100 Million Creations Take Over Spore Universe

May 4, 2009

100 Million Creations Take Over
Spore Universe

What do beaked coralfish, whimsical
snow globes and intricate atom models all have in common? They are all pieces of
content created by players of the critically-acclaimed video game, Spore. Today,
Maxis announced that since launching the Spore Creature Creator in June 2008,
Spore fans have created and uploaded 100 Million creations – an average of more
than 307,000 daily – on the Sporepedia at
www.spore.com, the Spore
library of user-generated content. The 100 Million represents a variety of
uploaded creations including 31,017,761 Spore creatures – more than 19 times the
number of known species on Earth. The creator of the 100 millionth creation may
receive a NVIDIA GeForce 9800GT graphics card, Spore and the upcoming expansion
pack Spore Galactic Adventures (Official Rules:

http://www.spore.com/comm/contests/contestrules/hundredmillionrules). The
100 Millionth creation and the entire collection of player-generated content can
be seen at the Sporepedia.

Spore is widely recognized as one of
the first games to make user-generated content the central focus and let player
creativity drive much of the humor and whimsy of the entertainment experience.
Players’ signature creations are the beating heart of the Spore franchise.
Though user-generated content is common in social networking sites, the Spore
series has pioneered how this content is made, used and shared in video games.
In the upcoming Spore Galactic Adventures, players will be able to take their
customized content to the next level as they create their own Space Captain and
use the Adventure Creator to create missions to play and share with other Spore
players through the Sporepedia.

“This is a staggering milestone to
have met in less than one year from the launch of Spore Creature Creator,” said
Lucy Bradshaw, VP and General Manager at Maxis. “We continue to be astounded by
the outrageous creations and incredible creativity that Spore players have
poured into the Sporepedia, from lifelike animals to fantastical creatures and
futuristic spaceships. We can’t wait to see the ingenuity our players reveal
through the missions they create in Spore Galactic Adventures!”

In the coming months, the Spore
franchise will introduce new games; Spore Galactic Adventures for PC and Mac,
Spore Hero for Wii and Spore Hero Arena for Nintendo DS. Spore Galactic
Adventures, available June 23, is a highly-customizable expansion pack for
Spore, adding a tremendous amount of variety and fun to the Space game. Players
can beam down to planets for the first time ever, play Maxis-created Adventures
and easily create customized missions. Available in fall 2009, Spore Hero,
exclusive to the Wii and Spore Hero Arena for the Nintendo DS, catapult players
into the role of a fully-customized hero creature fighting to save its planet.

To learn more about Spore or to
download a free trial of the Spore Creature Creator, please visit
www.spore.com.