Spore'd

EA games announced that the Will Wright game, Spore, will be re leased on Sept 7. Spore is a simulation game that spans the cellular level to the intergalactic space war type level.

The games and films with which Wright associated the various phases are:

1. Pac-Man for the tide pool phase



2. Diablo for the creature phase



3. Populous for the tribal phase



4. SimCity, Risk, and Civilization for the civilization phase



5. SimEarth, Destroy All Humans!, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Star Trek and 2001: A Space Odyssey for the space phase, with elements of sandbox gameplay. DICE 2007 referred to it as similar to Master of Orion.




For a fee, people will be able to purchase a 3D-printed figurine of their uniquely imagined creature.




Also announced: Spore will be coming out with a version for Nintendo DS that will focus on creature creation, trade, and evolution.

Links:
Wikipedia - Spore
Official Site