Darkspore

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Darkspore is a game scheduled for release in February 2011. It is a multiplayer game that is separate from Spore, but contains some spore-like features. Darkspore is currently slated for release on both PC and Mac.

Plot
Unlike Spore, this game will have a story to it. As of right now, very little information regarding details about the plot have been released.

The beginning of the trailer shows the character, Zrin, whom you control, standing on a platform and having a needle inject him with E-DNA, a black oil-like substance, which subsequently fuses with his DNA. After this, a hand is formed in a biotank and is reattached to Zrin's arm, along with several pieces of armor, revealing lava-like glowing underneath, just like on the rest of his body, and fire shoots out from his newly-attached hand.

The official Darkspore website gives another small amount of information regarding the game's storyline.

''For eons the Crogenitors traversed the galaxy, genetically transforming and sculpting living matter to their will. In their unchecked arrogance they created something they could not control - the Darkspore. Now the galaxy is under siege.

''Using the powers of E-DNA, the Darkspore has transformed planetary populations into mutated hordes. Its sole purpose...to dominate life on all planets.''

''You are a fugitive, hidden for a millennium. Your mission...to reconstruct an arsenal of genetic heroes. And lead the battle against the Darkspore.''

The time to strike back is now!

Characters

 * Zrin
 * Vex
 * Sage

Features
The game features Spore-like elements, such as the renowned Spore Creature Creator for editing units in Darkspore. There are many new elements, such as weapons. For example, one hero unit has a weapon called "life leech", which absorbs life from enemies. The game features graphics that are more realistic than Spore. The graphics appear similar to that of what is seen in other upcoming action RPG games like "Diablo 3" or "Starcraft 2". The game will revolve heavily on "loot" and "replay", meaning that players will have to revisit previous levels more than once to obtain more collectible items. The player will also be given the option to collect and recruit various hero units, which the player can choose three of to take into a level. Only controlling one at a time, though being able to swap freely between the three and use some of their powers while playing as the other units in their group.

Heroes and Creature Categories
The game features creatures made from 5 different DNA types. So this means that the Crogenitors that the players can play as are all split into 5 separate classes: Bio, Plasma,and Quantum which are the three that were announced along with the game, and two new ones that were announced later, which are Necro and Cyber. The "Heroes" that the player collects throught the game are also split up into three different categories: Sentinal, Ravager, and Tempest.

DarkSpore.com
The website Darkspore.com is now back after being taken down.

San Diego Comic-Con
"6:00-7:00: Video Game Reveal: Maxis Studio— Maxis Studio (The Sims and Spore video games) has just announced their next project, a brand new, Sci-Fi Action-RPG based on the DNA of Spore. Join key leads from the dev team, Thomas Vu, Paul Sottosanti and Lauren McHugh, for the first game reveal to the public! Room 3" http://www.darkspore.com/images/editor_screen.png. Darkspore was officialy revealed at this place, time, and date.

Trademarked Applications

 * Internet/Multiplayer: Entertainment services, namely, providing on-line computer games; Motion picture film production; Provision of information relating to electronic computer games provided via the Internet
 * Collectibles/Trading Cards: Action figures; Board games; Hand held units for playing video games other than those adapted for use with an external display screen or monitor; Modeled plastic toy figurines; Playing cards
 * Gaming Software/Singleplayer: Computer game software; Downloadable computer game software via a global computer network and wireless devices; Video game software