According to the Comic-Con website, which holds its annual pop-culture event at the end of the month in San Diego, EA and Maxis are set to unveil a brand new role-playing game set within the Spore universe.

The website reveals that on Saturday, July 24 "they will reveal "a brand new, Sci-Fi Action-RPG based on the DNA of Spore." Despite numerous spin-offs, the Spore franchise has always adpoted the "God Game" formula, so this new title looks set to take the series in a whole new direction.

It seems likely that the game will be called Dark Spore, a name that was trademarked by Electronic Arts recently.

Other gaming related companies at Comic-Con this year include representatives from the likes of Epic Mickey, Red Faction Armageddon and Guild Wars 2.