Civilization IV

- PC

GAME INFO
publisher: 2K Games
developer: Firaxis Games
genre: Management

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS
PIV 1200, 256MB RAM, 1.7GB HDD, 64MB video card

ESRB rating: E
homepage:
www.2kgames.com/index.php?p=games&title=civ4

release date: Oct 24, 05 (released)

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DEMOS	size	date
demo	281MB	Nov 23, 05

PATCHES	size	date
v1.74 patch	60MB	Jul 23, 07

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»	May 31, 05 Civilization IV Hands-On There was a time when the first thing I would do in the morning would be to turn my computer on and start Civilization. Civilization was one of the big obsessions of my life... » MORE

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»	Jan 07, 2010 Weekly PC Sales Well, everything's pretty much as you'd expect it to be. Here are the latest weekly PC sales (via digital distribution): Steam (by Revenue): 12/26/09 - 1/3/10 1. » MORE

»	Oct 21, 2009 Aion Tops PC September Sales We saw this one coming and so have you guys. NCsoft's MMO Aion topped PC sales charts in the US, according to statistics provided by NPD. Here's the full chart (thanks EdgeOnline): 1. » MORE

»	Jul 23, 2009 The Sims 3 Tops June PC Sales Of course it does. Nobody expected otherwise. Check out last month's PC sales (via Gamasutra): 1. The Sims 3 (EA The Sims Studio, Electronic Arts) 2. » MORE

»	Jun 15, 2009 The Sims 3 Completely Outsells Everything Well, last month's sales have shown a more or less traditional bunch of PC games in the chart of top-sellers in the US. However, the latest weekly PC sales prove that gamers are out there buying The Sims 3 like crazy. » MORE

»	Jun 08, 2009 PC Sales: The Sims and Delightful Knitting Patterns While many people have turned to the E3 for the latest scoops on various upcoming games, others seem to enjoy sitting at home and thinking of extremely interesting knitting patterns. » MORE

May 27, 2009

PC Sales: Empire: Total War Returns
As we've witnessed last week, PC gamers are still taking interest in Valve's Left 4 Dead. This week, apart from the usual hypnotized masses that keep buying WoW and The Sims, it looks like gamers are grabbing Empire: Total War off of store shelves once again.

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»	May 19, 2009 PC Sales: L4D Back in Action Let's have a look at another PC weekly sales chart for the US. Things are pretty much the same as always, with WoW and The Sims flooding sales. However, this week Valve's Left 4 Dead is back and the classic Fallout trilogy is still on the chart: 1. » MORE

»	May 13, 2009 PC Sales: Interplay's Fallout Trilogy is Back Well, how about that. The classic Fallout trilogy winds up in the latest weekly PC sales charts for the US. Check it out: NPD's Top 10 (4/26 - 5/2) 1. » MORE

»	May 04, 2009 WoW, It's The Sims! Demigod and Empire: Total War are still selling okay, but it didn't take too long for Wow and The Sims titles to get back on top of US weekly PC sales. » MORE

»	Apr 27, 2009 PC Sales: Demigod Starts Well In an everlasting battle of weekly PC games sales, mostly occupied by WoW and The Sims releases, there seem to be a few games that managed to break the monotony. » MORE

»	Apr 17, 2009 Empire: Total War Outsells WoW in March During March 2009 Creative Assembly's strategy Empire: Total War has been outselling Blizzard's Wow week after week. NPD's chart for the best selling PC games in March, shows the excellent strategy on top of the bunch: 1. » MORE

»	Apr 02, 2009 Empire: Total War Still PC Champion Marketing research firm NPD reminds us that it's time to, once again, go through the list of the best-selling PC games in the US (for the week of March 15). » MORE

»	Mar 12, 2009 Top 20 PC Best-sellers for February New to NPD's monthly top 20 best-selling PC chart are F.E.A.R. 2 and Dawn of War 2. The rest are more or less the same as in last month's chart. Check it out: 1. » MORE

Feb 13, 2009

Top 20 PC Best-sellers for January
Marketing research group NPD released a list of the best-selling in the U.S. during the entire month of January 2009. Well, as one would expect, the list hasn't changed much since last month and once again we witness franchises like The Sims and WoW: 1.

