Spore Launches In September - Kotaku Comments

Spore Launches In September

naka538938 — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 17:35:58 MDT

how do we know that spore will come out? it's been delayed HOW MANY TIMES come on

naka538938

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ellibelli — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 02:45:11 MST

September the 7th is Charles Darwin's birthday. Coincidence?

ellibelli

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PsycheDiver — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 19:52:47 MST

Expect more delays, but I'm glad there's a date of sorts.

PsycheDiver

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gamecrazychris — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 19:32:00 MST

Great, now what am I going to do durring the summer? GTA IV and MGS4 can only last so long. Since we're on the topic of games that'll never come out, what ever happened to Alan Wake?

gamecrazychris

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r1nce — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 18:34:32 MST

Spore to be released on September 7, 2008.

Just enough time for the Kansas School Board to outlaw the game and demand that EA make a game where everything that has ever been, has already been created by the only person allowed to play the game.

r1nce

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TheDollHouse — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 17:04:28 MST

Game developers are like your parents. They tell you that they'll have some thing for you by so and so date. Yet, when that time draws near they're all like "Uh...can you wait till later. I promise you it'll be cool."

TheDollHouse

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waterhand — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 16:55:08 MST

(In the voice of William Shatner):
SPOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORE!

Holy crap. I'm quittin my job when this game comes out. Either that or I'll get fired for not showing up.

Yes I am a nerd and yes I am more giddy (yes, giddy) for this game than I was for the Sims.

Nerd < Me < Uber Nerd.

waterhand

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GodzillaVsJapan — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 16:34:08 MST

@Zoobear: quite the gift for you :)

GodzillaVsJapan

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superfrogsavestokyo — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 16:11:32 MST

@theprof00: It's my birthday, too! I've been looking forward to playing this and had a nerdgasm just glancing this article.

It's official: I'm having a Spore party. (It helps that most of my friends are into the Sims and Simcity games.)Hopefully, EA won't change the date for it. :0

superfrogsavestokyo

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ceilingFANBOY — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 15:49:21 MST

This is right around the same time as LBP, no? Guess I won't be picking up Spore any time close to launch.

ceilingFANBOY

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Waka in Japan — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 15:04:59 MST

they're going to overhype us!
and then it might be a dissapointment, so i think i'm getting out of the newsletter thingy.
Don't want to get spoiled

Waka in Japan

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Gouki4u — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 14:37:10 MST

Sure it will, Will.

Gouki4u

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Ryadic — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 14:30:27 MST

I'm practically in tears. Christmas comes 3 full months early.

@Ichidou: My friends birthday is September 1st, and he's exceited about this game. Looks like I got his present in line now.

Ryadic

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Denver_80203 — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 13:41:03 MST

Dang it I'm excited from SPRING to start and you're already planting seeds of want for fall?

Denver_80203

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Chaoticevl — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 13:27:34 MST

Finally i can get Spore and its also my birthday as well!

Chaoticevl

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MasonL87 — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 13:21:58 MST

WANT WANT WANT WANT WANT!!!!

Where's the creature editor? When is that gonna be released so that we can populate the galaxy with crazy stuff?

MasonL87

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feartheraven — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 13:04:03 MST

ik it's weird.... well im sep. 8 but it's still close.

feartheraven

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Zoobear — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 13:01:12 MST

It's my b-day!!!

Zoobear

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Ichidou — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 12:57:17 MST

How many people here have birthdays on September 7th? o.O

Ichidou

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kylenalepa — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 12:55:56 MST

Holy crap, first Duke Nukem Forever gets a slightly firmer release date, and now Spore? What's going on here?

kylenalepa

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uuuluuu — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 12:55:32 MST

I don't understand why everyone compares Spore to jokes like DN Forever. Spore was only announced three years ago, and pretty much the only info we've gotten since then has been a small trickle of viral stuff, as befitting a game in development. This trailer presumably marks the start of the proper marketing. *Now* is the time to start getting excited.

uuuluuu

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RandalGraves — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 12:52:50 MST

So the world's going to end sometime between now and Sept. 7th? Oh, it just takes all the fun out life if you know when everything is gonna come to a screeching halt.

RandalGraves

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KillerBee — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 12:52:21 MST

Take as long as you want to make this great. I want this like a fat kid wants pie but make it awesome please.

