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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 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 ...

Civilization V out 2008? (News)

Mar 1, 2007

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 ...

Civilization IV (Review)

Mar 17, 2006

As the old saying goes: if it aint broke, dont fix it. Well screw you, old saying. Civilization was by no means broken, but the fourth version of this seminal, "you're the boss of humanity" simulation fixes it up in a whole host of ways without messing up what made the others so much fun. Like its predecessors, Civilization IV begins thousands of years ago, at the dawn of humankind. You take control of one small group of nomadic tribesmen, which you must mold into a mighty civilization that ...

Hacks (Cheat)

Mar 8, 2006

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