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Spore Origins

Spore Origins is the mobile device spin-off of Spore, and focuses on a single phase of the larger game's gameplay - the cell phase. The simplified game allows players to try to survive as a multicellular…

5 September 2008

Spore Origins is a strategy developed by Maxis Software, released 5 September 2008 on iOS and Legacy Mobile Device.

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What Spore Origins is

Spore Origins is a strategy game developed by Maxis Software and released in 2008. It was published by Electronic Arts. It is available on iOS and Legacy Mobile Device.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Spore Origins is the mobile device spin-off of Spore, and focuses on a single phase of the larger game's gameplay - the cell phase. The simplified game allows players to try to survive as a multicellular organism in a tide pool, with the ability to upgrade its creature as with the main game.
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Spore Origins launched on 5 September 2008, within three weeks of The Witcher: Enhanced Edition Director's Cut, S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky, Rock Band 2 and The Witcher: Enhanced Edition.

Released around the same time: The Witcher: Enhanced Edition Director's Cut, S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky, Rock Band 2, The Witcher: Enhanced Edition.

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When did Spore Origins come out?
Spore Origins was released on 5 September 2008 for iOS and Legacy Mobile Device.

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