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»	Feb 02, 2009 The Sims Top PC Sales Again NPD's top 10 best selling US PC games (January 18-24th) clearly show that The Sims still manage to outperform World of Warcraft and other PC titles. Check it out: 1. » MORE

»	Nov 15, 2008 Fallout 3 PC Best-seller for October '08 Well, Fallout 3 turned out to be a best-seller on PC weekly sales charts. Not only that, but it also conquered PC sales for the entire month of October. » MORE

»	Oct 21, 2008 Nancy Drew's Back Amongst PC Top Sellers While EA's Spore is still clinging to the top of the weekly PC sales chart, Nancy Drew marks a return. That's right, PC gamers are still buying that shit. » MORE

»	Oct 08, 2008 Spore Still Top Seller The weekly PC sales chart from NPD shows that EA's Spore is currently the best selling PC game. Warhammer Online, obviously, isn't doing too bad either. » MORE

»	Aug 25, 2008 WoW & The Sims Outsold by Nancy Drew Nancy Drew is back on atop the throne, as the best-selling PC game... well, for the moment anyway. Check out the latest top-sellers from NPD, revealing US sales during the month of... » MORE

»	Aug 04, 2008 Blizzard Conquers PC Sales, But Nothing Beats Nancy Drew Blizzard Entertainment's games are still dominating PC weekly sales charts, albeit it appears Nancy Drew: The Phantom of Venice is currently the best-selling PC game. » MORE

»	Jun 09, 2008 Colonization Returns in Civ IV: Colonization Take-Two just announced the development of Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization for the PC - a brand new add-on for the well-known turn-based strategy game, created by Firaxis Games. » MORE

Apr 07, 2008

Ken Levine's Top 5 Games of All Time
Head over to MSNBC, where creative director at 2K Boston, Ken Levine, reveals his own choice of top five video games of all time. The recognized game designer modestly "neglected" to mention BioShock, but didn't hesitate to highlight instant industry classics that helped shape the industry in one way or another.

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»	Feb 27, 2008 Folks Love Their Sims Bath Interior Design Because we know how much you like seeing the various combinations of The Sims and World of Warcraft populating the list. Let's start with the all-formats list first, however: *Indicates Pre-order 01. » MORE

»	Oct 02, 2007 World in Conflict Outselling Sims and WoW... For Now NPD Group released another one of their top 10 charts for best selling PC games in the US, for the week ending September 22. Yeah, I know, I know, it's always the same. » MORE

»	Sep 26, 2007 Sims Still Rule PC Charts NPD Group released yet another chart for the top 10 best selling PC games in the US (for the week ending Sept. 15): 1. The Sims 2 Bon Voyage - Electronic Arts 2. » MORE

»	Sep 18, 2007 PC Game Sales: Say "Bon Voyage" to BioShock According to the NPD's latest chart for top 10 best-selling PC games (for the week ending on September 8), The Sims 2: Bon Voyage outsold both WoW and BioShock. » MORE

»	Sep 11, 2007 BioShock Rules US PC Games Charts BioShock takes the lead on NPD's latest chart of the top 10 best-selling PC games in the US (for the week ending Sep 1): 1. BioShock - 2K Games 2. Guild Wars: Eye Of The North - NCSoft 3. » MORE

»	Aug 28, 2007 Best-Selling Games in the US So which are the currently top-selling games in the US? Let's start with the all-formats list: 1. BioShock—2K Games (Xbox 360) 2. Halo 3*—Microsoft (Xbox 360) 3. » MORE

»	Aug 14, 2007 Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword Patch (v3.03) There's a new patch for Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword available, updating the recently released strategy add-on to version 3.03. Not much info was released about the patch. » MORE

»	Aug 07, 2007 Best Selling PC Games I know how much you love these charts, so here, go nuts! NPD compiled the top-10 best selling PC games (July 22nd - July 28th): 1. Civilization IV: Beyond The Sword Expansion Pack 2. » MORE

»	Jul 19, 2007 Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword Demo The folks from 2K Games and Firaxis have released a 717MB demo of their upcoming Civilization IV expansion, Beyond the Sword. It's more Civ IV, so if you're a fan check out what the expansion offers by downloading the file here. » MORE

»	Jun 19, 2007 WoW Still Rules All! This just in. It's NPD's top 20 best selling PC games in the US, for May 2007. Here they are, in all their glory: 1. World Of Warcraft: Burning Crusade Expansion Pack - Vivendi $37 2. » MORE

