Premiere Pro CC Project File (.prproj) no longer XML?

Hi,
Does anyone know why the project file (.prproj) is no longer a readable XML file in PP CC?
In earlier versions, you could open the project file in a text editor and read it as an XML file.
In CC, it's illegible garbage.
Is there a way to decode this, or are Adobe now obfuscating the project file for a reason?
Thanks,
S

Well, that makes all the difference in the world. Change the extension to .gz not .zip and you can open it in Wordpad just fine!
This is a screen shot of the first part of one of my CC files. I renamed it to Copy.gz and had no problems.
Edit: I changed Notepad to Wordpad. Notepad doesn't do XML and Wordpad does.

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