galactic Adventures Available at Launch
EMERYVILLE, Calif., May 19, 2009 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- What do planetary rest stops, man cannons, and banana monkey wars all
have in common? They're all elements of Adventures created by the Robot
Chicken writers exclusively for Spore(TM) Galactic Adventures,
the highly-anticipatedexpansion pack for the critically
acclaimed videogame, Spore. Maxis(TM),an Electronic Arts
Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS) studio, today announced that the Adventures created
by writers from this outrageously funny, Emmy award-winning TV show will
be available as free downloadablecontent when the game launches
June 23.
The campaign was conceptualized by Robot Chicken co-creators Seth
Green and Matt Senreich and executed by the writing team including Matt
Beans, Doug Goldstein, Mike Fasolo, Breckin Meyer, Dan Milano, Tom Root,
Kevin Shinick, Hugh Sterbakov and Zeb Wells. With such a unique cast of
imaginative characters, players can expect to experience missions with
exploding poo, angry yetis, ruler yielding librarians and more! Check
out Robot Chicken's exploits as they create Adventures at www.spore.com/wtf.
"We're big fans of Spore, so teaming up on Spore Galactic
Adventures was a natural fit and so much fun for all the guys at Robot
Chicken," said Seth Green, co-creator of Robot Chicken.
Co-creator Matt Senreich continued: "We're all gaming geeks, so when the
Spore guys said they had an alluring proposition for us, how could we
say no? Instead of creating absurd worlds with toys, this gave us the
opportunity to create literally anything we wanted as gamers. Geek
moment. We think that RC fans will love the pretty random and absurd
adventures we created and we can't wait to goof around with the ones the
fans create."
"Gamers and Adult Swim fans alike are going to absolutely love the
hilarity found in the Robot Chicken missions created for Spore
Galactic Adventures," stated Kip Katsarelis, lead producer of Spore
Galactic Adventures. "Our development team had a blast working with
the guys and couldn't stop laughing the entire time we were together.
Their Adventures truly reflect the extent of their wild imaginations as
well as how the in-game Adventure Creator tool can create almost any
type of story imaginable. Players can only guess the level of absurdity
and fun that are in these Adventures."
Spore Galactic Adventures adds a tremendous amount of variety and
fun to the original Spore, allowing players to beam down to
planets, play Maxis-created Adventures and create their own customized
Adventures. Now players can get out of their spaceship and turn their
creatures into legendary space captains, battling epic monsters in
intergalactic arenas and fighting intense planet-side races along the
way. In each mission, players earn experience to rank up their captain,
gain game-changing items and accessories such as a Plasma Pulser and
Swarm Magnet. Once the captains and Adventures are created, players can
share go online to share with friends around the world at www.spore.com.
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. Available in fall
2009, Spore Hero, exclusive to the Wii(TM) and Spore Hero Arena
for the DS, catapult players into the role of a fully-customized hero
creature fighting to save its planet.
To learn more about Spore, Spore Galactic Adventures, Spore
Hero, Spore Hero Arena or to download a free trial of the Spore
Creature Creator, please visit www.spore.com.
For screenshots or press materials about Spore, please visit our
press web site at http://info.ea.com
About Electronic Arts
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leading global interactive entertainment software company. Founded in
1982, the Company develops, publishes, and distributes interactive
software worldwide for video game systems, personal computers, wireless
devices and the Internet. Electronic Arts markets its products under
four brand names: EA SPORTSTM, EATM, EA SPORTS
Freestyle TM and POGOTM. In fiscal 2009, EA posted
GAAP net revenue of $4.2 billion and had 31 titles that sold more than
one million copies. EA's homepage and online game site is www.ea.com.
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