Spore Release and Platforms

Release Date: September 7th, 2008 in North America - September 5th in Europe.

Spore is being developed for multiple platforms. Including:

• PC
• Playstation 3 (unconfirmed, but mentioned)
• Playstation Portable (unconfirmed, but mentioned))
• Nintendo Wii
• Nintendo DS - It’s a different game however
• MAC
• iPhone (you heard me!)

At least for the moment, there does not appear to a version planned for the Xbox 360. Given that many platforms are supported or rumored to be, yet the Xbox 360 is not - it’s entirely possible that it will be released for the Xbox360 at a later time; but this really just speculation on my part.

Creature Editor System Requirements - Spore itself should be similar

• OS - Windows XP/Vista (FAT 16/32 file systems not supported for Digital Download)
• Processor – 2.0 GHz P4 processor or equivalent
• Memory – XP: 512 MB RAM / Vista: 768 MB RAM
• Hard Drive – At least 300 MB of hard drive space for installation, plus additional space for created creatures. (600 MB for digital download)
• Video Card – A 128 MB Video Card, with support for Pixel Shader 2.0
• ATI Radeon(TM) series: 9500, 9600, 9800 X300, X600, X700, X800, X850 X1300, X1600, X1800, X1900, X1950 2400, 2600, 2900, 3650, 3850
• NVIDIA GeForce series: FX 5900, FX 5950 6200, 6500, 6600, 6800,7200, 7300, 7600, 7800, 7900, 7950 8400, 8500, 8600, 8800
• Intel(R) Extreme Graphics: GMA 950, GMA X3000, GMA X3100

Source: EA Store

Spore on the Mac

We’re working with a company called Transgaming on our Mac version of Spore, and the effort is going very smoothly. When we set out to do this, it was to make sure that we have a simultaneous release on both the PC and Mac; too often our Mac versions ship months behind the PC. Just recently we were able to show the Creature Creator at MacWorld. We really feel that the creative nature of Spore will appeal to the Mac audience so we are excited to bring the game to both platforms. (Producer Lucy Bradshaw, Newsweek, 2008)

Mac and PC Content Sharing

Yes, the content that players create on the Mac version can be shared with PC players as well as other Mac players. All of the building blocks that are available in Spore’s Creature, Building, Vehicle and Spaceship Creators are the same for both the PC and Mac versions, so we can now populate the galaxies of both Mac and PC players with the content that other players create. (Producer Lucy Bradshaw, Newsweek, 2008)