Spore Releases First Playable Demo at Leipzig

By David on Wednesday, August 8th, 2007 at 12:56 AM PST In Electronic Arts, Game Companies, Games Industry

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Remember Spore? I totally do. It was going to revolutionize the way we play games, bringing player customization to new levels. That was a few years ago. Spore has since gone into hiding, only poking its nose up every once in a while in sort of a “we are still here” gesture that involved little more than new screenshots.

Well fret no more Spore fans, as it seems the first exciting news in quite a while has just been confirmed. Spore will be playable at the Leipzig Gaming Convention. This is a big step, as a truly playable version of the title has never been displayed. What has the EA team been working on for these last couple of years? I have trust that the wait will be worth it.

The biggest question that remains unanswered is when Spore will actually hit store shelves. The official word mentions a late-2008 release, but there’s plenty of precedent that would suggest the date would spill over into 2009. So the game may not be ready just yet, but at least soon we will be able to have a few new videos to tide you over for the next few… years.

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299 Comments on “Spore Releases First Playable Demo at Leipzig”

  1. ki0111 says:

    plz answer b4 christmas
    (or ill figure out you real names and go and shove a condom up your sisters arse)
    :smile:

  2. Gydaz says:

    :mrgreen:
    Yo! Will Wright, u siad your making dinosaur names after the game cumz ou, right? Then you siad we get a full version BEFORE the game cumz out, yes? But then the game will be out so, it can’t be BEFORE it cumz out if we can’t win then!!!(confusing?) So what’s up with that :?: :!: :?:

  3. Will Wright says:

    oh ye. fine then do it via the demo, the phase you play in differs dependin where you get it from :???:

  4. Will Wright says:

    by the way Happy New year!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  5. JesseBied says:

    where do you get the Demo Will? As much as I would rather have the full =P but, A demo would be great, to help Populated the game before it is released, you don’t have to pay us to do that. I’ll do it for free =)

  6. Thunder & Lightning says:

    so.. WHEN WILL IT COME OUT :!: :?: :!: :?: :!: :?: :!: :?: :!: :?: :?:

  7. No name says:

    I am looking forward for the release I just need the DEMO I HAV SEARCHED
    EVERY WEBSITE………………….(ALMOST)BUT NEVER FOUND 1 EXCEPT THAT
    PETHETIC 1 at :arrow: Digg.com P.S.I cant wait :!: :grin: and in glad it wont come in 2010 :shock: ill just wait and play Call of Duty 4:Modern Warfare P.S.S. I Beat wich makes it no fun :sad:

  8. No name says:

    :idea: what URL is the demo at :!: :!: cant wait till the release date :cry: :cry: :cry:

  9. Com says:

    WELL ILL wait but ill play something else while im waiting. i guess. :lol:

  10. Com says:

    demo come out whare ever you are :shock:

  11. Com says:

    :roll: hello demo come out. or il destroy you! (in a mad voice) :evil:

  12. Todd says:

    imagine if you can choose to do not leave the cell phase… we shall dominate the world… with milions of hundreds of colonies of cells!

    — coming out soon, Spore: the true meaning of this game’s name.

    ———————————————————————-
    what i just can do is to belive that Will has been here o_o

  13. No name says:

    Where da hell is da frickin demo iv w8ed a long time :evil: :evil: :twisted: :roll: :mad: :mad: :mad: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock:

  14. celluler freak says:

    wahhhhhhhh i need it i am going to make a wolfy thing named the invasiors

  15. celluler freak says:

    oh and i heard late april

  16. king wooky says:

    when does the demo come out cause im goning on vacation on march not to much play time with the full ver (i like the cell part of the game

  17. king wooky says:

    finally a demo its freakin awsome :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :!: :!: :!: :!: :!: :!: :!: :!: :!: :!:

  18. No name says:

    where is demo plz tell :twisted: :twisted: :twisted: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :mad: :sad: :sad: :!: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock:

  19. No name says:

    plz plzplz plz plz plz plz plz plz plz plz plz teeeeeeeeeeeeeeellllllllllllllll
    :twisted: :neutral:

  20. OmGGGGG says:

    :shock: :shock: :shock: IM DYING PLEASE RELEASE DEMO IM ALMOST DEAD!!!!!! :shock: :shock: :shock:

  21. Corner PC says:

    neeed….demo…..now… :roll:

  22. Vendettaseve says:

    ITS COMMING OUT ON MARCH 1ST, How do I know? Check Amazon.com. there running a preorder on it alreday. :)

  23. Pulzifer says:

    All of you people saying that “i know the release date because Amazon says so :mrgreen: ” are really shallow and daft people :shock: , they dont really know when the game will be released but they’re just guessing, like any other game store or website. :evil:

    The OFFICIAL NON-FAKE RELEASE DATE will be announced in THE END OF JANUARY by WILL WRIGHT and the SPORE TEAM so hang tight!!! :grin:

  24. Pulzifer says:

    oh and Vendettaseve you should check again because now it says May 1. :!:

  25. king wooky says:

    chech out cheatcc.com it tells u when spore is released and ect…

  26. niko says:

    people have been so impatient that they made there own playable demos…..