KillerBee

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trogam — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 12:50:38 MST

About damn time, but right after schools get back into session?

trogam

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Toprem — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 12:48:45 MST

If there is a god, this will happen.

Toprem

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feartheraven — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 12:47:03 MST

the day before my b-day!

feartheraven

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theprof00 — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 12:43:12 MST

@elementary: QUITE SO!

theprof00

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theprof00 — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 12:42:33 MST

HEY ITS ON MY BIRTHDAY!!!!

theprof00

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JamieA — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 12:37:21 MST

Come on duke! you gotta get released first!

JamieA

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drywaller79 — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 12:36:29 MST

They better stick with this date. For these last couple of months, I had assumed that it would come out in 2009. Now it looks like it'll become a brithday present for my girlfriend(which also means a present for me as well ^_^.)

drywaller79

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StealthBlue — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 12:29:24 MST

If Will Wright says it then it must be true, my life for Will Wright!

StealthBlue

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modeps — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 12:28:29 MST

I have no idea what Maxis is doing with their targets platforms.

PC/OSX/DS/Mobile Phones. What about the systems that actually make money for developers?
If its on DS, why not Wii?
If its on PC, why not on 360?
If its on OSX, why not on PS3?

Does it need mouse-like control THAT much that they're willing to sacrifice boatloads of cash? The game has been in development for EIGHT YEARS. There's basically no way that they will be profitable on the platforms they mentioned.

modeps

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PlayerX — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 12:14:04 MST

Is this still coming out for Wii, or do I needa save up 3000$ and buy an iMac?

PlayerX

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blackadvent — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 12:12:20 MST

Well, now I know what I'm getting for my birthday.

blackadvent

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hotcoffeeburns — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 12:12:05 MST

@YoppaDo:
Another confirmed date? Spore never had a confirmed date from the publisher.

hotcoffeeburns

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Atrius — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 12:09:53 MST

Launch dates smaunch dates. I'll beleive it when I see the box on the shelf. And not one of those empty boxes they use at Gamestop either.

Atrius

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WallaJoy- Snorlax? — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 12:02:56 MST

@dowingba: I actually meant that there IS a DS version is development, and the Wii port he heard of didn't exist. Of course, I am probably wrong.

WallaJoy- Snorlax?

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YoppaDo — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 11:55:43 MST

Noo, I was still hoping for a confirmed April launch...sadly. At least we finally have ANOTHER confirmed launch date.

YoppaDo

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monorailcat — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 11:47:41 MST

Finally! Really looking forward to this one.

monorailcat

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Sugaray — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 11:44:33 MST

The big question is this; Will anyone actually care anymore?

Sugaray

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The_Foo — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 11:44:12 MST

I am going to wait the fucking hell outta this game!

The_Foo

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7ucky — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 11:43:00 MST

Rabble rabble delays rabble...! More importantly, do people still think so highly of this game?

7ucky

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Slatz_Grobnik — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 11:40:26 MST

The Cubs winning the Pennant is more likely than this date getting met.

Slatz_Grobnik

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aaa — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 11:39:35 MST

@Deadeyereborn: oh, it wouldn't have been worth it to me, I'd never want to be called a dork by Kotaku staff

aaa

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ghnvt — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 11:35:40 MST

I will give it 3 months and then they will announce a delay for Q1 2009.

ghnvt

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bodger1 — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 11:35:09 MST

ooh, a release date confirmed? On my Birthday no less!!

i now have something to make the parents buy for me this year!

bodger1

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dowingba — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 11:31:44 MST

@WallaJoy- Snorlax?: No there's definitely (supposedly) a DS version in the works.

dowingba

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Reuptake — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 11:31:34 MST

This is actually encouraging because it's the first actual release date EA's given. I think we owe them the benefit of the doubt on this as they haven't officially delayed Spore yet. Their only sin was hyping the game way too early and then having a media blackout.

Reuptake

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ludwigk — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 11:30:33 MST

@Eagle Epsilon [ZTF]: That was your gamer naivety getting the better of you. Game demo videos for projects that are heavily in development are usually just scripted together bits of features that will eventually work, but basically only work for one specific case. Like, they build a specific map, and water textures and sunlight model for ONE level, finish off a couple AI's, and that's maybe a 5% finished features, or it may contain 0% working code, but polished to look good for a demo. And, if you're working with 0% code, you may not even know *how* you're going to make it work yet.

