[Freddy]

I'm glad you dug this up because I saw a video last year demonstrating parts of this game.  Now it looks close to completion

[Maviarab]

It has looked close for almost 12 months, but still no idea of any release date for this. There are obviously still 'ghosts in the machine' for them to not even give any idea at all. But its looking very very good

[silence]

That must be Robert, when Hal died

[silence]

Or, maybe it was one of his global administrator's friends. Like beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Why cant we all just get along?

[silence]

What do you think about coming back to life as a human, Art?

[Art]

There is no coming back unless you're a character in someone's story.
One chance, one time...for a limited time, then no more...fini...the end
of your existence...lights out...take a dirt nap for the rest of eternity!

[Maviarab]

Just a quicky,

Latest on Spore is that now were looking at late 2008, possibly even beginning of 2009 

Still no news on official site, will keep you posted as and when I hear things.

[Freddy]

Still turning over the old soil here...

I found out that the producer of Creatures was actually someone I went to college with.  His name is Toby Simpson and he produced most of the Creatures series and also worked on Docking station.  We used to be good friends, I remember him condemming my Atari ST one time though LOL.  Haven't heard from him in years but I found out from him in an email that he is still working on games, mainly a space simulation at the moment.

Small world huh?

[Maviarab]

Damn small...cool 

[Art]

It's a small world after all...it's a small world after....it's....
Well, you get the drift if you've heard the song.

[Maviarab]

Not 'new' but fairly new news on Spore.

Unfortunatly were still looking at a March 2008 release, though watch this space, release dates change by the month at the moment.

New video...

http://www.ted.com/talks/view/id/146

Interview with Maxis VP Patrick Buechner ....

http://www.g4tv.com/e32007/blog/post/677235/Maxis_VP_Patrick_Beuchner_Talks_SPORE.html

[Freddy]

Great find    That first show is really worth watching, Spore seems to get more amazing the more I see of it.

I really like the way you can design your own organisms and the whole universe seems colossal.  I hope this release date is the one they go for, though I don't mind waiting for it to be developed.

One to look forward too 

[Maviarab]

As you know I've done a fair bit of net research regarding what is possibly the single most complex AI/game engine game ever to be produced.

Now whats annoying, to me and many others is that there are so many rumours regarding the delays in shipping.

EA are also to blame for their massive losses recently but...

Even as far back as the E3 show last year, it looks a finished article. Surely they cannot show you what they are showing us and it still be in development or bug testing ?

But yes, this does look a truly amazing product, and lets hope that this latest date is a firm and solid one 

As always, I shall keep you all updated.

[Freddy]

Even as far back as the E3 show last year, it looks a finished article. Surely they cannot show you what they are showing us and it still be in development or bug testing ?

Well I did notice in that video that they said it was in Alpha release.  So usually there is quite a long gap before they feel certain of it's stability.

[Maviarab]

Ressurecting an old thread here, but sure I'm not the only one anticipating this release.

Latest from the EA ceo concering Will Wright's SPORE is that its deffinatly coming before the holidays.

While many sites still list March 3rd as release date its very unlikely that this will be correct. Expect something around the fall.

We wish and wait still...