release date

September 5, 2008 (Europe)
September 7, 2008 (Worldwide)

official web site

http://www.spore.com/

esrb rating

E (Everyone)

The ‘life simulation’ game Spore is being developed by award-winning studio Maxis and mastermind Will Wright as the game designer, with EA Games being the publisher. Maxis is best known for successful game series such as SimCity and The Sims. Spore is being developed primarily for the PC and Apple Macintosh, but other platforms have been said to be in production; including Nintendo DS and Mobile Cell phones. Nintendo Wii and PlayStation Portable have also been mentioned. According to Will Wright the budget is at $30 million and the team consist of roughly 100 people.

Since the announcement in 2005 Spore has won numerous awards and best in show; including best PC game at both the 2005 and 2006 E3s. At the latter famous actor Robin Williams got up on stage and played Spore, to the amusement of the crowd.

Spore features music from Brian Eno, a well-renowned ambient music artist. Like the content the music will be procedurally generated, using bits and pieces from a range of different samples, thus creating unique background music in the process each time you play.

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