{"id":2307,"date":"2009-06-25T19:59:49","date_gmt":"2009-06-25T09:59:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/power-up.space\/?p=2307"},"modified":"2009-06-25T19:59:49","modified_gmt":"2009-06-25T09:59:49","slug":"spore-galactic-adventures-beams-down-to-retailers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/?p=2307","title":{"rendered":"SPORE GALACTIC ADVENTURES BEAMS DOWN TO RETAILERS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">WORLDWIDE THIS WEEK \u00a0 <\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><em>Hilarious Custom-Created Missions by Cartoon Network\u2019s Robot Chicken <\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><em>Available for Download on Launch Day \u00a0\u00a0 <\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>June 25 2009, Australia<\/strong> \u2013 The <em>Spore\u2122 <\/em>universe is expanding with infinite adventures! Today, Maxis\u2122, an Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS) studio, announced that <em>Spore\u2122 Galactic Adventures, <\/em>the expansion to the critically-acclaimed game<em> Spore, <\/em>is now available at retailers.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Designed to expand the <em>Spore<\/em> universe, <em>Spore Galactic Adventures<\/em> delivers hilarious new adventures to players who aspire to become their own space captain, beam down to strange new planets, create customised adventures, and take their favourite <em>Spore <\/em>creature from zero to galactic hero!<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">\u201c<em>Spore Galactic Adventures<\/em> enhances the <em>Spore<\/em> experience by blasting players off into space, turning ordinary creatures into legendary Space Captains,\u201d stated Lucy Bradshaw, VP and General Manager at Maxis. \u201cFor the first time, players can beam their creatures down to planets to experience all-new adventures or create custom-made missions of their own and share them with the world. With more than 105 million creations available in the <em>Sporepedia<\/em>, the <em>Spore<\/em> library of user-generated content for use in players\u2019 missions, the only limit is their imaginations!\u201d<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Expanding on the original <em>Spore<\/em> game, <em>Spore Galactic Adventures <\/em>adds variety and fun by allowing players to get out of their spaceship and explore colourful, wacky new planets. Players will turn their creatures into space captains, battle epic monsters in intergalactic arenas and fight intense planet-side races. In each mission, players earn experience to rank up their captain and earn game-changing items such as the Plasma Pulser and Swarm Magnet.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">In the box, the game includes 16 off-the-wall missions as well as an \u201cAdventure Creator\u201d tool that players can use to design their own missions. These personally-created missions can be shared with friends online and can be classed in leaderboards that track accomplishments, rank and medals earned.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">In addition to the adventures in the box, players can download ten all-new adventures created by the writers of the outrageously funny, pop-culture parody TV show, <strong><em>Robot Chicken<\/em><\/strong>. Available for free to all <em>Galactic Adventures<\/em> owners, the <em>Robot Chicken<\/em> adventures take players through such wacky quests as a mission to obtain a library card by finding a ruler-yielding librarian her true love, and an adventure to save a princess by battling demonic snowmen in a snowglobe.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Conceptualised by <em>Robot Chicken<\/em> co-creators Seth Green and Matt Senreich, the <em>Robot Chicken Adventures<\/em> were imagined by the show\u2019s writing team including Matt Beans, Doug Goldstein, Mike Fasolo, Breckin Meyer, Dan Milano, Tom Root, Kevin Shinick, Hugh Sterbakov and Zeb Wells. With such a unique cast of imaginative characters, players can expect to experience missions with exploding poo, angry yetis, and banana wars.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">To support <em>Spore\u2019<\/em>s dedicated fan community, www.spore.com will feature a bevy of fun content including additional downloadable adventures, contests and news.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Available for PC and MAC\u00ae, <em>Spore Galactic Adventures<\/em> is rated PG by the OFLC. As an expansion pack, <em>Spore Galactic Adventures<\/em> requires the original <em>Spore<\/em> game to play.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">To learn more about <em>Spore Galactic Adventures <\/em>or to download a free trial of the <em>Spore Creature Creator<\/em>, please visit www.spore.com. For screenshots or press materials about the <em>Spore <\/em>franchise, please visit <a href=\"mhtml:{534E9537-84FB-4BE9-9ACE-046B3188061A}mid:\/\/00000202\/!x-usc:http:\/\/info.ea.com\/\">http:\/\/info.ea.com<\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 WORLDWIDE THIS WEEK \u00a0 Hilarious Custom-Created Missions by Cartoon Network\u2019s Robot Chicken Available for Download on Launch Day \u00a0\u00a0 June 25 2009, Australia \u2013 The Spore\u2122 universe is expanding with infinite adventures! Today, Maxis\u2122, an Electronic Arts Inc. 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