Electronic Arts (EA) and Maxis have announced that Spore(TM) has gone gold and will be available for the Mac and PC at retailers from September 5 in Europe and September 7 in North America and Asia Pacific.

Spore(TM) is the most anticipated video game of the year from the creator of The Sims(TM).

Spore(TM) Creatures for Nintendo DS(TM) and Spore(TM) Origins for mobile phones will also be available globally from September 7, a company statement said.

Players who preorder Spore or Spore Galactic Edition from participating retailers will receive a coupon good for Dh37 off their next purchase of custom merchandise at www.zazzle.com/sporestore.

’The limited Galactic Edition will contain the ’Making of Spore’ DVD, ’How to Build a Better Being’ DVD (a 50 minute National Geographic Channel documentary DVD hosted by Spore mastermind, Will Wright), ’The Art of Spore’ book, an exclusive Spore poster, and a premium 100-page Galactic Handbook,’ said Lucy Bradshaw, executive producer of Spore at Maxis.

’We are so excited to finally get Spore into the hands of fans and players. The Maxis studio has had an absolute blast creating Spore, but the fun is just beginning,’ she noted.

’The most engaging stories are truly the ones people create themselves, and we can’t wait to see how players not only craft and explore the Spore universe, but hear what stories they have to tell as a result,’ she added.

Spore (www.spore.com) gives players their own personal universe in a box, allowing fans to create and evolve life, establish tribes, build civilizations, sculpt entire worlds and explore a universe created by other gamers.

Spore gives players a wealth of creative tools to customise nearly every aspect of their universe: creatures, vehicles, buildings, and even spaceships.

Players can then seamlessly share their creations with the world via the Sporepedia(TM) and explore infinite new galaxies created by other gamers.-TradeArabia News Service