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 ...

UPDATE 2: Darkspore has returned to Steam. There it is, available to buy, for £15. UPDATE 1: EA has responded to the Darkspore crisis, by stating on the game's ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. Darkspore is the next game from EA's Emeryville-based Maxis studio, the creator of Spore, and it's being built on that game's technology but as a hack ...

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, ...

Today EA and Maxis have announced some exciting pre-release initiatives for Darkspore, the upcoming online Action RPG launching on PC in February 2011. Gamers who pre-order the Limited Edition of ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. You'd be forgiven if you assumed Darkspore might be similar to 2008's Spore; after all, the titles are similar, and both games were created by the ...