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Electronic Arts to Release "Spore" on Sept. 7

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on February 13, 2008 - 1:44pm.

Redwood City, Calif. - Electronic Arts (NASD: ERTS) announced on Wednesday that it will ship "Spore," the highly-anticipated title from its Maxis studio and "Sims" creator Will Wright, on September 7 for the PC, Mac, Nintendo DS and mobile phones. Wired.com on Wednesday posted an interview with Wright, in which he details such features as an automatic music generator he created with Brian Eno for the game, that will both use algorithms and such to generate unique musical themes for different settings, and let players create their own themes for their surroundings. EA will also release a "creature creator" for the game in advance of its official release.

Electronic Arts to Release "Spore" for Mac

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on January 16, 2008 - 11:18am.

Redwood City, Calif. - Electronic Arts (NASD: ERTS) has announced that it will release a version of its forthcoming game "Spore," from "Sims" creator Will Wright, for the Mac platform -- part of the company's initiative to publish more titles for Mac users. Both a PC and Mac version of the game will be released some time later this year.

"Sims" Creator Will Wright Awarded BAFTA Fellowship

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on October 15, 2007 - 1:14pm.

London - The British Academy of Film and Television Arts has announced that Will Wright, creator of "SimCity" and "The Sims," will be the first game industry recipient of a BAFTA Fellowship, the academy's highest honor. Wright will be honored at The British Academy Video Games Awards, to be held on Oct. 23.

WSJ: Will Wright is (Still) Master of the Universe

Authored by robert on May 27, 2006 - 5:42am.
[spore video thumb]The Wall St. Journal gives an expose on Will Wright, the creator of The Sims, and his next game project for EA – Spore, where players start as mere blobs and later evolve into members of space-dwelling societies.