In a new Spore teaser video released today, the official Spore release date was announced.

The date? 7th September 2008! Not long (well... "kinda")

Get ready for the next Big Bang this fall! Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS) and Maxis today announced that Spore, the highly anticipated game from the creators of The Sims, will be available at retailers worldwide the weekend of September 7. Spore will be available for the PC, Macintosh, Nintendo DS, and mobile phones.

"The wait is almost over," said Maxis Chief Designer Will Wright. "We're in our final stages of testing and polish with Spore, and the team at Maxis can't wait to see the cosmos of content created by the community later this year."

Spore gives players their own personal universe in a box. 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 customize nearly every aspect of their universe: creatures, vehicles, buildings, and even UFOs. Players can then seamlessly share their creations with the world or explore infinite new galaxies created by other gamers.

An EA CEO has confirmed that Spore will be out before the holidays. Source.

Over at XSpore they have scans from the latest preview of Spore, from the magazine UK Gamer.

The just released January issue of the PC Gamer magazine had a list of Top 8 games of 2008, with Spore as #1.
Their article described every gameplay phase, and it was was based on some new screenshots.

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Will Wright has given a nice Q&A over at The Guardian. Link.

At Gadgetoff 2007, a new Spore video was released. It features Will Wright playing, using the creature editor and walking around the planet.

Will Wright, creator of the Sims, demonstrates his most ambitious video game ever - Spore - which uses a cross between intelligent-design and evolution to dominate the universe

Watch it here.