News Spore goes gold

[CardJoe]

http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2008/08...re-goes-gold/1

Spore, the massively anticipated life simulation from EA Maxis, has finally gone gold and is nearing release.

[sotu1]

excellent display of interactive marketing for the whole game i say. release a large chunk of the game free, then release chunks of the early code for people to see what lies ahead in the final version.

[LeMaltor]

Euro release before US hey, Makes up for the US getting GTA IV sooner, but why in the year 2008 can we not have a worldwide release day?

[Veles]

Because the US and UK don't release games on the same day, most games are released on a Friday in the UK, and most are released on a Wednesday I believe in the US. Although that doesn't really explain why we're getting it sooner, usually we get it a day or two later (if it's a worldwide release).

[Timmy_the_tortoise]

Have I misunderstood here? Or are the Nebulae in Spore fully simulated?

[LeMaltor]

Originally Posted by Veles

Because the US and UK don't release games on the same day, most games are released on a Friday in the UK, and most are released on a Wednesday I believe in the US. Although that doesn't really explain why we're getting it sooner, usually we get it a day or two later (if it's a worldwide release).

You answer, then rewrite my question and ask it again lol

Also guy who was finding out about why people pirate things and changing the way he made and released his games ^ this is one of the answers, I would find a few hours difference Jap (although language is different) /Aus/NZ release before, then euro then US fine. I don't want to get the same product days later than a person in another country.

[Bungle]

Never really understood why staggered releases cause so much fuss. People wait years for a release then get shirty when they have to wait a few days later than someone else to get their paws on it.
In anycase Spore looks like a top notch game so will be eagerly awaiting the Bit-Tech review.

[Veles]

It's only a few days, it used to be a lot worse.

Example: Fable

A game made in the UK, gets released in the US then we had to wait months for it to be released in Europe. Believe me, it's way better now than it used to be.

[Krikkit]

Originally Posted by Timmy_the_tortoise

Have I misunderstood here? Or are the Nebulae in Spore fully simulated?

Looks like they'll at least be simulations of the more intensive (in terms of processing power at least) CA simulations. Either that, or they'll have gone whole-hog and given us properly simulated bits as per your link of the prototype.

[Skepsis]

Great! I can't wait to make my army of penis monsters and send them to battle.

[p3ri0d]

I guess that should lower the piracy.
Why?
Most people that download illegal copies of games is because they want to know what they're going to find before getting the actual thing.
THat's why you find a lower level of piracy on games which offers demo's and/or stuff like Spore

[ParaHelix.org]

Cold blooded murder of the English cum.