Spore Updates

Electronic Arts teases reveal from California-based company at next month's Game Developers Conference in San Francisco; event to be streamed live.

Bar Karma to debut on Current TV, encourage viewers to participate in production of show via virtual television studio.

Maxis-developed action role-playing game set in Spore universe will be revealed in two weeks in San Diego at the geek gathering.

GDC 2010: Sim City, The Sims, and Spore creator offers thoughts on the rise of social media in games, the allure of Advance Wars, and how games fit into the overall entertainment picture.

GDC 2010: Ex-EA Maxis developer Chris Hecker wonders if reward systems are undermining the inherent enjoyment of playing games.

Zelda: Spirit Tracks barely misses the top 10 as Scribblenauts, New Super Mario Bros. DS, and Mario Kart DS return to top 20; The Sims 3 dominates PC best-sellers.

Modern Warfare 2, Sims 3 top sellers as domestic physical game hardware, software, and accessory sales slip 8 percent; PC software slides 23 percent to $538 million; DS sells 11M, Wii hits 9.6M.

Former EA Mobile head Mitch Lasky blasts former employer, expresses amazement that company hasn't been acquired or management ousted.

Brutal Legend, Demon's Souls, Tekken 6, WWE Smackdown land in bottom half of top 20; PC charts see Aion, Sims 3 switch places ahead of...Nancy Drew?!

Aion, Champions Online debut atop NPD's monthly PC rankings, while Kingdom Hearts 358/2, Scribblenauts, and NHL 10 and in bottom half of top 20; [UPDATE] Need for Speed Shift moves under 293K on PS3/360.

Spore creator and notable game designer's new venture could have its first effort out before the end of 2010.

Ice Age studio, director turning EA and Maxis evolution-civilization-space exploration sim into computer-animated movie.

Publisher reduces studio payroll "in response to business conditions," reaffirms commitment to Spore franchise.

ChartSpot: NPD's rankings of US game sales from January to June show EA's sim sequel edging out WOW expansion on PC charts with over 820K sold; Nintendo takes half of non-PC top 10.

Prototype tops NPD's monthly non-PC top 20 with nearly 600,000 units, while Ghostbusters just misses the top 10; Sims 3 new PC king, Spore Galactic Adventures opens strong.

New browser-based application to let Web surfers play games remotely; tech shown running everything from World of Warcraft to Adobe Photoshop.

The latest entry in EA's multibillion-dollar franchise leads a Sims sweep of the top three slots; WOW, Spore, Total War, and Fallout 3 expansions also place.