Outdoing The Sims

While scouring the net for Spore an article popped up that, though published a few months ago, completely missed our razor sharp genetically engineered eyes. Business Week Online got the opportunity, like many others lately, to test drive Spore under supervision by Will Wright. The creature editor is discussed, along with the tribal phase and space phase.

…to lift off a planet, you do a big, Powers Of 10-style zoom-out until you are hovering in orbit around your planet. Zoom out further and you begin to see other planets, which you can move to by clicking on them; zoom out further, and you can pick a different galaxy to explore.

Don’t miss that we’ve added a whopping 36 new concept art images to the gallery.