Redwood City, Calif. - Electronic Arts (NASD: ERTS) announced on Wednesday that it will ship "Spore," the highly-anticipated title from its Maxis studio and "Sims" creator Will Wright, on September 7 for the PC, Mac, Nintendo DS and mobile phones. Wired.com on Wednesday posted an interview with Wright, in which he details such features as an automatic music generator he created with Brian Eno for the game, that will both use algorithms and such to generate unique musical themes for different settings, and let players create their own themes for their surroundings. EA will also release a "creature creator" for the game in advance of its official release.

Redwood City, Calif. - Electronic Arts (NASD: ERTS) has announced that it will release a version of its forthcoming game "Spore," from "Sims" creator Will Wright, for the Mac platform -- part of the company's initiative to publish more titles for Mac users. Both a PC and Mac version of the game will be released some time later this year.

London - The British Academy of Film and Television Arts has announced that Will Wright, creator of "SimCity" and "The Sims," will be the first game industry recipient of a BAFTA Fellowship, the academy's highest honor. Wright will be honored at The British Academy Video Games Awards, to be held on Oct. 23.