Civilization IV

Christopher Tin's 'Baba Yetu' composition for Civilization IV was awarded video gaming's first Grammy award for Best Instrumental Arrangement with Vocalist(s) during the 53rd Annual Grammy Award pre-telecast event in L.A. That's right, the pre-telecast, because heaven forbid one of the most important milestones in gaming be witnessed by a crowd of over 50 seat fillers...

 

2K Games has just announced that Sid Meier’s Civilization V will be available on Steam. Those who pre-order the regular version or the Digital Deluxe edition of the game will also get a free map pack when the title launches this fall. While we’re exciting about Civilization V (see our most recent preview), what we’re really excited about is the current sale on Steam for Sid Meier’s Civilization IV: The Complete Edition. For just $10, you can get...

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.

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

Is Civilization V going to release in 2008? Or a new expansion for Civ IV? Well, we're slapping on detective hats to discover answers to those questions following word from Take-Two in a financial report that its subsidiary 2K Games "will have new content based on its Civilization franchise," out next year. 2K's UK arm was unfortunately unavailable for comment at the time of writing but we're hammering its phone number to get further details. We've also fired an email off to Firaxis. We'll