Maxis-developed action RPG Darkspore is shutting down for good as of next week, ending the game's five-year run. The titles in our list of the best free games on PC haven't been shut down yet, so ...

Maxis-developed action RPG Darkspore is no longer available on the Steam store following months of server issues that made the game unplayable. This has proved to be a long-standing issue for the game ...

From SimCity through the development of the best-selling The Sims, Maxis has been a hugely influential development studio and has owned the simulation genre. In 2008, the company released Spore, which ...

REDWOOD CITY – Will Wright's out-of-the-box Spore is now the inspiration for a more traditional game experience. At a media event Tuesday morning, Electronic Arts unveiled the next game from Maxis, ...

Maxis released the video game Spore for the PC and Mac in 2008, describing the game as giving players "their own personal universe in a box." Since then, Electronic Arts and Maxis have taken the ...

Combining elements of Diablo, Magic: The Gathering, and Pokemon, amongst others, Darkspore is a product that appears simplistic on the surface, but gets nuanced the more you learn about the minutia of ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. Update: Darkspore has returned to Steam, and EA has commented to GameSpot on the situation. "Maxis continues to support Darkspore and its servers," ...

If Diablo and Pokemon had a baby with Spore as the midwife, you'd ... well, you'd probably be scarred for life if you looked directly at it. But you'd also end up with Darkspore. This sci-fi themed ...

Maxis has released a trailer for Darkspore, showing off the Limited Edition version and its exclusive, in-game preorder bonus, the heavily-armoured Maldri. The Limited Edition was announced last ...

While the genre is traditionally steeped in fantasy, Maxis' latest takes a more contemporary approach in its setting. Akin to recent blockbuster sci-fi franchises, Darkspore arrives with a fully ...

The official forum for DarkSpore has confirmed that the game will miss its March 29 release and instead release towards the end of April. More betas are planned during this time as well. Here's the ...