Maxis has announced a new way to get your Spore fun on. Spore Islands has just launched on Facebook and is an original game that allows friends to compete for the survival of the fittest.

“In Spore Islands, players get to invite friends in their social web to play on their island, so creating this game exclusively for Facebook was a natural choice for us since they are the largest and most popular social platform for games,” stated Caryl Shaw, Senior Producer, Spore Islands. “What sets Spore Islands apart from other social games is that it offers a different kind of social interactivity where a player’s gameplay experience is directly affected by the choices and decisions their friends make. It’s an ongoing game, so player’s creatures and islands will be active at all times, whether the player is logged into Facebook or not.”

Spore Islands was developed and published by Electronic Arts Inc. Users get to choose their own island to live on, create creatures and evolve them and invite friends to live on their island. There are also various leaderboards to compare your stats on.

Play Spore Islands here.