Galactic Civilizations III was announced yesterday at www.galciv3.com
If you are a fan of turn based strategy games like Civilization, Gal Civ I or II, etc., you will want to check this out.
Warning, if have an older machine, you may be out of luck. This game will require a 64 bit O/S and directX 10 or 11 to play. It will not play on a dX 9 or 32 bit O/S machine.
Alpha access is currently anticipated at late this year and beta sometime after. It will probably be a year or more until retail release, but pre-orders can get alpha or beta access depending on the level of your pre-order.