Will Wright, the creator of the Sims game, has a new project that is already taking a lot of the world by storm. It goes by the name of Spore and enables players to take over the evolution of a species of animal from bacterial nothingness to evolutionary glory. Recent news indicates that it will also be available on the Xbox 360 as well as the PC.

In an interview with Gamespy, Wright actually stated that the game would be multi platform but will be available on the PC first. The interview goes on to give some other details about the game and also indicates that Wright himself may not be entirely sure where the Spore series of games is going. Presumably these things really do take on a life of their own. Others get involved, players have a say, and things take a whole new turn.

One idea that is clearly going to be a big factor in the game is that whenever your Spore encounters a new object in the game you will get a new trading card. You can then print this out or, as Wright suggests, it may be possible to download this to a mobile phone and start creating a deck of trading cards in this way instead.

While details remain a little sketchy, there is one thing you can be sure of. It’s a simulation, it’s by the bloke that created the Sims, and it’s already whipping up a storm – it’s going to be monumentally huge.