Electronic Arts is daring gamers to experiment the limits of their imagination with the latest game debut from its Maxis studio.

On Tuesday, EA released Spore Creature Creator. Noteworthy is the fact that Spore Creature Creator is not a full game in itself, but rather an introduction to the highly anticipated video game called Spore that will ship globally in September.

Spore comes from the creators of The Sims. The game will give players their own personal universe in a box. Players, in essence, enter a virtual world where they can create and evolve life, set up tribes, build civilizations, sculpt entire worlds, and explore a universe filled with creations made by other gamers. Spore gives players creative tools to customize nearly every aspect of their universe: creatures, vehicles, buildings and even UFOs.

“Today is the day we start to see Spore come to life,” said Lucy Bradshaw, executive producer and general manager at Maxis. “We’re excited

to see what players will do with the robust and intuitive creativity tools we’ve put into the Spore Creature Creator.”

Spore Creatures Get Social

Spore Creature Creator is available now for both PC and Mac. that is a stand-alone product that EA is calling a “creativity toy box” that lets players create their own strange creatures, bring them to life with animations, and share them online with friends around the world.

The Spore Creature Creator lets players take their creatures on a experiment drive, snap pictures, and build movies of them. Clicking one button lets players share pictures or videos with friends. Players can additionally share their creations with others by uploading to the “Sporepedia” at the game’s Web site. The Sporepedia is an online destination where humans worldwide can search for and share Spore creations, comment on other players’ designs, and check out celebrity creature creations.

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