Wright: Spore still coming next spring

By Tor Thorsen, GameSpotPosted Oct 24, 2007 1:12 pm PT

Iconic game designer tells BBC Radio that the oft-delayed game still requires months of tweaking before its release in Q2 2008.

At the Leipzig Games Convention in August, the public got its hands on a playable version of Spore, the species-evolving/civilization-growing/space-faring game from game designer Will Wright. The appearance of the game came two and a half years after the game was first unveiled, and two and a half months after it was delayed yet again.

Spore's postponement marked the second time the game, originally due out in 2006, had been pushed back. According to Wright, though, the PC edition will still land in the rough Q2 2008 target window set by Electronic Arts executives during a post-earning-report conference call. (A scaled-down edition for the Nintendo DS has also been announced, though it currently does not have a release date.)

Saying Spore will be "roughly available in six months' time" on BBC Radio Five Live yesterday, Wright went on to explain the reasons behind the holdup. He said the game was undergoing "extensive testing" to ensure that it had the same broad appeal as one of his previous creations. "I'd like the people who played The Sims to be able to play Spore," he said. "I don't want it to be just [for] hardcore gamers."

106 Comments

  • joeyfine

    Posted Oct 26, 2007 7:50 am PT

    this game needs to come out. it looks sooo amazing and fun to play.

  • zrvnavi

    Posted Oct 26, 2007 7:21 am PT

    Ah dang the last thing Will Wright said is freaking me out. I hope he dosen't make a huge mistake. I also wouldn't be surprised if the game got delayed again.

  • Lonelynight

    Posted Oct 26, 2007 12:54 am PT

    Hope it pwns

  • kingcole225

    Posted Oct 25, 2007 3:01 pm PT

    i want underwater civilizations and creatures

  • Kerm1122

    Posted Oct 25, 2007 2:34 pm PT

    CANT WAIT

  • elbert_b_23

    Posted Oct 25, 2007 2:29 pm PT

    wow there will be a ds one thats cool, i just hope it will be a good game, for a while i didn't think this game would be coming out.

  • markevens

    Posted Oct 25, 2007 1:46 pm PT

    There actually is combat and strategy in the game. Do you homework before making blanket statements dude.

    tomjacobs wrote: there's no combat or strategy in the game, you get to customize little people's looks, decorate their houses and basically meddle with their lives.

  • Glazkrak

    Posted Oct 25, 2007 1:23 pm PT

    tomjacobs wrote:
    there's no combat or strategy in the game, you get to customize little people's looks, decorate their houses and basically meddle with their lives.


    My god, stereotype much? I don't mind The Sims but I enjoy a full shooter like Gears of War just as much. Incorrect lines like that are what give male gamers a bad name.

  • joeyfine

    Posted Oct 25, 2007 12:04 pm PT

    looks like alot of fun.

  • chakan2

    Posted Oct 25, 2007 8:17 am PT

    I've got money on the next Duke Nuke 'em releasing before spore.

  • WholeDarnShow

    Posted Oct 25, 2007 7:44 am PT

    uh oh. I was looking forward to this too

  • osleyee

    Posted Oct 25, 2007 5:39 am PT

    i perveire that developers take their time to make a great game instead of a terrible one

  • drifter_basic

    Posted Oct 25, 2007 5:34 am PT

    Bloody hell, I can only keep so many planaria around!! And they don't evolve into nothing!! This is my only hope to be done with the little ...

  • f15srcool

    Posted Oct 25, 2007 5:29 am PT

    Sure.

  • sanjeev3

    Posted Oct 25, 2007 5:01 am PT

    Don't make it likeable to the sims audience, start a new sort of game type and not the Sims please WW. Do not let this game crash because of them. I was liking what I see, now its just trying to attract a bigger female audience. Why did WW have a daughter...

  • mysteriousminds

    Posted Oct 25, 2007 3:18 am PT

    "I don't want it to be just [for] hardcore gamers."

    yep,they are going to make it to cater for many peoples intrests, even if they dont have a 8800 setup and are about to upgrade yet again just to play crysis. its a wonder why they didnt intend for people who play sims to like spore in the first place .[/sarcasm]

  • Merl57

    Posted Oct 25, 2007 2:43 am PT

    LIES watch it be delayed, yet again when was the original release 06 or something?

  • tomjacobs

    Posted Oct 25, 2007 2:34 am PT

    The last phrase worries me a bit: Will Wright wants Spore to appeal to Sims players. Now let's think that through. Sims was hugely popular with the female audience, for a couple of reasons: there's no combat or strategy in the game, you get to customize little people's looks, decorate their houses and basically meddle with their lives. The only thing Spore has in common with these concepts ( as far as I know), is the customizable creature creation process. Later on, it becomes a game of developing, exploring, building, conquering, destroying. Good luck warming the Sims audience to that sort of gameplay. I just hope Will knows what he's doing, and the Spore gameplay won't end up falling between two chairs (if that's even an expression in English).

  • thestrateger

    Posted Oct 24, 2007 11:40 pm PT

    i really want this game now, i hate when something is pushed >

  • kornrocker666

    Posted Oct 24, 2007 11:08 pm PT

    i kinda lost interest all of a sudden.. I really wanted this game negative 1 year ago.

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