According to Eurogamer Maxis executive Patrick Buechener was quoted saying, “Not right now, but we see this as a franchise”, when asked about possible console ports at the demo sessions of Spore. Furthermore he added, “It just won’t be at launch.”

So there you have it folks!

Eurogamer also has a preview of the game up for those who just can’t get enough reading about Spore. The game is easy on the eyes, the space part looks exciting and gameplay is simple and intuitive. That pretty much sums it up!

Articles from the Games Convention in Lepizig continue to pour in. Destructoid’s take on it resembles the ones we’ve already seen, but there are a couple of things that can still catch your eye. Interesting hands-ons are always welcome, and this one is.

I was told that completing the four stages running up to Space would only take around nine hours if the player didn’t spend any time with the customization sections — and frankly if you don’t do that, I don’t think I want to know you any more.

The preview features the four first stages; space missing out.

The very first IGN Podcast hosted by their PC editors launched a few days ago and Spore got mentioned briefly in the 51 minutes long episode. Fast forward to 20:50 to hear them say a few short sentences about the previous misunderstandings around the release date and how much they are looking forward to the game. Not much else, but the podcast is interesting nevertheless and might be worth checking out if you’re an avid gamer.

Australian Victorian based newspaper The Age has an article featuring Spore in their August 27 issue. The preview has a few interesting bits concerning building types in the game.

Structures you can now create and build include houses to expand your population, and factories to build vehicles which can be used to harvest spice, automatically fetching money for you like Command & Conquer. You can also build vehicles that let you explore, or military units to kill.

Thanks to Masada for the news tip.