In an impressive turnout, the Spore (PC, Nintendo Wii, DS, Mac, and Mobile) Creature Creator for the PC platform has churned out about 250,000 creatures in a single day - that's how much the users loved Electronic Arts' most-anticipated game. This is despite the fact that Electronic Arts had to wield the banhammer on those who got a little bit too enthusiastic about being able to create a creature out of their own imagination. More details in the full article.

If you feel like going all Doctor Frankenstein and can't wait to patch together your very own life-form using the Spore Creature Creator, you might be surprised to find out you can already do so. Leaked copies of EA's standalone creature generator demo were able to find themselves across the 'Net before its appointed June 17 release date. In our full article, you can download the said program and check out the various features included.

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