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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Greg Howson

Spore release day

It's finally here then. Spore, the creature-creation/strategy/god game, is released today. Reviews have been positive and it looks like Will Wright, creator of The Sims, has another hit on his hands. I argued yesterday that Spore is unlikely to match the sales success of The Sims but with over 3 million creations already on the Sporepedia - and not all of them walking genitalia - it's clear that Spore could be the PC hit of the year. That's assuming WoW expansion Wrath of the Lich King slips to 2009 of course. Anyway, what do you think of Spore so far then? Worthy of the hype? Shortlived toy? Too complex for a massmarket? The future of PC gaming?

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