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Spore release date announced News

PC News by Tom Bramwell

12 February, 2008

Spore will be released here for PC on 5th September 2008 and in the US two days later on 7th September, EA has confirmed to Eurogamer. Europe first! Woo!

EA's since confirmed that Mac, DS and mobile versions will both arrive on that date too.

"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," Will Wright said in the obligatory release quote.

The Maxis-developed game is a kind of sandbox life simulation where players control the evolution of a species throughout its history across various phases, eventually colonising outer space.

Providing it doesn't get derailed by fossil fuel shortages, global terrorism or watching Record Breakers.

You can find trailers and previews on our Spore gamepage, and we have another preview based on some hands-on play and tickling the developers until they tell us secrets going up in the morning.

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Nylkran
12/02/08 @ 18:03
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God news?
JediMasterMalik
12/02/08 @ 18:03
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Yay, spore and LBP in the same month, oh dear the latter half of this year is going to be another busy one isn't it? :(
Zanuah
12/02/08 @ 18:06
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I almost dont really care anymore for this title... :(

It looked really appealing but the more it was delayed the less I became interested in this, oddly enough.
The_Aardvark
12/02/08 @ 18:09
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Is this not geeting a 360 / PS3 release? :(
Saladin
12/02/08 @ 18:15
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It'll be released earlier in the EU than the US?

Is it April 1st already?
Mugwum [staff]
12/02/08 @ 18:16
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Apologies, RSS double-takers, for tweaking that about four times. I became incoherent and started writhing around on the floor halfway through.

Right, off to do that at home.
Mugwum [staff]
12/02/08 @ 18:17
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"God news?"

It's a bad joke. Basically the entire website's bad jokes, actually.
Danoxth
12/02/08 @ 18:21
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+1 for mentioning Record Breakers.
darc
12/02/08 @ 18:21
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That's weird. A PC release with subsequent Mac/DS/Wii, and no mention of XBox360/PS3.
Nylkran
12/02/08 @ 18:24
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I thought it was typo as in "Good news".
Triggerhappytel
12/02/08 @ 18:26
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A poor man's Lack of Love.
Scimarad
12/02/08 @ 18:27
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Woo-hoo!! \o/ etc.

Can't wait. Metaphorically speaking.
holsty101
12/02/08 @ 18:34
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A play on the Dr. Farnsworth (Futurama) quote "Good news everyone."?
mattjohnston
12/02/08 @ 18:41
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It looked really appealing but the more it was delayed the less I became interested in this, oddly enough.

Are you kidding?? How can a title with no specified release date, be delayed?
WillTheSecond
12/02/08 @ 18:45
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Good news. Nevertheless, I am still interested in the Wii version, which wasn't talked about here despite Wrighte's quotes earlier. Will probably have my new laptop by then though, so I shouldn't think it will matter.
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Whitewalker
12/02/08 @ 18:49
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Excellent news...this one will be great.
Inquisitor [mod]
12/02/08 @ 18:54
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Oh dear, how can anyone have thought it was a typo :D
crozon
12/02/08 @ 18:55
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considering how the sims sell on the PC, not surprised its out on the PC first. It will be out on consoles thats a given.
DanWhitehead
12/02/08 @ 19:18
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"God news, everyone" made me LOL like a gibbon.
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12/02/08 @ 19:27
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god news - it's a pun, not very good :)
Jac
12/02/08 @ 19:45
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Well I chortled.
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12/02/08 @ 20:04
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FINALLY!
Guv
12/02/08 @ 20:31
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sure it couldn't use another couple years of polish..?
dsmx
12/02/08 @ 21:11
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lol, EA? polish?
ostrasized
12/02/08 @ 21:50
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HAIL SPORE!

I for one welcome our new unicellular overlords. I would like to remind them that, as a trusted intahtron celebrity, I can be useful by recruiting others to toil in their underground data caves.
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12/02/08 @ 23:02
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omg omg omg omg omg omg omg omg omg omg

now give me a 2008 release date announcement for DNF
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13/02/08 @ 09:19
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A Mac release on day one? Very nice. :)
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13/02/08 @ 09:30
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@ mattjohnston :: well maybe the word delayed was a bit inappropriate here... I first heard about this game about 4 years ago, back then I was really excited, I guess over time that just died out.

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