Will Wright says Spore around six months out

by Justin McElroy { Oct 24th 2007 at 9:30AM }

We're still not getting our hopes up too high, but we thought that you should know that Will Wright told the BBC's Radio 5 Live that Spore was fully playable, in final testing and was "roughly" six months away from release. Considering that we already knew the game wasn't due until at least April of 2008, this news doesn't come as a huge surprise, signs have been pointing to Spring of 2008 for quite some time.

But who knows what could go wrong between now and then, right? It's a simulation of everything that's ever happened, for crying out loud. Your entire life story is contained within, as well as the life story and memories of everyone you've ever known. Forget about looking forward to playing it, we're just hoping Wright finishes it before it becomes sentient and kills us all.

Tags: maxis, spore, willwright

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Shockgamer @ Oct 24th 2007 10:36AM

Please pee on me Will Wright!!

gonk @ Oct 24th 2007 11:02AM

that's exciting to me :)

Blazur @ Oct 24th 2007 10:56AM

I'll believe it when I see it.

Shawn @ Oct 24th 2007 11:07AM

Can't wait to get me hands on this...

Oreo @ Oct 24th 2007 11:28AM

I'll need a new computer to play it.

Jonah Falcon @ Oct 24th 2007 11:35AM

Probably not. Wright's games have always been friendly to low end computers.

Jonah Falcon @ Oct 24th 2007 11:35AM

Better than when in May, they said it would be delayed til SUMMER 2008.

GRANTED @ Oct 24th 2007 11:54AM

and another 6 mo till on a console

Geist @ Oct 24th 2007 12:22PM

It is my professional opinion as a human being that this game should never be on a console.

Jonah Falcon @ Oct 24th 2007 1:01PM

Tough shit - the DS and mobile phone versions are coming out the same day as the PC version. And by the way, Spore is perfect for consoles.

Crono (NDF - Knight of the Old School) @ Oct 24th 2007 2:12PM

I don't do much gaming on PC anymore.

Depending on how fleshed out the DS version is, I might opt for that, followed by the Wii version at a later date.

Jonah Falcon @ Oct 24th 2007 3:00PM

The DS version will focus on only one phase (probably Creature.)

Chyld989 @ Oct 24th 2007 4:06PM

"Tough shit - the DS and mobile phone versions are coming out the same day as the PC version."

Now, I may have missed something, but I thought that they said they were ONLY releasing the PC version at first, and THEN they would work on other versions...anyone able to prove me wrong?