Despite the nature of EA-Maxis' upcoming hard-to-categorise Spore, we are promised a proper ending of sorts, producer Thomas Vu told play.tm this week.

"This may surprise fans, but does have an ending, though it is probably not what you’d expect. Players can continue playing past the end if they choose to and continue to explore the hundreds of thousands of planets that populate the Spore galaxy," he said in a new interview, published today.

"We are not ready to announce what the end of the game will be, but trust that it will take a dedicated player some time to complete the game. Additionally, each of the individual phases can be played in isolation for players who may prefer some phases over others along with all of the editing and creation tools for those who may just want to create things like creatures or buildings for others to play with."

Vu also described Spore as the "next big franchise" from Maxis, hinting at more games in the future - as well as potential spin-offs, the developer "always thinking about where we can take the systems that we’ve implemented during the of Spore."

More soon.

By Luke Guttridge