Spore Meets Diablo: EA Announces Darkspore Action RPG

[John Funk]

Spore Meets Diablo: EA Announces Darkspore Action RPG

During its EA Showcase today, EA Maxis announced Darkspore, an action RPG in the vein of Diablo inspired by (and using) the Spore creature creation tech.

We'd heard rumors that EA would be announcing a new Spore game today during its EA Showcase press conference. As it turns out, we were half-right: Maxis is working on Darkspore, a game that - while obviously inspired by some of the Spore idea - isn't actually a new Spore title.

It isn't "an extension" of Spore, but uses much of the technology including its famed creature editor. The game is about "building genetic heroes" who are living weapons and hunting down loot - you know, like Diablo and Torchlight.

Also like Diablo, it's a game heavily based around co-op online play. Darkspore is scheduled for February 2011. Stay tuned for more details as we learn more.

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[ProfessorLayton]

That... actually might be a very good idea. Taking the basics of Spore and focusing on one key gameplay aspect instead of spreading it thinly all around. This could be really good...

 

[the_pleasure_is_mine]

Sounds interesting... I'll have to keep an eye on this one.

 

[Doom moose]

in my mind it looks like oddworld

 

[chickenlord]

im excited! cant wait! by "dark" do they mean like blood and stuff? or the literal colors will be darker?...i gotta ask =P

 

[Torque669]

Diablo = Awesome

Spore Creature Creator = Awesome.

This could be brilliant, especially if you can create the skills of your character aswell.

 

[Caliostro]

Interesting... Is it possible that something good might come out of Spore?

 

[microhive]

As long as the part placement on your character actually matters and not simply the quality I can see this work just fine.

 

[_Janny_]

Sounds awesome to me. Though the story will probably be hard to take seriously since you're controlling cute little Spore creatures.

 

[Z(ombie)fan]

Haha Awesome. Spore, the main PC game, is awesome. its like the worlds simplest RPG, and thats exactly why I loved it.

Diablo? diablo is uberawesome too.

[sub]FATE is better[/sub]

 

[lacktheknack]

Sounds awesome to me. Though the story will probably be hard to take seriously since you're controlling cute little Spore creatures.

Unless they're very ugly little spore creatures (like mine).

 

[Borntolose]

That actually sounds like it might be good. My only problem with the original Spore was that it got boring very quickly in space. I don't think that will happen in this thing.
Edit: Hoho. Starting from my next post, I move up to a larger variable type.

 

[IxionIndustries]

Yeah... Problem with that picture: Spore was nothing like that at all.

Not too interested in it though. It's probably going to be as butchered as the original Spore anyways.

 

[Assassin Xaero]

"It's like this, only *dark*."

That made my day...

 

[Verlander]

This does actually sound quite good... and here I was ready to be disapointed and angry

 

[unacomn]

That's the kind of application I've been waiting to see from the Spore tech. Good job EA, I hate you less today.

 

[liamwazhere]

I like spore, have never played diablo though, this doesn't sound like a bad idea

 

[Lucifer dern]

im sorry i heard this and laughed...
darkspore...man how long did it take them 2 think of that
its spore
but more hardcore
more extreme
more dark
i have an idea...
ow dear.
an rpg based heavily on character creation however is a good idea
i just dont thinck this will be the right version of that idea.

 

[Leviathan_]

Very interesting indeed, I'll be sure to keep my eye out for this one.

 

[oppp7]

Sounds interesting. I'll probably get it. I should probably post an announcement on that user group...