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Steam Top 10 Weekly Sales Chart, October 11-17 (News)

Oct 18, 2009

Valve has released their weekly top ten sellers list on Steam for the week ending on October 17.

Sid Meier's Civilization IV Now 50% Off (News)

Oct 14, 2009

It might be THQ Week at Steam but that doesn't stop them from offering deals on other companies' games. Sid Meier's Civilization IV is now 50% off until Friday.

Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword - Dune Wars 1.5 Released (News)

Oct 13, 2009

From Strategyinformer.com: "This mod from the Dune Wars Team is a total conversion. Features include: + 9 playable factions + Spice and Harvesters + Massive sandworms + Pay the guild to transport troops from your homeworld + Water, Offworld Trade, Unique Civ Abilities, Terraforming and more."

Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword 3.19 patch released (News)

Jun 11, 2009

An update for 2K's strategy game Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword has been released on Steam and is now available to users.

Civilization IV: BTS Planetfall v10 Released (News)

Jun 9, 2009

This mod by ManiacTehGreat has as goal to recapture the atmosphere and story of SMAC, but create an improved gameplay with the tools offered by Civ4.

2K Games sale on D2D includes BioShock for under $10 (News)

May 26, 2009

Direct2Drive is having a great sale on their catalog of 2K Games including BioShock, Sid Meier's Civilization IV, MLB2K9 and more for under $10.

Sid Meier's Civilization IV Complete Edition added, discounted on Steam (News)

May 15, 2009

Steam has listed Civ IV and it's expansions in The Complete Edition bundle that carries all four games at a cheaper price.

Additionally, Steam has taken an extra 10% off through this week, with the discount applying to both the bundle and individual game purchases.

A Playthrough of Civilization 4 From A Bored Video Game Reviewer (News)

Feb 21, 2009

A bored had a few beers in the evening and decided to fire up Civilization IV on a lark. After he got a bit established, he found myself thinking in the voice of a propaganda minister, and then like a real party wonk of the GOP. So he decided to approach nation building as though he were a very enthusiastic American of the 21st century.

He decided to ignore conventional research wisdom and instead rush straight toward the United Nations, so he could run it, and therefore set policy for the rest of the world.

It's a hilarious read.

Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword v3.17 Patch (News)

Jun 19, 2008

Lots of gameplay tweaks, bugfixes and enhancements: A new patch for Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword is now available, bringing to v3.17 the second expansion to the strategy sequel developed by Firaxis Games.

Civilization MMO 'really intriguing', says Meier (News)

Jun 10, 2008

MCV: Head of Firaxis Games Sid Meier has said that he finds the prospect of a Civilization MMO 'really intriguing' Â¿ and hinted that it may soon become a reality.

CIVilized conversation with Soren Johnson (Feature)

Feb 21, 2008

Soren Johnson is best known for his work at Firaxis, where he’s been deeply involved in the Civilization series since its third incarnation. He was Project Lead on the definitive Civ IV, while still coding all the game’s artificial intelligence. Now he’s moved to Maxis to join Will Wright working on the cutting edge of PC games design. And he’s knows a lot about post-punk records. Clearly, it was high time we had a chat ...

Amazon DotD - Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Gold Edition $29.99 (News)

Jan 31, 2008

Basically, if you don't have it by now, this is the time to jump on it. "This is what PC strategy is all about: hour after hour of interesting decisions and nail-biting conflicts. The single-player game alone is remarkable, but the addition of multiplayer (and yes, it actually works this time) puts it over the top." - GameSpy.

GameTap Thursday: Civilization IV stands the test of time (News)

Nov 15, 2007

Civilization IV, a game so addictive it has its own support group, joins GameTap this week as the 1000th title on the service. Civ IV, under lead designer Soren Johnson (who is currently trying to make a game out of Spore), was the Civilization game that brought an incredible amount of accessibility to the epic franchise. Whether Civ IV expansion packs, Warlords or Beyond the Sword, are integrated into this version for the GameTap service is unknown, but perhaps they'll be added at a later date. For GameTap subscribers who have even the slightest hint of interest in an accessible strategy game and somehow missed Civ IV, along with Sid Meier's Pirates! which was made available a couple weeks ago, now is the time to try them on the service.

