As expected - but now definitely confirmed in a community day with Maxis in Madrid, Spain - there will be no water or air creatures in Spore; though the game will feature a glide capability with the right body parts. Furthermore we learn that there will be no moons, the game will run well on a mid-range PC, and you might get engaged in mass battles. There’s a bunch of other questions answered too so check it out! Thanks to spore.es for translating this to english.

Brian Appleyard, with the Times, recently had a look at Spore and got the opportunity to create his own animal; a dinosaurish beast, appropriately called Bryan. The article however is more about Will Wright, Spore’s focus, and its heritage from The Sims, rather than a preview of the actual gameplay. No news, but an interesting take on the phenomena we know as Spore.

Google Blog got a short entry about the YouTube integration Spore will have. Via the YouTube developer API provided for Spore you’ll be able to upload your own creature videos from the game directly onto YouTube. Since the creature editor will be released as a free download before the actual game you’ll be uploading cool videos in a not so distant future!