April or May 2007 for Spore

When confronted with a question about the release date in a breakfast meeting with GameSpy Will Wright had the following to add:

WW: We’re saying that Spore is coming out in 2007. The message that we are getting from [Electronic Arts] corporate is “Don’t screw it up,” which is great. What they mean is, “Lets get it right.” This will be the game’s last E3.

GameSpy: So it will come out in the first quarter of 2007?

WW: Probably just after that, though we are not being precise. What we are saying is just outside the fiscal year, which is March.

In the talk WW continues to say that the game will be going out to all platforms, even mobiles, each creature will be about three or four megabytes and the Spore team currently consists of around 70 people, which is small compared to similar projects. A great talk, check it out!