The most hotly anticipated game of the year. And last year. And the year before that....
March 2005
Will Wright unveils his ambitious galactic sim at the Game Developers Conference. Release date for the PC game is tentatively set for fall 2006.
June 2005
Spore named Best of E3 by Game Critics Awards. "When Spore ships sometime next year," Newsweek's N'Gai Croal wrote, "this infant medium might receive its Torah, its Origin of Species, and its 2001: A Space Odyssey all rolled into one."
May 2006
Robin Williams joins Wright for a demo at Wired's E3 party. Spore wins three more Game Critics Awards. Release date now rumored to be April 2007.
June 2006
Musician Brian Eno and Wright team up for a talk about Spore and long-term thinking hosted by the Long Now Foundation. The irony!
December 2006
In an appearance on The Colbert Report, Wright says Spore will come out in the second half of 2007.
May 2007
EA says no Spore before March 2008. Game not shown at E3.
August 2007
EA's John Riccitiello says they'd rather release "a better game than an on-time game."
February 2008
Spore gets a new release date: September 2008. This time for sure!
