Spore Creature Creator germinates June 17

By Brendan Sinclair, GameSpotPosted Apr 25, 2008 11:03 am PT

Gamers to showcase intelligent (or otherwise) design with demo and retail versions; Frankenstein fauna will be importable into full version of Spore.

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Will Wright's Spore won't be spotted in stores until September, but those eager to tinker with the fabric of life can start mucking about with Mother Nature much earlier. Electronic Arts today announced that the Spore Creature Creator will be available worldwide beginning June 17.

The full retail version of the Creature Creator will be sold only at retailers in North America and at most European territories, for $9.99 and €9.99 respectively. However, a free downloadable demo will be made available from the game's official Web site on the same day. The demo includes about 25 percent of the full version's various creature parts. Both versions will let players share their creations with others and will include a way to seamlessly upload videos of the creatures to YouTube.

For more on Spore, check out GameSpot's previous coverage. The full version of the game is set for release September 5 in Europe and September 7 in North America.

151 Comments

  • VGButton_Masher

    Posted Jul 1, 2008 6:44 pm PT

    Please check out my Spore YouTube video entitled, "Human Anatomy Class with Spore" at the following web address - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1N_evtjs1k No, it's not pornographic in any way, shape or form, but it is quite unique and very funny. Please leave a comment on the video page, and if you really like it, please vote for it to win the YouTube Ultimate Spore Creature Creator Dance Off Contest in August. Thank you in advance for checking my video out, and I hope you enjoy it!

  • foe666

    Posted Jun 28, 2008 4:28 pm PT

    Does anyone know if creatures will be able to slither, swim, or fly? Just wondering.

  • lucebuce

    Posted Jun 27, 2008 8:28 am PT

    man what the hell has happaned to EA .. Matrix Quote , EA wants what all men with power and money want .. More power and money .

    at least Will Wright is making this game .. its gonna rock im sure

  • Cheesefreak33

    Posted Jun 24, 2008 12:55 pm PT

    What the heck is with all this yelling about EA selling a piece of the game??? The creature creator WILL be with the full retail game when it comes out in September. This is just an opportunity to buy it early and fiddle with it before it comes out. Not to mention, as the guy at Gamestop told me... when the full game DOES come out, they rebate you for the cost of the Creature Creator. Sure, get mad about companies selling extra pieces of a game, though the expansion pack model has been around for a long time, but don't call this what it isn't. Plus, if you don't want it, don't buy it, typing in big angry words on a gaming website does little more than get ignored.

  • ballisticsfood

    Posted Jun 22, 2008 3:25 am PT

    Please note:
    You get a FULL rebate on the cost of the CC if you buy spore. That means if you want to buy spore then net cost to you for the CC (and the amount of money EA gets for it) is £/$ 0.00
    That means those who want to use this to make creatures for the full game can easily do so at no cost, and those that dont want the full game but want to mess around with the creator can also do so at no cost as the trial is free, so hey, everyone wins (including EA in the short term)

  • zhevox

    Posted Jun 21, 2008 11:33 pm PT

    i love the game, but i hate the publisher, EA

  • jason19

    Posted Jun 21, 2008 9:59 pm PT

    i do like Ea but is but ship games lond time ago March it made me agiin did tack at lond for battleflied 2142 that lond time come out in have pre bay games but to ship games like in march why im piss off the games here im not was money in all rdy bay games im say lest time im not mad ea sick off walit keed hold big games like that sure have tell us goin hold back be for polele pre ove games i do build games see i mends aww new move call JUMPER leter

  • arfo

    Posted Jun 21, 2008 8:29 am PT

    Creature creator has shown us power of the spore.That was great show .I think some gamers are right EA destroyed a lot of games such as sim city {society}, but we have to remember who has made this game,will wright is not a ordenary person. I think he is greatest game desighner. look at back and see his game (sim city,the sims and..)so I think 3 mounth later we are going to play a great game .

  • chrisgopher

    Posted Jun 21, 2008 1:07 am PT

    I think the creature creator still has a free version. Check the spore website.

    Other than that, I fail to see your logic, Nesrie. I mean, they can charge for the creature creator software if they want to; it's their product, even though it may be a small part of it. You can't expect to get the first level or two of any video game for free if they made it available. It's like you saying, "That whole pizza sure looks nice, but why don't you give me these two slices for free?" Why get so fussed up about the creator anyways? The real game will be out sooner than you think. That's simply my 2 cents.

  • Nesrie

    Posted Jun 19, 2008 10:36 pm PT

    I am like some others here, not at all thrilled with the idea of being charged for pieces of a game. It's bad enough we have to buy games that are little more, if at all, better than beta's and now EA is charging for a creator that should be part of the game itself. bah.

  • spitfireMK3

    Posted Jun 19, 2008 11:10 am PT

    I hate it when people hate a game just because it has the EA logo on it.

  • lilJohnnyboy

    Posted Jun 19, 2008 4:26 am PT

    jason 19 Wtf are you saying listen stop smoking crack
    and pull your head out of your mum's ass this game is going to be
    terrific epic as you can say all the customizable stuff for it it would clearly deserve a 10 out of 10 the only limit to this game is
    your imagination

  • J2TheB

    Posted Jun 17, 2008 6:33 am PT

    There's one word to describe this editor, incredible! As an animator, I know how much work goes into structuring 3d meshes (models) and making them work with the bones, yet here anyone can easily drag and drop parts and they mostly work perfectly, the team has put a lot of effort into this, and if this is but a taste of whats to come, this could be a game of epic proportions.

  • Mortyr_Us

    Posted Jun 16, 2008 3:36 pm PT

    This should be considered a tool for us wanting to create creatures early for a game. Those of you that don't want to buy it, simply download the trial. The 25% of the content will be worth it, I've been able to review this for a local magazine and it is a great tool for those people who want to get their hands wet with the primordial goo of life. Those of you complaining about this being a "Demo" it is not. It does demo the game to see if it runs on your system, that's true. But it is also a robust set of tools to create creatures that will later rampage across the galaxy. Also for those of you who missed gaming in the late 80's and early 90's it was very typical to sell Shareware and it got squashed by the net. This is not an attempt at squeezing more from your wallet as the free trial does not expire. Youtube spore creatures for some amazing examples that have already been made including a Murloc.

  • mbashour

    Posted Jun 16, 2008 9:21 am PT

    its only 10 dollars, whatever. for the amount of time ill use it its fine, and plus 10 bucks is nothing. if they start all the ps3 **** of selling parts once the game is released thats another thing

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