Sid Meier's Civilization Game: Beyond Earth Announced

Beyond Earth is set to take humanity to the final frontier.

Firaxis Games has announced Sid Meier’s Civilization: Beyond Earth, the latest entry in their 4X strategy series.

The game was revealed during a PAX East panel earlier today, Beyond Earth is set to be released sometime this fall and it will be the first Civilization game that will explore the future instead of playing in the past.

"It's been quite a while since Alpha Centauri came out," said Civilization series creator Sid Meier. "We've got a lot of new ideas, have learned a lot, and there’s so much new stuff we can do with a science fiction setting. The Civilization series has come so far and we can do a lot of new stuff now that we couldn't do before. We had an opportunity with people [at Firaxis] who had some great ideas on how to put this together--and it just all came together! We're happy to be able to have a chance to do it."