Spore is full of complex simulators, so its perfect for fudging like this.

Take a game like simcity, where they have reactive pollution, citizen demands for police, traffic problems, etc. etc. You can 'simulate' all these in-game effects for a demo without having ANY of them working within the game.

If they were demo'ing an FPS engine, its pretty much you get what you see, whether there's gameplay or not yet (like ID's RAGE project), but when you're demo'ing gameplay, you can fudge endlessly.

ludwigk

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jarjarwang — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 11:28:31 MST

Will spore allow us to import our Sim Copter maps?

jarjarwang

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Deadeyereborn — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 11:27:15 MST

@notakujustraku: ha ha my internet prowess has defeated you. You are a worthy adversary but you have been defeated.

Nah I am just kidding the only reason I got it in is cause I whinned a ton to Fahey he called me a dork too.

Deadeyereborn

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aaa — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 11:23:48 MST

Damn you Deadeyereborn! I sent this tip in also! (although i didn't forward the newsletter which was probably dumb)

aaa

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Benjo — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 11:23:36 MST

*zzzzzzz*...oh, sorry. I had been asleep because I forgot caring about this game 2 years ago.

Benjo

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NeoSamurai — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 11:22:54 MST

That video was obnoxiously unnecessary

NeoSamurai

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Cucco — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 11:22:27 MST

i wish they hadn't used their 'hype card' yet because i really don't care about spore at the moment lol.

Cucco

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WallaJoy- Snorlax? — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 11:19:56 MST

@drweazel: I think you're confusing the DS version with a Wii version. If I remember correctly, Will Wright only expressed interest in the Wii.

WallaJoy- Snorlax?

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elementary — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 11:19:22 MST

@fyre:
@elementary:
Too late.

elementary

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Roadkill — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 11:19:13 MST

In other news, Duke Nukem Forever is to be released this year, right after hell freezes over in August.

Roadkill

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JoyOfJoys — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 11:18:56 MST

No fair, I'll be back in college around that time. QQ

JoyOfJoys

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drweazel — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 11:17:42 MST

@underscore: Was there a DS version announced? I know the Wii version was. I don't think I would want to play it on my PS3 or 360. Anyway, a DS version would be cool! :D

drweazel

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elementary — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 11:17:42 MST

Oh, and I forgot to mention.. September 7th!? That's on or near some future poster's birthday!

elementary

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NotAZombie — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 11:17:16 MST

Wow, that's really far away. I thought they had said Q1 of this year?

NotAZombie

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fyre — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 11:16:47 MST

Woot, just a couple days after my birthday.

fyre

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Deadeyereborn — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 11:15:48 MST

@Deadeyereborn: Oh and for Fahey. see relentlessly IMing Kotaku writers can get you far in life.

Deadeyereborn

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elementary — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 11:14:52 MST

If only I was a Spore newsletter subscriber I could be the first to get new Spore information, screenshots, videos, and other cool features.

Oh well.. I guess I'll just have to wait the extra six minutes for it all to be posted on Kotaku.

elementary

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underscore — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 11:13:55 MST

As far as I can tell that's the release date for PC, Mac, DS, and mobile versions of it. Looks like all the other potential console versions (PS3, PSP, Wii, 360) will be some time after that. Q1 2009? Q3 2015?

I'm curious to see what the game looks like on the DS, and if all the features are as robust, aside from the graphics of course.

underscore

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Deadeyereborn — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 11:13:49 MST

I. Cant. Wait. Spore is the kind of game that I have wanted for a very long time. Even though it will most likely be delayed I dont care as long as some sort of evidence it exists... exists.

Deadeyereborn

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Medicine Seller [ZTF] — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 11:10:49 MST

Never really understood why this took so long to create in the first place. Most of the video they ran looked practically golden.

Medicine Seller [ZTF]

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magically_delicious — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 11:10:43 MST

Fantastic... another release date.

7 months.... just enough time to prepare myself for it's next delay.

magically_delicious

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Ra is on That 70s Show — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 11:10:10 MST

Oh Spore. Gods gift to man.

Ra is on That 70s Show

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drweazel — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 11:10:08 MST

Just like Brawl was supposed to launch in December... I've lost faith in launch dates.

drweazel

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WallaJoy- Snorlax? — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 11:09:10 MST

I suppose now you're gonna tell me Duke Nukem: Forever will launch this year?

WallaJoy- Snorlax?