iPhone to ingest EA's 'Spore Origins'
Electronic Arts is bringing its new creature feature to the iPhone and iPod Touch.
EA's Spore Origins is swimming toward an iPhone near you.
(Credit: EA Mobile, via Business Wire)The game giant's EA Mobile unit announced Friday that it will offer Spore Origins for Apple's gadgets, starting later this month. The variation on EA's new Spore game is designed to take advantage of the motion-sensing technology in the iPhone and the iPod Touch so that players can tilt and angle their way through a digital take on evolution.
The full-fledged Spore goes on sale Sunday in North America. Players get to design their own creatures before beginning on an evolutionary quest through the game's many levels.
EA had said at the E3 game conference in July that it planned to build a number of games that would take advantage of the accelerometer built into the iPhone, along with its Wi-Fi capabilities.
For those whose video-gaming tastes run to more traditional fare, EA Mobile said Friday that it has nine other games in development for use on the iPhone and the Touch, including Yahtzee Adventure, EA Mini Golf, Monopoly: Here and Now (world edition), SimCity, and The Sims 3.
The company also has versions of Spore Origins for other iPod models and non-Apple mobile devices.
Apple has scheduled a music-related event for Tuesday that's widely expected to involve iPod news.
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P.S. The game has already been released for scroll wheel-based iPods.
Just a thought! A code of practice needs to be established for the use of mobile devices in public places, NOW! Waiting until they make life unbearable is not an option.
Waiting for a Flight Simulator!
The idea to replace an entire phone is crazy.... What ifcomputers were like this? Then RIAA would not be able to go after anyone going for repairs or upgrades.