Spore Has Gone Gold!

[Rincewiend]

The wait is almost over! Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ:ERTS) and Maxis today announced that Spore(TM), the most anticipated video game of the year from the creator of The Sims(TM), has gone gold and will be available for the Mac and PC at retailers September 5 in Europe and September 7 in North America and Asia Pacific. Spore(TM) Creatures for Nintendo DS(TM) and Spore(TM) Origins for mobile phones will also be available globally September

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Yay!

 

[Meredith]

I need to amazon myself up an order of it.

 

[Rii]

Now we'll see how EA's authentication servers hold up.

 

[SlyCardie]

Must get.

 

[Twilight]

Finally! Pre-ordering from Amazon now. Just a few more weeks! 8)

 

[Rii]

I has it in my grubby mitts.

Not enough HDD space available for installation... make way Mass Effect!

 

[Rincewiend]

Installing it now...
And the help files are first?!?

 

[Rii]

On a technical note I'm pleased that Spore plays nicely in a window. Switching from Spore to, err, posting on TrekBBS, is smooth as silk. So many games don't get that right.

I'm still working with my first creature, in the creature stage, which from where I'm standing looks to be shaping up as the least interesting stage. Cell stage is great, in many respects it feels very much like Flow on PS3.

 

[dragunzng]

As much as I'm looking forward to Spore, I'm looking forward to LittleBigPlanet just a little bit more. I'm not certain why but they're in the same mind space for me. I'll be getting LBP first, but Spore's still a buy for me, might wait till the new year though.

 

[BigFoot]

Oh yeah, LBP is gonna be awesome. At least I hope so.

 

[Trekker4747]

Spore doesn't come out for another week.

How do people have it already?

 

[Rincewiend]

In Europe the release date was tomorrow(the 4th) but some stores put the game on the shelves as soon as they get then...
In The USA the release date is monday, but maybe some areas got the game early?!?

 

[Trekker4747]

In Europe the release date was tomorrow(the 4th) but some stores put the game on the shelves as soon as they get then...
In The USA the release date is monday, but maybe some areas got the game early?!?

Well that's dumb.

 

[Rii]

In Europe the release date was tomorrow(the 4th) but some stores put the game on the shelves as soon as they get then...

Ya, the online retailer I picked up Spore from also delivered Metal Gear Solid 4 and Mario Kart Wii a couple days prior to their official release dates. I can't say I've any complaints.

 

[Rii]

As much as I'm looking forward to Spore, I'm looking forward to LittleBigPlanet just a little bit more. I'm not certain why but they're in the same mind space for me. I'll be getting LBP first, but Spore's still a buy for me, might wait till the new year though.

Something I just noticed, the options at Spore's main menu are Play, Create, and Share, which is LBP's motto.

 

[JonathonWally]

There a demo out anywhere?

 

[Bob The Skutter]

There a demo out anywhere?

There's a free (limited) version of Spore Creature Creator on the website. It's kinda addictive.

 

[Azlynn]

Has anyone been having problems with the copy protection? I'm a little put off that I could only install it three times before it craps out. That would cover my PC, laptop, and then once more after one or the other dies. And never mind just getting it to run in the first place... I had epic problems with Roller Coaster Tycoon 3 and the expansions.

I want it, but am not willing to deal with a hassle.

 

[Arrqh]

If you've played the Creature Creator, you've already dealt with the DRM... if you have no problems with it I assume you'll have no problems with the full game.

 

[Azlynn]

^I haven't tried the creature creator.