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January 15, 2008 10:33 AM PST

Electronic Arts will bring 'Spore' to the Mac this year

by Caroline McCarthy

'Spore' in action.

(Credit: Daniel Terdiman/CNET News.com)

This post has been updated to confirm when we should expect an official announcement from EA.

As has been anticipated, Electronic Arts is set to announce Tuesday that it will be bringing its highly anticipated game Spore to the Mac sometime in 2008. It's a big deal, because PC and Mac versions of a game are often released months apart, if at all--some major game manufacturers skip the Mac platform altogether because they simply don't see the market value. EA, however, plans to bring Spore to both platforms simultaneously.

The announcement has been timed in conjunction with--you guessed it--the Macworld Expo.

The premise of Spore, the latest project from SimCity and The Sims creator Will Wright, is to evolve a custom creature through the entire evolutionary process, starting as a one-cell organism and eventually going on to turn it into a highly evolved being that can conquer intergalactic societies.

EA representatives told CNET News.com that an official announcement should be out around 12:00 p.m. PST time on Tuesday.

Caroline McCarthy, a CNET News staff writer, is a downtown Manhattanite happily addicted to social-media tools and restaurant blogs. Her pre-CNET resume includes interning at an IT security firm and brewing cappuccinos. E-mail Caroline.
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Tuesday?
by SpaceOddity January 15, 2008 1:02 PM PST
"on 12:00 pm PST Tuesday" as in Tuesday = today or Tuesday = next Tuesday = Jan 22th?
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We heard Tuesday as in today
by caroline.mccarthy January 15, 2008 1:48 PM PST
...but they did say 'at the earliest.' There's a possibility the announcement has been delayed, but we do know that it was designed to come out in conjunction with Macworld.
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