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EA promises Spore before Christmas

We're very bullish says the publisher
EA has said Will Wright's Spore will definitely be out before Christmas, in the wake of analyst speculation that the game will be delayed to autumn/winter '08.

"We're very, very bullish", said EA CEO John Riccitiello about this during some financial conference call thing yesterday - but at this stage that's as much as the publisher is willing to divulge on release timings.

"We're not announcing dates for any of our titles", Riccitiello teasingly added.

Last year Riccitiello gave an expected "March, April, May" 2008 launch timeframe for Spore, but explained that it won't ship until it's ready.

Earlier this week an industry analyst speculated that EA may delay the game to autumn/winter following underperformance of the publisher's shares.

As the latest game from design genius Will Wright, Spore is understandably surrounded by Godzilla-sized anticipation. Read all about the title on our gamepage.

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We're very, very bullish

Yep you're great bulls**tters, ill give you that
mfnick on 1 Feb '08
EA couldn't promise s**te all.
ensabahnur on 1 Feb '08
EA promise; all s**te.

Fixed.

We all know how a rushed game ends up. Somehow waiting 12 years for a Duke Nukem sequel doesn't seem that daft if it turns out to be good.

Whilst I don't rate Valve's games as anything better than above average, at least they release their games when they're good and ready. That is probably one of the biggest factors in the quality of Valve's games.
Aircool_212 on 1 Feb '08
EA promise; all s**te.

Fixed.

We all know how a rushed game ends up. Somehow waiting 12 years for a Duke Nukem sequel doesn't seem that daft if it turns out to be good.

Whilst I don't rate Valve's games as anything better than above average, at least they release their games when they're good and ready. That is probably one of the biggest factors in the quality of Valve's games.
EA=s**te (except from games they don't make)
Fixed even more.
p.s is the name aircool refrigeration related?
ensabahnur on 1 Feb '08
Good = The more time spent on Spore, the better the end result.

Bad = EA continues to go by the "THE BUSINESS MODEL IS GOD!" principle and the reason cited for the delay are purely because EA's share performance is p**s poor, which is deserved. Nice to know EA have their priorities sorted.
Gorgeras on 1 Feb '08
We're very, very bullish

Yep you're great bulls**tters, ill give you that

Laughing LOL
steviek07 on 1 Feb '08
A character from Red Dwarf Wink

Not my idea, but's that the nickname that I ended up with. Something to do with a high IQ and being a smug bastard Laughing
Aircool_212 on 1 Feb '08
Most over-hyped game due to a nerd developer ever!! Sh1t concept except for gaming "no-mates"...seriously who gives a sh!t ffs!!
Tonyb on 1 Feb '08
Now this is one game that could bring alot of people back to PC gaming. From the video's I've seen, it also looks like you wouldn't need a super computer to play it so thats another plus that could push this to the mainstream gamer.
I just hope they don't rush it through and end up doing a 'Fable', ie lots or promises that went unkept...
vulcanraven01 on 1 Feb '08
My biggest worry about this one is that it turns out too simplified. My fingers are crossed.

I'm also still hoping that Electronic bottom don't screw up some of these upcoming promising titles.
Dajmin on 2 Feb '08
Theis no way Spore will be released this year.

Ill bet my left asscheek on it.
__SpUtNiK__ on 4 Feb '08
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