I'm pretty excited about the news that Firaxis is remaking X-COM, one of my most favoritest games ever:

http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2012/01/05/february-cover-revealed-xcom-enemy-unknown.aspx

Also of note, here's a related article that gives a little background on the initial development of the game:

http://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2012/01/04/xcom-a-series-that-almost-wasn-t.aspx