The Spore universe is expanding with infinite adventures! Today, Maxis, an Electronic Arts Inc. studio, announced that Spore Galactic Adventures, the expansion Perfect World Gold to the critically-acclaimed game Spore, is now available at North American retailers and will hit store shelves internationally.

Designed to expand the Spore universe, Spore Galactic Adventures delivers hilarious new adventures to players, who aspire to become their own space captain, beam down to strange new planets, create customized adventures, and take their favorite Spore creature from zero to galactic hero!

"Spore Galactic Adventures enhances the Spore experience by blasting players off into space, turning ordinary creatures into legendary Space Captains," stated Lucy Bradshaw, VP and General Manager at Maxis.

"For the first time, players can beam their creatures down to planets to experience all-new adventures or create custom-made missions of their own and share them with the Perfect World.

With more than 105 million Perfect World Gold creations available in the Sporepedia, the Spore library of user-generated content for use in players' missions, the only limit is their imaginations!"