Two gobbets of Spore news today, firstly EA and Maxis have announced that alongside the regular, common or garden version of the game, they'll also be releasing a "Galactic Edition", chock full of extra features, in a nicer box, shinier and with more coolitude. Expect Art, videos, and other "backstage" kinds of things, and will set UK buyers back an extra fiver, which isn't too bad at all really.

The second, and probably more important bit of news is that the sporepedia, mentioned in a newspost below, now houses over one million creatures. That's right, in a week, 1,000,000 affronts to nature have been created in bedrooms and lounges around the world, uploaded and shared with a by now no doubt terrified populous.

Hats off for the marketing strategy EA, you've got people talking, blogging and generally getting excited over Spore, whilst creating an online community that must by now rival most other games based ones out there. You can get hold of Spore on PC, Mac and DS on September the 5th.