NEWS

Spore Will Be Done in Roughly a Week

Producer Thomas Vu says the game is almost ready for manufacturing.
By Kris Pigna, 07/30/2008


Here are words you may have long since lost hope in ever reading: EA Maxis' Spore is almost done. No, really -- the massively ambitious game of player-guided evolution (first announced in 2005) is about a week away from going gold and heading for mass production, said producer Thomas Vu to CNET (via Shacknews). That would put it on schedule for the previously announced September 7 release date.

And if Electronic Arts CEO John Riccitiello has his way, Spore's release will only be the beginning of a new franchise on par with the prolific success of The Sims. "We've got a clear, obvious, and very compelling post-launch monetization opportunity," said Riccitiello (with almost ominous language) during a conference call. Part of the plan could include enough expansion packs to warrant a specific Spore label, the same way The Sims series has its own publishing label.

"This is a game where basically, the parts are what make the sum of the product work," Riccitiello said. "Job one is to make the launch successful and making sure we have the right to ask that question [about expansions and more content] down the road."

As far as having enough Spore releases to warrant its own label, EA is already off to a good start -- this is one of the few games to ever have a retail release before the game itself was completed, with the launch of the Spore Creature Creator last month. "The content people are making has astounded us," said Vu of the creatures that players have made in the game so far. "They've challenged us in a way we hadn't conceived...We'll spend two hours on a piece of content we'll ship with the game, and we'll see players spend 20 hours on a piece of content."

With what we've seen made with the Creature Creator so far, hell, we're pretty astounded, too.

Thanks lad! Already have Call of Duty 4, played the first Condemned is the second one any better as that one moved far too slowly for me. Was thinking about Burnout Paradise but from what I hear they won't be getting bikes until a patch is released (August or abouts there), heard quite a bit about Oblivion. How is Uncharted Drakes Fortune?

Love old school

I really like the Diablo series. A third one would be awesome.

Diablo is a dark fantasy-themed action role-playing game developed by Blizzard North and released by Blizzard Entertainment on January 2, 1997.

Set in the fictional Kingdom of Khanduras (located in the Diablo series fantasy world of Sanctuary), Diablo has the player take control of a lone hero as he or she battles to rid the world of the eponymous Lord of Terror. Beneath the town of Tristram, the player journeys through sixteen dungeon levels to ultimately come face to face with Diablo and his demon minions.

An expansion pack, entitled Diablo: Hellfire, was released in 1997, although it was not created by Blizzard Entertainment. This was followed by a true sequel, Diablo II, in 2000, and a third game, Diablo III, was announced on June 28, 2008 at Blizzard's World Wide Invitational in Paris, France.

Super mario brothers and donker kong country for super ninetendo...yeah yeah, I know, I am old school...


Guitar Hero 2 and 3 as well...DDR...

Freecell

Anything Zelda, Resident Evil and/or Soul Calibur.

And Dementium the Ward.

Duke Nukem 3d a 3D Realms game. (1996)

Really, really good PS3 game...and no I am not interested in Metal Gear Solid, and already own Grand Theft Auto IV.

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As a fisherman, hunter, and farmer I can tell you, not all animals are as bright as your housepets. Some of them taste d**n good.

As you sit there, look at the leather in your shoes and belts. When you eat your lunch, if you aren't eating vegan (and I don't mean vegitarian), your just as bad as me.

I have 3 cats ,2 dogs and 4 ball pythons and I treat them like my kids they are spoiled rotten.

I don't understand how people could hurt an animal.....I would like to have just 5 minutes in a room alone with someone that has hurt an animal I would go Bruce Lee on his ass

The next one is a Ghoul from the Undead Nation. It is the second picture on my profile photos. Go to my profile and click on it to get a idea of what to write. I will be back on tommorow around 9 am eastern time! Thanks for the help everyone! You are great writers indeed!