One of the most anticipated games in PC gaming history sat
in an eternity of development without a known release date, up until today.
Finally revealed through a special
trailer on the official Spore website is official release date of Maxis’
latest innovation.
Stated simply in the last few seconds of the video is that
Spore will be available at retailers worldwide the weekend of September 7,
2008. Spore gives players the ability to create and evolve life, establish
tribes, build civilizations, sculpt entire worlds and explore a universe
created by other gamers using a variety of tools.
“The wait is almost over,” said Maxis Chief Designer Will
Wright. “We're in our final stages of testing and polish with Spore, and the
team at Maxis can't wait to see the cosmos of content created by the community
later this year.”
Wright also sent out a note to subscribers of the Spore
newsletters, and promised more information coming soon. “While we finish up the
game over the next few months, we'll be sharing more information with you and
other fans. As a newsletter subscriber, you'll be among the first to get new
Spore information, screenshots, videos and other cool features from the Spore
team. Check out our launch date teaser, and of course you can visit Spore.com
for updates anytime,” Wright wrote.
Spore will launch for the PC, Macintosh, Nintendo DS and
mobile phones.