Civilization, XCOM studio Firaxis to announce new game at PAX East

Civilization and XCOM developer Firaxis Games will announce its "next big AAA title" this weekend at PAX East in Boston, Mass., 2K Games announced today on its website.

The announcement will be made during the Firaxis Mega Games Panel starting at 11:30 a.m. EDT on Saturday, April 12 at the Dragonfly Theatre. GameSpot will be in attendance bringing you the news as it happens.

Firaxis Games' most recent AAA title was 2012's XCOM: Enemy Unknown, which was followed up the next year with expansion pack Enemy Within. The most recent entry in the Civilization series was 2010's Civilization V.

XCOM designer Jake Solomon hyped the Firaxis Games announcement on Twitter, saying: "If you're at #PAXEast then you should go to the @FiraxisGames panel. You will not be disappointed, I promise. I'VE SAID TOO MUCH."