Starting a new game and trying to place a base while zoomed out near a city causes "Game Over".
Steps to reproduce:
New Game
Zoom in the map to the furthest zoom level that still shows the city names.
Click near a city with other cities close by. Cairo, Tel Aviv, Baghdad for example.
Pop-up appears to select a city.
Selecting any city will trigger "Game Over".
Starting a new game after this will show a "Mission launch control" window that has no information in it.