Free Demo and Complete Retail Versions Deliver Powerful Creativity
Tools to Create, Play and Share
REDWOOD CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 25, 2008--Electronic
Arts Inc. (NASDAQ:ERTS) and Maxis today announced that a free
downloadable demo, and complete retail version of the Spore™
Creature Creator will be available starting June 17, 2008. The Spore
Creature Creator gives Spore fans, and those who are creatively
curious, the first hands-on opportunity to design their own species
and share it with their friends. All creatures designed with the Spore
Creature Creator can be imported into the full retail version of Spore
for PC and Mac when it launches on September 5, 2008 in Europe and
September 7, 2008 in North America.
"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 free demo version of the Spore Creature Creator will be
available worldwide via download from www.spore.com. The demo lets
players shape, paint and play with an unlimited number of creatures,
using 25 percent of the creature-making parts from Spore. Gamers can
then share these creations with their friends, including seamless
uploads to YouTube. The demo will also be included in the The
SimCity™ Box, which ships on June 23.
A complete retail version of the Spore Creature Creator will also
be available in North America for $9.99 and most European territories
for EUR 9.99, which gives players access to all the creature-making
parts in the game.
Spore, the highly anticipated game from the creators of The
Sims™, gives players their own personal universe in a box. Create
and evolve life, establish tribes, build civilizations, sculpt entire
worlds and explore a universe created by other gamers. Spore gives
players a wealth of creative tools to customize nearly every aspect of
their universe: creatures, vehicles, buildings, and even UFOs. Players
can then seamlessly share their creations with the world or explore
infinite new galaxies created by other gamers.
Consumers can visit www.spore.com to sign up for the Spore
newsletter or check out all-new screenshots and video of the game.
Members of the media can visit EA's press site at www.info.ea.com for
information about all of EA's games.
Spore Creature Creator retail version is not available in all
territories.
About Electronic Arts
Electronic Arts Inc. (EA), headquartered in Redwood City,
California, is the world's leading interactive entertainment software
company. Founded in 1982, the company develops, publishes, and
distributes interactive software worldwide for video game systems,
personal computers, cellular handsets and the Internet. Electronic
Arts markets its products under four brand names: EA SPORTS™,
EA™, EA SPORTS BIG™ and POGO™. In fiscal 2007, EA posted
revenue of $3.09 billion and had 24 titles that sold more than one
million copies. EA's homepage and online game site is www.ea.com. More
information about EA's products and full text of press releases can be
found on the Internet at http://info.ea.com.
EA, EA SPORTS, EA SPORTS BIG, POGO, The Sims, SimCity and Spore
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U.S. and/or other countries.