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Recruit the best warriors from across the galaxy to build your creature arsenal and collect hundreds of distinctive creature characters, each with their own unique abilities, to wield as your living weapons. Take direct control of your creatures as they descend to the surface of infected planets to battle hordes of enemies and drive back the forces of Darkspore.

Your enemies are diverse and dangerous — in order to defeat them you will need to employ the full range of your creature arsenal and strategically decide which creatures to deploy for each battle.

Collect new weapons and armor to augment your creatures' abilities and turn them into a more powerful fighting force. Use the award-winning Spore Creature Editor to customize your own unique creature characters, and trade with other players to complete your arsenal.

Play through the epic sci-fi campaign solo or co-operatively, join forces with friends to take on the forces of Darkspore, or battle your friends head-to-head in fast-paced competitive arena battles.

Maxis announced the kick-off of the five-week beta period for Darkspore, which wont be in stores for another month, but players who have registered for a chance to join the beta at Darkspore.com may be among those selected to receive beta keys and get early access to the game.

You can still register now at Darkspore.com for a last-minute chance to enter one of the upcoming beta events:

• Friday, Feb. 18th from 6pm PT until 11:59pm PT Saturday, Feb 19th
• Friday, Feb. 25th from 6pm PT until 11:59pm PT Sunday, Feb 27th
• Friday, March 4th from 6pm PT until 11:59pm PT Sunday, March 6th
• Friday, March 11th from 6pm PT until 11:59pm PT Sunday, March 13th

Key Features:

• Collect an arsenal of hundreds of different creatures and wield them as your living weapons
• Choose strategically which creatures to send into battle against the forces of Darkspore
• Combat hordes of infected enemies and massive bosses in fast-paced, intense action
• Join Forces, trade or compete with up to three other players in co-op campaign mode or up to eight other players in PvP mode
• Expand the Universe with DLC to unlock rare creatures, new planets and new features