Will Wright's big release of last year has reached a whopping milestone noted today by Electronic Arts. Since the launch of the Spore Creature Creator in June 2008, there have been 100 million user-created creations recognized by the Sporepedia found at www.spore.com. Among this massive figure include over 31 million creatures, which is apparently 19 times more than the number of known species on Earth.
"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!"
While there's no specific data related to number of not-safe-for-work creations, the Spore franchise is set to expand this year with the upcoming release of Spore Galactic Adventures for PC and Mac, along with Spore Hero and Spore Hero Arena for the Wii and DS respectively.

Small green pustules smell bad.



Bryn says: Pretty impressive. I didn't gel too well with Spore when it released last year as it didn't really appeal to me shooter/platformer sensibilities. A fair number of the staff at GameSpy were split about just how significant the game was, but there's no denying that there's really nothing else like it out there.

I wonder how long it'll take players to double this huge number of creations?