Spore Revolution

Spore Playable at Leipzig Games Convention!

Gamespot released the article Spore Playable at Leipzig on August 7th, and was written by Emma Boyes.  According to it, there will be a playable version of Spore at the Leipzig Games Convention.  Lets not get too excited now though, we have no idea what "playable" means.  Either way, we're almost guaranteed some great new videos and information from the event, which Gamespot will be covering. The Games Convention is from August 23rd to August 26th.  I'll keep this blog updated with any new information!

Spore Evolution Video

Here's a recent video, from July 10th, of the different stages of your creatures evolution in Spore. The video lasts 1:32.

Spore to Release a Demo

Yes!  There will be a demo of Spore released to the public before the actual game comes out.  When though, we do not know yet... In an interview with IGN's Dan Adams on July 10th, we've had a hint of a demo.  Here's is the quote!

IGN: Are you planning on putting out some kind of demo or beta program?

Patrick Buechner: We are going to release the creature editor portion of Spore in advance of the core game release. Probably several weeks before. We know there are a lot of people anticipating Spore and we appreciate their patience. We really want to give them the game that they're waiting for.

Several weeks before is still a long ways off, but at least we'll get to play it before its official release!  Be sure to sign up to the official Spore newsletter for updates about when the beta will be out! We'll get the chance to create the first creatures to pollinate the Spore worlds.. WooHoo!

Spore Release Date Pushed - Again!

According to this article published on August 1st by Next Generation by Kris Graft, entitled EA: Spore Will Ship When It's Done, Spore is going to be released in the early fiscal 2009 timeframe.  It was also noted that the game wouldn't be released before its finished.  EA's 2009 fiscal year starts in April 2008 and ends in March 2009, so April 2008 is the new release date.

It had been pushed just recently before that in May, for the end of this fiscal year.. or by April 2008. It would seem that release dates being pushed is about the only news we're getting! Right now, according to an interview with IGN's Dan Adams on July 10th, it shouldn't be too far beyond April 2008 since they are in the alpha stage. With the current trends though, I don't think it'll be released til December 2008.. Make that 2009.  And thats because they want to get it right.  This is both good news and bad news.... Good news because we are all looking forward to an awesome experience and want the job done right, and bad news because we've been hearing about Spore for years already!  It is very frustrating, to say the least. After all this excitement and let downs, there is still something left to be excited about...

Ricitiello said, "We will make the choice of shipping a better game than an on-time game given the high potential for this franchise."

In other words, once Spore is released we are going to hear so much about it that it will make us sick!  :D We know for sure that there will be a Nintendo DS version, but it will not be compatible with the PC version.