Electronic Arts (NASDAQ: ERTS) and its subsidiary Maxis Studios have announced on Thursday that their upcoming game Spore has gone gold. Maxis is the creator of some of the most popular titles in computer gaming’s history, including the SimCity and The Sims franchises. Spore is scheduled to be released the first weekend of September just three weeks from now, beginning with a Friday, September 5th release in Europe, and following up with a release in North America on Sunday the 7th. It is the most anticipated new game release of 2008 by most accounts.

We at SIMphoni are excited about the Spore and hope it meets our high expectations. We will be participating in the Spore Community day on Friday, August 22nd along with other fine Spore-related sites. There we will have the privilege to preview Spore and bring back our impressions and images. Also, we will be offering links for those wishing to pre-order Spore and the Prima Strategy Guide, while also supporting SIMphoni at the same time.

For the complete press release from EA and Maxis, see the official web site. Copies of the release can also be found at all of the standard business and investing news sites, including Yahoo! News and The Wall Street Journal (Subscription required).  Further discussion can also be found in the SIMmphoni Forums at the link immediately below this article.