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Yesterday, Gamestop narrowed down their estimated release date for Spore to Feb 18, 2008.

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Will Wright’s presentation at the New Yorker conference seems to have been lost in the furor over Spore’s delay a week ago! The speech he gave there might sound familiar, with the typical “user created content” and “I went to a Montessori school” lines.

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Hopes of Spore being released sometime in late 2007 or even early 2008 were dashed yesterday as news that the game has been pushed back more than half a year, after the end of this fiscal year (which ends in March). That means it will likely come out in the spring, or even summer, of 2008.

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Virgin’s Media division has published a list of the most hyped video games this year, and not surprisingly, Spore is in the list. But what’s special about this one is, Spore was one of two games that got an 11/10 (along with GTA 4).

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EBGames now has Spore up for pre-order, saying the release date is October 1, 2007 - only a month before SimCity 5!

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Speculation on the release date for SimCity 5 is ongoing, but games network ToTheGame says it could be coming as soon as this November 2007!

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Computer games website CVG has published a Most Wanted list, and not surprisingly, Spore is on it!

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Gamespot has uploaded dozens of new Spore screenshots! Well, they’re not all new, but they still look sweet, and that’s all we’re interested in. They appear to be from around the time of the South by Southwest conference and various other sources. In any case, check them out!

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As you can see, there has been a huge amount of hype about Spore by EA and the gaming community in general. However, there’s still months to go before it’s released (possibly this fall), and some people are wondering whether all this hype (and all this waiting) will add up.

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Many of us on the forums have been interested in the game Civilization IV, which was developed by Soren Johnson at Firaxis.

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