I dare to ask the question of whether or not they've actually DONE anything to spore in the past year? With an excessive amount of procedural programming in a game, it'd make sense to take your time in releasing it. Nothing would suck more than to have a ten-legged creature who's back is bent over and four of the legs go in front of the face, only to have the stupid thing end up crashing because it couldn't figure out whether or not to walk like a catterpillar, or roll.