  27. niko says:

    :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: MUST PLAY NOW!!!! :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil:

  28. niko's master says:

    spore demo will come out as soon as a nerd is sacrificed…

  29. YOSHI says:

    YOU GOTTA WAIT YOU IMPATIENT PEOPLE, WOW WAIT A LITTLE…HUH JUST WAIT

  30. Jessebied says:

    Wait? I’ve been waiting for 2 years now!!!! =P

  31. SPORE ADDICT says:

    F i want the fing game to come fing out already ive been wiating since 2005 3 FUKING YEARS 3 YEARS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  32. Whizzy! says:

    i cant wait.. but i must,… i will not lose my temper… i will not lose my temper… AHHHHH…. was that actually will wright? or was it some1 pretending 2 be.. didnt seem so convincing 2 me.. !

  33. Spore freak says:

    Of course it isn’t Will Wright he has important things to do… maybe hes fixing the game or sumthing.. he wouldn’t be surfing the internet for comments about him :roll:

  34. Spore freak says:

    Oh anyways the Demo is supposed to come out a month be4 the game and its supposed to be a creature editor. (They released the demo at Leizpeg and ONLY at Leispeg)So if the game comes out in March April Or May, The Demo is going to come out february, March or April…. And Guess what theres a chance the Demo is coming our soon!!!!! :smile: :smile: :smile: :smile: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

  35. Spore freak says:

    Oh and Yoshi weve been Waiting for fricken 3 years .. they just keep delaying it… I think its because the Stock for EA is goign down or sumthing i dunno
    :roll: :roll: :shock:

  36. Whizzy says:

    so.. is it coming out in march then :?: :?: im so excited :!: :!: hope it dont get delayed though.. :cry:

  37. well what I’ve been hearing from many people that its coming out out in march. I’ve done some researching on this and many spore places say that in fact that its coming in march . for the demo i have no idea. i was ready from spore freak on FEB 1 that there is a demo at Leizpeg what the heck is that. if u can please do .

  38. DV.12 says:

    Hey guy, I done some reccherche and Spore Is for the Feb 1 (www.ebgames.com and search for spore) For the demo go to http://digg.com/playable_web_games/Spore_playable_Moc_up_Demo
    You can just play the celular but is funny anyway

  39. DV.12 says:

    Sorry the game is for the May, 1

  40. no. i messed up with my writing i meant to say i was reading from SPORE FREAK*. and ive tried that demo already its alright but i thought maybe they might of already came out with somthing better.

  41. Pulzifer says:

    I like guys mmmmm dildos :lol: :lol: :smile: :cool: :wink: :lol: :twisted: :shock: :lol: :lol: :lol:

  42. The True Assasin says:

    does any one know when the actual game demo is out, as i have been wanting to play this for like 2 years now

  43. Meankookoo says:

    The Demo is going to be only through the cell stage and a little bit into the creature stage. It will Release sometime it March, or Late Feb. And I Pre-Ordered the game at Game Stop and the full game will Release May 1st, National Prayer Day and it has evolution in it weird eh? But I don’t care I’ll be the 1st one there when it comes out beating all. :mrgreen: :???: :sad: :idea: :shock:

  44. Meankookoo says:

    Also for the people wanting it soo bad I have been actually tracking this game since it was announced in December 2004. For the people that have been waiting as long as I have the wait is nothing. I have been waiting 5 years I think I can wait another 3 months. Also the people yelling the crap I HAVE BEEN WAITING SINCE 4 YEARS! Have not really, some found out this years about the game. :roll: :neutral: :wink:

  45. Sporenut says:

    I discovered spore in a gaming magazine on the back ground of the magazine where cells from the cellular phase of spore i thought it was a cheap 5 dollar game that u could download from pogo.com where you can only play as a cell i searched it on the web and iv’e been hooked ever since i found out in 2007

  46. coolguy says:

    ahahahahahahahah i want spore to come out now so bad im getting pissed because its not coming out :evil:

  47. The True Assasin says:

    calm down every one , the game will be coming out as Meankookoo said, all we have to do is wait now

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