UPDATE: EA has since confirmed to GameSpot AU that Queensland's Courier Mail will be carrying the Spore promotion on Saturday August 30, 2008. The Spore Creature Creator will be sold with the newspaper for an extra A$2.
Anyone who plans on picking up the Daily Telegraph, Herald Sun, or Courier-Mail on Saturday will be in for a pleasant surprise. Included with the newspaper is a free copy of the full-version Spore Creature Creator. Electronic Arts' local arm has teamed up with the east coast publications to distribute the full version software for the first time in Australia.
The give-away is the first time the full-version will be available in Australia and is a one-time offer, only available with this Saturday's paper. The software was originally released last month and within 24 hours of its release, saw over 260,000 creatures uploaded to the game's online service — Sporepedia. The disc also comes with what an EA spokesperson has called an "AU$15 off per-order at EB [Games stores]", but refused to go into more detail.
The Spore Creature Creator allows players to create, customise and design their life forms anyway they want. When it was first released in Australia, the Spore Creature Creator only contained 25 per cent of the full anatomy catalogue. Unlike other countries, where they could purchase the other 75 per cent online, that option was not available to Aussie bioengineers.
As this is the only way to get your hands on the full version of Spore Creature Creator, five Australian states are unfortunately missing out. People who live in the Northern Territory, Canberra, Tasmania, South Australia and Western Australia will miss out unless their newsagent carries any of the mentioned publications. Until then, they'll have to wait for Spore Creature Creator's release on September 4.
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583casper583
29/07/2008 07:27 PM
That is cool as! I can't wait to get it this Saturday!
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taylor
31/07/2008 05:47 PM
Damnit, Adelaide! I hate you more now!
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DELTAsnake
02/08/2008 12:57 PM
I went I got the Courier Mail. There is no CD in the Courier Mail, theres no mention of Spore. Good on you Cnet for making up lies.
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jjj
02/08/2008 08:20 PM
Courier Mail will have it 30 August apparently..
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583casper583
10/08/2008 01:25 PM
You can also get it today (Sunday) from the herald sun.
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583casper583
10/08/2008 01:25 PM
You can also get it today (Sunday) from the herald sun.
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sanne maas
01/09/2008 09:03 AM
the game is great .no violence safe for all children good music also .congratulations someone got it right.
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