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12.03.08

Spore to go on Sale in September

Will Wright's magnum opus finally gets a solid release date

By Gregory Mone Posted 02.13.2008 at 5:17 pm 4 Comments

Spore, the highly-anticipated new game from Sims creator Will Wright, is set to go on sale this September. The game, which we described in detail in this article on Wright, was supposed to come out last year. But the delays arent a huge surprise considering that Wright has invented a game that essentially lets players manage the evolution of creatures from single-cell organisms into complex, space-conquering life forms.

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