With the new theme, I also worked on a couple of other changes:

With Darkspore being released this month, we decided to give SporeNetwork a new look. A somewhat darker design for both Darkspore and Spore. If you don't like this dark theme, you can still go to your account (yes, members only) and choose the old "Spore" theme. As for the forums, I haven't had time to create a matching forum theme yet, but I'll work on that one very soon. Enjoy the new theme!

MaxisDave announced the 5th Darkspore beta test, which will be open from noon Friday until midnight Sunday (PST):

This week's Beta test will open Friday, March 11, at noon pacific time.

The Olympian Physique trailer has reached over 125K Video Views which means the giveaway is over! Thank you all for participating. Check out our Youtube Channel to see the list of random recipients who will be gifted this exclusive The Sims 3 Store venue. Until the next giveaway!

List of recipients here

Want to know if you can still Create-A-Sim like before?

Read the Q&A on GameSpot!

I have been able to play the Darkspore beta ever since it opened about a month ago. I got a key through Maxis, but also several keys through EA Netherlands. I mainly gave away these keys to my team members, so I didn't offer them on SporeNetwork. However, I got a new batch of beta keys from EA! If you are interested in playing the Darkspore beta, but don't have a beta key, contact me through our contact page! We'll contact you a.s.a.p. about the beta keys!

Two new The Sims Medieval screenshots!