Spore Series
Darkspore Beta Developer Livestream
Mar 9th
In the following videos, Maxis developers get together to bring us presentations of the beta for Darkspore! Thanks to our friends over at Terraspore for the tip!
This post will continue to be updated with any new livestreams on gameplay provided by Maxis.
Random Developer Gameplay
The Yogscast – Darkspore Beta preview and chat
Mar 8th
I couldn’t make it past 3 minutes in, these guys are pretty boring to me.
‘Heroes of Darkspore’ artwork
Mar 8th
Love these! Maxis shared via their Darkspore facebook page 25 artworks of the various Heroes that we can play in the game. Wish Facebook didn’t have to resize them – they’d make excellent wallpapers! Check them out below or on their facebook page!
Darkspore Beta #4 patch notes
Mar 4th
Maxis has launched Beta #4 of Darkspore for the weekend, so open up your game and let the patching begin! Here are the patch notes for the fourth version.
General
- Significant server upgrade with faster overall performance and more responsive gameplay
- Added loading message before entering a level or entering a PvP match
- Proper profile portraits now appear in the PvP arena results screen
- Fixed a bug where the game considered a player still in a party even after leaving it-
- Added notification to warn the player when their inventory is full
- Fixed issues with deleting weapons with the trash can icon
- XP bar now increments immediately after each kill
- Fixed issue where the wrong squad is loaded in the squad selector
- Fixed various crashes
- Enabled game-wide system notifications
- Fix for NPC tooltips getting stuck on the screen
Inventory
- Items in the inventory “Item Store” buyback section are removed each time a planet is started
- Selling items in the inventory screen is much faster
General Gameplay
- Improved melee attack animations when chasing another hero in PvP
- Fixed a bug where horde gates were despawning early
- Tooltips for linked catalysts are now giving more accurate information
- Fixed a bug where the final horde would not appear at the end of a planet
- Fixed a bug where players were getting the “Return to Ship” message before a horde was defeated
- Pet stats now scale properly when playing co-op
- Fixed a bug where heroes could get stuck in narrow areas when enlarged by effects like Enrage
- Reduced overdrive cooldown reduction to 50% from 75%
- Reduced the bonus to overdrive recharge rate gained while overdrive is active
- Abilities now display the proper power cost and cooldown times in PvP
- Cooldown reduction, attack speed scale, and channel time now have a 75% hard cap
NPCs
- Polaris’ shots now travel faster
- Fixed the debuff icon on Suppression Mechanoid’s daze
- Spectral Drifter and Ghostly Tracker are now immune to debuffs during their charges
Heroes
Shared Abilities
- Phantom Charge now only silences for 1 second in PvP
- Reduced Lifeforce Siphon damage and damage shield % in PvP
- Reduced the amount of health drained by Lifeforce Siphon in PvP
- Reduced healing from Enrage in PvP
- Increased power cost of Omni Shield
- Reduced cooldown and duration of Omni Shield in PvP
Andromeda
- Reduced the cooldown of Repulsion Sphere in PvP
- Reduced the duration of Gravity Storm
Arakna
- Reduced the number of projectiles fired by Phantom Burst in PvP
Arborus
- Thorn Bark no longer gains improvements from strength since it is already % based
Jinx
- Reduced the bonus damage for feared and terrified enemies on Skullbomb
- Reduced the cast time of Skullbomb
Lumin
- Reduced the number of projectiles fired by Webbed Lightning in PvP
- Fixed a bug that caused Webbed Lightning to not shock enemies
- Increased the cooldown and reduced the power cost of Webbed Lightning
Maldri
- There is now a very slight delay before Probability Assault applies a debuff – as a result, a killing blow will no longer incur a debuff from Probability Assault
Revenant
- Increased the cooldown of Terrifying Curse in PvP
Sage
- Tree of Life no longer benefits from Enrage
- Reduced the damage of Strangling BriarsWraith
- Reduced duration of Ghostform in PvP
- Reduced the casting time of Ghostform
Zrin
- Increased the damage of Plasma Column in PvP
- Increased damage and reduced casting time of Meteor Strike
G4TV – Darkspore preview
Mar 4th
Darkspore has been modeled to be Diablo in space. Instead of dungeons, players will navigate across planets. Each world has its own unique enemies, terrain, and sub-plot. These sub-plots are designed to take 15-20 minutes to complete. The game’s developers wanted to make sure the game was as accessible as possible for many types of gamers. People don’t always have the amount of time needed to go on four-hour raids, so it was important to make sure the game could accommodate players with time restraints. At the same time, the developers know many gamers do have time, so the ability to string together smaller missions to make giant scale missions has been added for those gamers. as well The computer rewards gamers for their time too; the longer the missions, the better the loot.
GreyWo1fz – Darkspore beta video episode 1
Mar 3rd
Just a fanmade video sharing ‘GreyWo1fz’ impressions on Darkspore
GameRevolution – hands on with Darkspore beta
Mar 3rd
The demo started out with a co-op campaign level where I was taught the basics of switching between my team of three heroes. I also learned how important variable classes will be in combat. If your enemies share you hero type, you’ll be destroyed. Luckily, you’re encouraged to bring different heroes into battle and utilize their unique abilities to conquer your enemies.
One hero I was using had a tech focus and launched rockets. Another was a ghoul who could frighten the less powerful enemies and leech life from units around him. My third hero was a brawler with time warping abilities. Aside from the unique ability to switch heroes on the fly, Darkspore will also allow player to use abilities from their team regardless which hero they’re currently playing as. This adds a layer of depth to combat that can’t be matched by Action RPGs that only put the player in charge of one character.
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