Get Spore A Week Early!
Yeah, well, sort of, anyway. Starting today, PC owners can go to the EA Store to pre-load Spore now so they can be the first to play it when the game releases next week. Basically, what this means is that you'll download 99% of the game now, and then on the day of the release, you can download that last 1% of the game so you can start playing.
I guess that's better than trying to download the entire game on the release date. Can you imagine the server load that's going to cause? Oh, and the EA Store link above is for PC users only. MAC gamers looking to create penis creatures will have to go to GameTree Online to pre-order the MAC version. Also, EA's press release mentions that "it will only take 30-60 minutes for the install to complete before you can begin conquering galaxies in Spore before anyone else!" Really? That's not the download time? That's for an install? Seriously? Yikes. I knew there was a reason I really only play games on my consoles...
And don't worry — you won't be charged for Spore until the game launches on September 7. (Or September 5 if you're lucky enough to live in Europe, what with your earlier release date and smexy accents!)
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Posted to Hot Stuff, Video Games on 28 August 2008
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Name: Dave
My computer didn't even run the creature creator smoothly, so I'm waiting for the console version...
Still hoping Amazon ships this for same-day release... but not holding my breath. (Too busy anyway.)
Haha Richie... too bad. You lose. Spore is PC/MAC only... there will never be a console version.