»	Jun 13, 2007 The Painful Truth About PC Games Here's the top-selling software chart, covering the week of May 27th - June 2nd, 2007: 1. World Of Warcraft - Vivendi 2. World Of Warcraft: Burning Crusade Expansion Pack - Vivendi 3. » MORE

»	Apr 19, 2007 Civ IV Designer Goes to Work on Spore Previously working as lead designer on the popular strategy Civilization IV, Soren Johnson, left Firaxis and has now joined Electronic Arts' Maxis studio to assist with the creation of the long-awaited title, Spore (Will Wright's next game). » MORE

»	Mar 28, 2007 New Civ IV Expansion Coming in July Sid Meier's Civilization IV keeps on expanding. We just got word from 2K Games about Beyond the Sword, the latest expansion in the popular strategy/management series. » MORE

»	Nov 14, 2006 October's Best Selling PC Games! Oh boy! Oh boy! There's another list of the top twenty best selling games! This time for the whole month of October! Wow! I'm so fucking excited, let's take a look at the list! 1. » MORE

Oct 25, 2006

2K Games gets Steamed
2K Games is also jumping on the Steam Bandwagon, and they're going to start publishing games there as well. Sid Meier's Pirates!, Civilization III, Civilization IV and Shattered Union will all be available there from now on, which is pretty fantastic for people who can't drive to the store, but have broadband connections.

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»	Oct 11, 2006 Sid Meier's Railroads! Gone Gold Take 2 announces that Sid Meier's Railroads! has gone gold and will be hitting retail outlets in the US on October 17 and on October 27 in Europe. This one looked pretty fun and lighthearted, so I'm looking forward to playing it. » MORE

»	Oct 02, 2006 Top Ten Best Selling PC Games - Oh Boy! Oh, the latest top ten best selling PC games list has been released. And oh boy, it is a doozy! 1. The Sims 2 Glamour Life Stuff (Electronic Arts) 2. » MORE

»	Sep 12, 2006 Top-selling PC Games in the US NPD Techworld once again lets everyone know what the weekly top-selling PC games are. World of Warcraft and The Sims are duking it out. I think I've read somewhere that WOW has already earned over a billion dollars in revenue. » MORE

»	Sep 06, 2006 Top-selling PC Games in the US The NPD Group releases the list of the top selling PC games in the US for the week ending Aug. 26. Interestingly, The Elder Scrolls IV is back on the list. » MORE

»	Aug 29, 2006 Top-selling PC Games in the US Nancy Drew shows everyone that she is no pushover, for the week ending August 19: 1. World of Warcraft - Blizzard 2. The Sims 2 - Electronic Arts 3. » MORE

»	Aug 09, 2006 Top-selling PC Games in the US So what are the top-selling PC games in the US for the week ending July 29? 1. Cars - THQ 2. Civilization IV: Warlords - 2K Games 3. World Of Warcraft - Blizzard 4. » MORE

Jul 26, 2006

Civilization IV: Warlords Ships to Stores
Take 2 announces that the Civ IV expansion, Warlords, has shipped to stores across the US: With eight new scenarios including some exciting franchise firsts, Warlords will deliver even more great gameplay to the millions of fans around the globe who purchased and embraced Civilization IV.

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Jul 06, 2006

Civilization IV Expansion Goes Gold
2K Games sends word that Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Warlords has gone gold and will be hitting retail on July 24. 2K has announced that Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Warlords, an expansion pack for the critically acclaimed Sid Meier's Civilization IV for the PC, has gone to gold master and will ship in North America on July 24.

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»	Jun 12, 2006 Top-selling PC Games in May And here are some of the culprits for the drop in sales, so to speak. The top 20 best-selling PC games for the month of May: 1. Guild Wars Factions-NCSoft 2. » MORE

»	May 30, 2006 More Trouble for Starforce Is this the final nail in the coffin for Starforce? Check this out: "The ExtremeTech feature confirms that Blizzard's World of Warcraft does indeed run on this beta version of Vista. » MORE

»	Apr 18, 2006 Top-selling PC Games in the US Bethesda retains the top spot with Oblivion for the third week in the row: 1. The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (2K Games) 2. World of Warcraft (Blizzard) 3. » MORE

»	Apr 12, 2006 Oblivion Tops the Weekly Chart Here we go again. The list of the top 10 best-selling games in the US. Surprised to see WoW doing so well. November 2004 was a long time ago. As expected, Elder Scrolls IV is the best selling PC game in the US. » MORE

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