Today it was revealed on GameStop, that Spore will be getting a Galactic Edition. “What’s the difference?” you ask. Well aside from the $80 price, gamers will be treated to a “Making of” DVD, a DVD from the National Geographic Channel titled “How to Build a Better Being”, a mini art book, a poster and finally a 100-page “Galactic Handbook”.
Quite the collection for $30 more. If I was super excited about Spore, I’d get this in a heart beat, but I’m not. In all reality, I’ll probably get roped into buying this. It comes out just in time for my girlfriend’s birthday… and she loves Will Wright games.
Read: Spore $80 Edition Announced.
Yesterday Blizzard released patch 1.12 for Diablo II. The patch allows gamers to finally play D2 without having the play CD in the drive. In order to do this, you must have the selected the “full install” option when installing the game. Other issues the patch addresses deals with involve compatibility problems with Intel powered Macs. Patch 1.12 also reset the online rankings.
The internet is ablaze with speculation that this means that Diablo II will be heading to Blizzard’s download store. This may be the case, however Blizzard is notorious for patching their games long after their release date; Case and point Starcraft, which came out in 1998 and was patched as recently as 07.
Read: New Diablo II patch lets you play without disc.
Today Maxis released the Spore Creature Creator trial. Both PC and Mac users can download the 200MB file here, and try their hand at playing God. The full retail version will be available to purchase via the EA store Wednesday, June 18 at 12:00:00 CDT.
For those of you who don’t know: “The Spore Creature Creator lets players create their own creatures, take them on a test drive, snap pictures, and make movies of them. Sharing pictures or videos with friends is as easy as the click of a button. Players can also share their creations with others by uploading to the Sporepedia™ at www.Spore.com.”
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Today Hothead Games announced that the first episode of Penny Arcade Adventures: On The Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness will be available for download May 21. It will be released on Xbox Live, as well as on Steam for Windows, Mac and Linux users.
According to the press release: “On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness is an RPG-Adventure game set in the comic-book-meets-pulp-horror-meets-H.P. Lovecraft deranged 1920s universe of New Arcadia, delivering mature and compelling entertainment to gamers via accessible episodic delivery.”
Sounds pretty cool if you ask me. As someone who enjoys a good bit of Penny Arcade comics, I defiantly will be picking it up.
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Alex “djSilent” Wilcox contributed to this report.
Spore will be released Sep. 7, 2008.
That’s right, kiddies, the brilliant-looking game we saw at E3 oh so long ago just got a release date; it’s slightly over 200 days until you get to play God.
Ever since its inception, Will Wright’s Spore has been setting the Internet ablaze with speculation. Most recently this speculation has been in the form of the ever-so- popular “guess the release date” game. Guess the wait is finally over.
The premise for Spore is that you are creating a life form and similar to the Civilization games you go through the different ages in technology–all the way from the primordial soup to space travel.Spore will be coming out on PC, Mac, Nintendo DS, and mobile phones.
Read: Spore finally evolves to retail Sept 7, 2008.
In 2002, Gas Powered Games released Dungeon Siege, followed in 2005 by Dungeon Siege 2. The 3D fantasy RPGs, for PC and Mac, developed a loyal following and a devoted mod community.
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If you’re too cheap to buy a PlayStation 2 or just have something against consoles (and I know there are plenty of you out there), Aspyr and Activision are bringing Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock to your Mac and PC systems.
Online multiplayer and downloadable content will be included in these titles, but there’s no word yet on what services or pricing structure will be used. Also, if you don’t feel like having the USB Guitar Hero controller sitting around on your desk, you can play the game with the keyboard and mouse — though that’s sure to sap the fun out of the game faster than you can say “Rockabilly Freakout.”
Will it be easier to tap your keyboard than use the controller?
On Saturday, I attended one of the many different panel discussions at this year’s Penny Arcade Expo. While I skipped a number of them because I felt they just didn’t hold the type of people I’d want to hear opinions from – a lot of the more marquee industry notables were probably in Germany for the Games Convention – this one perked my interest because it involved the guys behind the upcoming Penny Arcade long-winded title Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness: Episode One. A game I admit I had never cared about personally, but did hold a genuine curiosity toward.
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