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Darkspore heading to Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, resume indicates

by Ben Gilbert on May 16th 2011 1:00PM

Darkspore appears to be headed to Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, courtesy of developer Naked Sky Entertainment (Microbot). Twitter-based internet detective Superannuation spotted a reference to the port in level designer Jordan Patz' resume (PDF link), which says he "worked with Maxis to modify Darkspore for release on Xbox/PS3."

Though EA has never officially announced the title for anything other than PC/Mac, a recent interview on GameRant with Maxis executive producer Mike Perry indicated that the game could be ported to consoles if the community demanded it. It seems, however, that plans were already underway. When contacted, EA offered a "No comment," and we've yet to hear back from Patz or Naked Sky Entertainment.

Via: Twitter, GameRant
Source: Jordan Patz' resume (PDF)

Tags: Darkspore, ea, ea-maxis, electronic-arts, jordan-patz, mac, maxis, microsoft, naked-sky-entertainment, pc, playstation, ps3, xbox

Reader Comments (11)

Still waiting for my Spore expansion pack. *cough*

The beta ran flawlessly but after paying $50 the full version is unplayable due to lag and bugs. Wonder if they fix that first.

@moopcow
I never ran into any lag in either the beta or the full version. And no major bugs either. Maybe give it another shot? lol

Interesting concept. Trying to think of how it would be played with a controller.

Yay!
1-2 years ago someone was working on a PS3/360 version of Darkspore!

Wait, hasn't this happened with many games before that never make it to those consoles or end up getting canceled?
Doesn't it show that possibly the reason why this guy stopped working on Darkspore in 2010 is because they decided to not release it on the PS3/360?

Meh, the game is basically Diablo Pokemon in space. I played the beta and all I can say is that it would have been a good game if it came out 5 years ago.

@TheRedComet

hmm, i dont quite understand your logic...
It would have been good 5 years ago because of the:
graphics?
gameplay?
mechanics?
*insert whatever you want here*

a good game is a good game no matter when it comes out

I demand it. There you go Maxis. Make it happen.

Nah, that's okay, we're good.

thank god, it needed the adaptation. just hope the character creater complexity stays

To me, "he "worked with Maxis to modify Darkspore for release on Xbox/PS3."" means someone had a meeting once to talk about a port. Not sure how that translates to "console version is already being made!". This whole resume-mining thing is getting silly. People embellish on their resumes, remember?

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