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Will Wright's Spore coming to Xbox 360, says Ballmer? - 27.5.05

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Will WrightWill Wright's Spore will be making its way to the Xbox 360, according to Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer. In an interview with Jostiq, Ballmer said:

We've got to be there telling the story and showing those things which are more interesting, whether it's a Spore or a Kameo, which is a different kind of game for the console world.

EA designer WIll Wright, the man behind the successful Sims franchise is currently developing his Spore, in which players will guide a single-celled organism from the state of an amoeba to world-domination.

"One of my goals for this whole thing has been to give somebody an awe-inspiring global view of reality, almost like a drug-induced epiphany with a computer," explains Wright. Certainly the line between game and art is increasingly bein blurred by philosophically conscious games like Spore. Whether EA can pull it off is another question entirely. More soon.
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