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Far Cry 3 And The Stranger In A Strange Land Easter Egg discovery is a bit like genetic mutation. Get enough numbers to try some random stuff that’s well outside of what they’re supposed to be doing, let alone what they’ve evolved to do, and you’ll hit something eventually. How apt that the Spore Creature Creator Demo, leaked yesterday and downloaded by lots of gamers, provides that lesson.
The plan was to have a Spore Creature Creator Demo, containing about 25 percent of the full library of creature pieces parts, going out to the public around June 17, around the same time as the full version, which costs $AU 10.63.
Well, a file purporting to be that demo is on Megaupload as we speak. Now, 191 MB is a huge file just to be bogus malware, but still, we assume no responsibility if this isn’t what it says it is or turns out to be something worse.
Spore releases for PC and Mac on Sept. 8, 2008, with a version for the DS on Sept. 7 and another TBA for the Wii.
Spore Creature Creator Demo (.exe) [MegaUpload, thanks Null Void]
As was mentioned previously, the Spore Creature Creator is heading our way in June, with EA now nailing down June 17th as the exact date for the worldwide launch. Gamers can opt for the free version limited to a quarter of the available creature parts, or buy the full retail version for $9.99 (€9.99, though not available in all territories) for the full monty. Players can then create to their hearts’ content, sharing their critters with friends or seamlessly uploading them to YouTube.
“We are thrilled to finally be putting the creative tools of Spore into the hands of players around the world,” said Will Wright, chief designer, Maxis. “The amazing creations players design this summer will help populate the game universe we all enter when Spore ships this September, so in a sense, the Spore Creature Creator is the birth of Spore.”
The demo version will also be available in The SimCity Box, due out June 23rd. Would you spend $US 9.99 for a tiny slice of Spore? It just feels like an entirely new form of preemptive microtransaction to me.