Bioshock scores 93% in PCGZine issue 9 (News)

Aug 30, 2007

The new issue of PCGZine rates Bioshock with its highest score to date, claiming it reinvents the FPS genre and should excite all gamers, even jaded games journalists.

Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword (Review)

Jul 23, 2007

Civs militarist bent is clearly something that troubles Firaxis - Civ IVs religion and culture are obvious attempts to fashion new ways to play, rather than using new tech merely as an adjunct to an arms race. With BtS, theyve sought to address this and other issues that could be seen to mar the Civ IV experience - such as the weakness of sea and coastal power, and the relative stasis of late play compared to the discoveries and expansion of early play. How theyve tried to do this is by ...

Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword (Screenshots)

Jul 23, 2007

Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword demo out now (News)

Jul 20, 2007

We have a funny feeling that Civilization's rabid fans will already have charged into their local games emporiums and hastily handed over cash for new expansion Beyond the Sword; but IF you haven't, you may like to know a demo's been released. 717MB of download will get you 75 turns with the Final Frontier scenario from the expansion, which as you can probably guess takes Civ into space. The demo's available from the usual download suspects including this one. Beyond the Sword, the second ...

Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword Demo and Launch Trailer (News)

Jul 19, 2007

2K Games has released a playable demo of Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword, giving you the chance to try out the second expansion pack for Civilization IV developed by Firaxis Games. The expansion will focus on the late-game time periods after the invention of gunpowder and will deliver 12 challenging and decidedly different scenarios, ten new civilizations, 16 new leaders, five new wonders, and a variety of new units. Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword will be available the week of July 23 in the US and at the end of July internationally.

Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword - Gameplay 07-17-07 (Video)

Jul 17, 2007

With tons of new units, leaders, and scenarios, it's the biggest expansion to ever hit any Civ game.

E3 07 - Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword - Gameplay walkthrough 07-10-07 (Video)

Jul 10, 2007

With tons of new units, leaders, and scenarios, it's the biggest expansion to ever hit any Civ game.

Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword - hands-on (Preview)

Jun 22, 2007

We loved Sid Meiers Civilization IV - in fact, we gave it a ten out of ten - and the follow up expansion, Warlords wasnt bad at all. So it seems like the obvious choice for developer, Firaxis would be to release yet another expansion with more of the same old same old. After all, if it aint broke, why fix it? Why not release another expansion with more leaders, more buildings, a few more units, and ride the cash cow to the bank based on the popularity of all things Sid? But thats exactly what ...

Civ IV: Beyond the Sword Stabs Release Date (News)

May 13, 2007

Today 2K announced the second expansion for Civilization IV, Beyond the Sword, will be released the week of July 23 in the U.S. The rest of the civilized world will move Beyond the Sword at the end of July. The pack will be the largest expansion in the history of the Civilization franchise.

Beyond the Sword delivers 12 new scenarios created by both the development team at Firaxis Games and members of the Civilization fan community. The Civilization IV world, one of the best-reviewed strategy games on IGN (9.4), will be expanded to include 10 new civilizations, 16 new leaders, five new wonders, and a slew of new units.

Civilization IV's first expansion, Warlords, was released last summer and received an 8.4 from IGN.

Civ IV expands with Beyond the Sword (News)

Mar 28, 2007

2K Games has blown the lid off Beyond the Sword, a second expansion for Civilization IV which is due to release in July. Beyond the Sword focuses on time periods post the invention of gunpowder and features 12 scenarios that have been created by Firaxis and members of the Civ community. In addition, 16 new leaders, five new wonders, and a variety of new units are ...

Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword - Expansion No2 (News)

Mar 28, 2007

Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword is the second expansion pack for Civilization IV - the 2005 PC Game of the Year and a major commercial success, selling over 1.5 million units worldwide since its October 2005 release. The expansion will focus on the late-game time periods after the invention of gunpowder and will deliver 12 challenging and decidedly different scenarios created by the development team at Firaxis Games, as well as members of the Civilization Fan Community. Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword will also include ten new civilizations, 16 new leaders, five new wonders, and a variety of new units that will offer even more fun and exciting ways for players to expand their civilization's power as they strive for world domination.