Spore getting spare Parts, Space expansion

By Tom Magrino, GameSpotPosted Oct 13, 2008 10:37 am PT

EA confirms Creepy & Cute Parts Pack for November 18, with Space stage slated for spring 2009.

GameStop's listing for Spore Creepy & Cute Parts Pack is back, and this time it's official. Along with officially announcing today the first add-on pack for Will Wright and Maxis' evolution simulator Spore--10 days after it was spotted in the specialty retailer's online database--EA also revealed the game's first expansion, which will focus on the Space Age.

Behold, the new sun.

As previously reported, the Creepy & Cute Parts Pack will be available for PCs and Macs beginning November 18. The add-on will include in excess of 100 new creature-building parts that will fall in line with the titular theme. The parts, available in the game's Creature Creator, include components for the body, as well as paint options, animations, and backgrounds.

EA has told GameSpot that pricing has not yet been confirmed for the add-on pack, but the aforementioned retail space has the game listed for $19.99. Further, the pack can be used with both Spore proper and the retail version of the Spore Creature Creator, released in June.

Spore's first full expansion, which EA is currently referring to as the Space stage pack, will arrive in spring 2009. The expansion will give space-borne civilizations Star Trek-esque teleportation technology, letting players beam down to distant planets and undertake new missions. The expansion will also add in the Adventure Creator, which will let gamers build and share their own missions. EA did not reveal pricing information for the Space expansion.

For more on Spore, check out GameSpot's review of the PC edition of the game.

140 Comments

  • shyguy75

    Posted Nov 19, 2008 5:38 pm PT

    oh so it is 20 bucks that stinks Im out cheapskates

  • shyguy75

    Posted Nov 19, 2008 5:37 pm PT

    wait did you just offer me the creepy and cute pack for free sweet!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • Angre_Leperkan

    Posted Nov 14, 2008 10:01 pm PT

    Expansion sounds good, I hope they keep making new expansions that make the game a little more complex (especially the civilization phase!!)

  • BlackTargetmark

    Posted Nov 5, 2008 6:28 am PT

    Yeah will it worth it?

  • NoseWeed619

    Posted Nov 4, 2008 5:07 pm PT

    Awesomeness.

  • MrDouglas

    Posted Nov 1, 2008 2:37 am PT

    well, they do say pricing is yet to be confirmed, and that $19.99 price tag that appeared breifly was probably just an online store taking a wild guess (as they often do about release dates and prices), so let's give them the benefit of the doubt I'd pay max $5.99 for an add-on pack like that, no more.

  • brilhasti

    Posted Oct 28, 2008 10:26 pm PT

    I really wish they'd spend more time on the other stages. The Space Stage is already the most complex by a long shot.

  • ninn1000

    Posted Oct 19, 2008 8:43 am PT

    i know it was fun but whod buy u know new parts for 20 bucks, i hated how they did it with the sims, this is gonna ruin spore... i wasnt as impressed as i wanted to be with it anyway though ToT

  • hurricaner

    Posted Oct 15, 2008 2:18 pm PT

    i almost forgot why not make the civilization stage more like empire earth or rise of nations

  • hurricaner

    Posted Oct 15, 2008 2:14 pm PT

    behold!the next the sims with 100s of expansion packs that topple over $1,000's of dollars worth of games.i just want an expansion that lets me create solar systems instead of just destroying them i mean the only tool that i like in the space stage is the "planet buster" and "the staff of life" why cant they add in one of these expansions the "planet creation" tool and the sun creation tool and how about the sun buster!

  • BrayneDrayne

    Posted Oct 15, 2008 10:05 am PT

    $19.99 for new parts? You're kidding me right? I'm not normally one to b*tch, but why would I pay $19.99 for cosmetic alterations to a game I'm not playing anymore?

  • howard1030

    Posted Oct 15, 2008 1:51 am PT

    EA: Pull your developers off the cosmetics and make my game work. I paid £35 for a work-in-progress and now I basically have to subscribe to get anything more? I'm out.

  • yatatabien

    Posted Oct 14, 2008 9:50 pm PT

    This is becoming another "The Sims". Thanks EA, you are master at ruining game experience.

  • TerrorAK

    Posted Oct 14, 2008 9:15 pm PT

    I think everyone is looking more foreward to the Space expansion that the parts pack...

    naturally...

  • AeroGunner

    Posted Oct 14, 2008 6:45 pm PT

    No more paying for spore, thanks...

    I want free stuff

  • TheYokai

    Posted Oct 14, 2008 5:52 pm PT

    Whatever happened to patches, where you could download upgrades and new content for FREE? Well, EA clearly thinks they're going to make big money off of this, and they might, but I also predict a serious rise in piracy for the expansions, seeing as just about everyone seems to believe all this stuff should have been in the original--and isn't willing to pay an additional $20 to upgrade a game that is extremely expensive in the first place.

  • feliscele

    Posted Oct 14, 2008 3:59 pm PT

    This "bare bones game, 10,000 expansion pack" mentality of EA and Maxis is one of the many reasons I got The Elder Scrolls 3 instead of Spore.

  • LittleDuck

    Posted Oct 14, 2008 3:58 pm PT

    This is going to end up like the sims isn't it? Ah well, whilst I'm at it, there should be more on the creature stage, a medieval age, just to use the phrase I wanna get medieval on your ass and also create steeds, and some varient of fish stage as well as bigger more epic space battles. With bigger ships. And bigger lasers. And bigger guns. And cake.

  • flammable_zeus

    Posted Oct 14, 2008 2:00 pm PT

    How are people surprised at the news of expansions for Spore? Who honestly didn't see it coming?

    I for one am glad that there'll be more expansions. Though I'm looking forward to the Space expansion much more than the parts add-on.

  • FlamingFury

    Posted Oct 14, 2008 1:51 pm PT

    *Sigh* this is just gonna be like the sims again. I thought it was insane when the sims 1 had like 10 expansion packs, but Sims 2 was friggin insane, there was like 50. I think it's pretty slack and a way to milk money, but I suppose it's good for fans of the genre, but personally I think that Sims 2 and now Spore are a bigger ripoff than MMORPG's, as in the end you will probably spend $700 if you want all of them.

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