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10.10.08

Evolution Emulator

Reshape creation in your own image with Spore

By Scott Steinberg Posted 09.11.2008 at 5:03 pm 1 Comment

Certain moments, a man never forgets: graduations, weddings, the birth of his first slavering Scuzzraptor. Electronic Arts' Spore, a 3D Petri dish that allows evolution of custom-made creatures from unicellular microbe to space-faring conqueror, does for Darwinism what Super Mario Bros. did for magic mushrooms. When connected online, the game silently uploads and catalogues personalized beasts, buildings, and vehicles in a central database. It then grants creators virtual immortality by using the creations to populate fellow players' worlds.

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The Spawn of Spore

Three months before his long-anticipated Spore, Will Wright releases the Creature Creator

By Sean Captain Posted 06.17.2008 at 12:32 pm 4 Comments

Years in the making, Will Wright’s Spore peeks out today with the release of the Creature Creator. The free download is a toolkit for designing the life forms that will inhabit the Spore universe when the full game launches on September 7.

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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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