Spore Release Date Announced: September 7, 2008
- Scribbled on February 12th, 2008 by Jonah Falcon
- Filed in Casual Gaming, Mac, Mobile Gaming, Nintendo DS, PC, Press Release, Release Date(s), Simulations
Electronic Arts has announced the official release date for Spore: September 7, 2008.
Redwood City, CA - February 12, 2008 - Get ready for the next Big Bang this fall! Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS) and Maxis today announced that Spore™, the highly anticipated game from the creators of The Sims™, will be available at retailers worldwide the weekend of September 7. Spore will be available for the PC, Macintosh, Nintendo DS™, and mobile phones.
“The wait is almost over,” said Maxis Chief Designer Will Wright. “We’re in our final stages of testing and polish with Spore, and the team at Maxis can’t wait to see the cosmos of content created by the community later this year.”
Spore gives players their own personal universe in a box. Create and evolve life, establish tribes, build civilizations, sculpt entire worlds and explore a universe created by other gamers. Spore gives players a wealth of creative tools to customize nearly every aspect of their universe: creatures, vehicles, buildings, and even UFOs. Players can then seamlessly share their creations with the world or explore infinite new galaxies created by other gamers.
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About Electronic Arts
Electronic Arts Inc. (EA), headquartered in Redwood City, California, is the world’s leading interactive entertainment software company. Founded in 1982, the company develops, publishes, and distributes interactive software worldwide for video game systems, personal computers, cellular handsets and the Internet. Electronic Arts markets its products under four brand names: EA SPORTS™, EA™, EA SPORTS BIG™ and POGO™. In fiscal 2007, EA posted revenue of $3.09 billion and had 24 titles that sold more than one million copies. EA’s homepage and online game site is www.ea.com. More information about EA’s products and full text of press releases can be found on the Internet at http://www.info.ea.com.
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February 12th, 2008 at 11:38 pm
Is anyone here still excited about spore? I was stoked 4 years ago, but I feel like I’ve played the game a million times in my head already… I’m worried all my hype and thoughts on the game, have made it impossible for it to live up to.
Like Black and White… Remember?
February 13th, 2008 at 12:41 am
Black & White had half the dev time of Spore. Let’s not compare Will Wright’s track record with Peter Molyneux.
Half-Life had a 7 year dev while Half-Life 2 had a 6 year dev.
February 13th, 2008 at 2:10 am
I was leery with those games too, and they didn’t promise nearly as much as Will is.
February 13th, 2008 at 12:23 pm
Gabe Newell and Will Wright have a track record. Sid Meier’s never done a bad game, so you can trust he’ll make something at WORST very interesting and playable.
Molyneux has a track record of promising more than he can deliver. If you’re worried about something, be worried about Fable 2.
February 13th, 2008 at 1:09 pm
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February 14th, 2008 at 11:55 am
I’m stoked. I’ll be interested to see the system specs on it. I wish they would bring this to the 360. That would be sweet!
February 15th, 2008 at 12:21 am
Molyneux overpromises, but his games are always incredible.
March 25th, 2008 at 11:42 am
Yea, I can’t wait for the game myself, but they have pushed it back again! Last I heard it was May 3rd or something..