It could be anything. It could be EA marking their territory in case someone else tries to take the IP away. It could be a Facebook game (Civ recently came out), or it could be something new. I certainly hope it's something new, although I hope it remains 4X and not a re-imagination like the new XCOM that Take2 are financing.

My vote would be going this route because EA/BioWare has had a decent success with the Dragon Age 2 facebook game. And Alpha Centauri could be a nice facebook game if done right. But could make way to a legit game if a simple web game does well. I have always wanted the large game houses to open their catalog and start remaking these classics.

A Facebook game would make a lot of sense, especially given the noises EA have been making about social networked games and spending all that money on PopCap. Given that games are now arriving on Google+ I wonder if it might also be "cross platform"

Could be a facebook game or maybe an ipod game, then again they may just want to stop anyone else from using the name on a game.