Spore has been out for a couple of weeks now and, a few anal scientists aside, it’s received some pretty impressive reviews. So if you’re one of the (very) few who haven’t already grabbed themselves a copy, now’s your chance. What’s more, it could be yours for free… kinda.

New tech and science mag Popular Science is offering it’s loyal readers the chance to win 3k in prizes, including a new Spore expansion pack, with every 12 month subscription purchased in October.

Ok, so yeah technically your Spore copy wouldn’t be free, since you will actually have to pay for the subscription. But that’s just a minor detail. And the mag really is a fairly decent read.

The next issue hits newsstands today, so grab yourself a copy to find out more details about the deal.

Full press release after the jump.