The team behind XCOM: Enemy Unknown's popular Long War mod has formed a new studio to create its first original title.

The new development team, aptly named Long War Studios, is working on a "grand strategy game" called Terra Invicta, in which players must defend Earth from an incoming alien invasion.

According an announcement on the studio's official site (via NeoGAF), the game is currently in "pre-Kickstarter development."

In Terra Invicta, players must "assemble a council of scientists, politicians, military leaders and operatives" in an effort to "unite Earth's squabbling nations with the ultimate goal of taking the fight to the aliens in the high ground of outer space."