Earlier this week MSNBC/Newsweek posted an article about Will Wright and his upcoming project, Spore, which is to be placed in the May 23 issue of Newsweek. It tells that Wright was inspired by the 1977 short film "Powers of Ten", which zooms out of a man in a park, and then back in to cellular level. In Spore, the player starts at cellular level, to start a creation, after which you zoom out until you're flying through the universe.

The article also mentions a very vague release estimate of next year. There are currently 30 people working on the game, who keep editing the game and its possibilities, revising and improving the editors and more. Read the entire article for more details.