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Warlords overrun Civilization IV

First expansion for top strategy series will have military focus, introduce six new scenarios, new units, and new civilizations.

Since it was released last October, Civilization IV has never fallen off NPD Funworld's weekly list of top 10 best-selling PC games, selling over a million copies. The latest installment in Firaxis' long-running strategy series was also singled out by Firaxis owner Take-Two Interactive as being one of its best-selling titles during its last financial quarter.

Hoping to further capitalize on Civilization IV's success, Take-Two subsidiary 2K Games announced today that it will soon release the game's first expansion pack. Titled Civilization IV: Warlords, the expansion "pays homage to some of history's greatest military leaders." Though no Hannibals, Khans, Napoleons, Lees, Rommels, Pattons, or Schwarzkopfs were mentioned, the game promises the introduction of new Warlord units that will help turn the tide of battle in players' favor.

As has been the case with other Civilization expansions, Warlords will introduce a bevy of new units, resources, leaders, civilizations, and wonders of the world. However, 2K Games' announcement did not mention anything specific, other than that there would be "six new scenarios" that give players "the chance to change the course of history."

As yet unrated and unpriced, Civilization IV: Warlords will be released this summer. It will require the original game, which was named GameSpot's Best PC Game of 2005, to play.

28 Comments

  • gfw123

    Posted Jun 20, 2006 3:41 pm GMT

    Anyone have an idea if this expansion will work with the Mac OS X version of Civ IV that is due out on Monday June 26th, 2006?

  • comthitnuong

    Posted May 29, 2006 11:44 am GMT

    great

  • erikmele

    Posted Mar 18, 2006 4:13 am GMT

    Civilization is the best

  • Sagacious_Tien

    Posted Mar 17, 2006 1:05 pm GMT

    Civ 4 has pretty much everything I need - so I'm not sure how much this expansion will change things.

  • Gusty_Wind

    Posted Mar 17, 2006 6:55 am GMT

    Nice

  • jonnyjd

    Posted Mar 17, 2006 6:04 am GMT

    Nice...

  • zzodr

    Posted Mar 17, 2006 3:24 am GMT

    I want CRUISE MISSILES and TAC NUKES.

  • cqdemal

    Posted Mar 16, 2006 7:40 pm GMT

    The short feature list here isn't exactly mouth-watering, but good news anyway.

  • gdogg4210

    Posted Mar 16, 2006 3:53 pm GMT

    no Patton, awww

  • Blazer88

    Posted Mar 16, 2006 3:53 pm GMT

    Cool

  • rainmanstile

    Posted Mar 16, 2006 3:39 pm GMT

    i hope that this is not a managment decision hoping to boost sales instead of trying to make a near perfect game better. when it comes out if it has the 6 new scenarios and one or two new civs for $30-$40 the guys who decided to make this expansion might be hated and fired as a result of bad sales( i hope so). on the other hand if this is what i hope it is(a complete overhaul of combat) then it would be well worth $30-$40 dollars because i think its a little ridiculous when one spearmen can hold up assault troops endlessly. maybe find a new way to make obsolete units usefull or upgradeable that wasnt so unrealistic.

  • wolflegresley

    Posted Mar 16, 2006 3:30 pm GMT

    exellent

  • wokisan

    Posted Mar 16, 2006 3:29 pm GMT

    Excellent news. The only strategy game that can hold my interest.

  • Jamesp2005

    Posted Mar 16, 2006 3:23 pm GMT

    That's good news which would be even better for me if the game would run on my computer.

  • yanks26wsw

    Posted Mar 16, 2006 2:46 pm GMT

    cool

  • Great_Wizard

    Posted Mar 16, 2006 2:25 pm GMT

    The game is great but it doesn't play on my computer without using CureRom cause of it's stupid CD Protection. It says the Real DVD isn't real unless I use CureRom to Hide Nero and Alcohol from it. It's soooo anoying. People should take note of what Galactic Civilizations2 did.

  • yandi236

    Posted Mar 16, 2006 2:23 pm GMT

    I just never got into the series just kinda thought this bit the dust compared to other stratedgy games. Age of Empires good, Empire earth good, Civilization boring....

  • blackIceJoe

    Posted Mar 16, 2006 2:12 pm GMT

    THis sounds neat I hope that it will be lots of fun.

  • TekLaris

    Posted Mar 16, 2006 2:06 pm GMT

    Sounds promising, just hope that this doesnt fall into the trap of "more more more! game balance be damned" Still, seems a bit soon for an expansion, game won't even a year old yet if it holds to a summer release.

  • rokkuman09

    Posted Mar 16, 2006 1:39 pm GMT

    awesome i cant wait to get this SID RULZ!

  • biosc1

    Posted Mar 16, 2006 1:33 pm GMT

    Not sure how much value this will add to the original. If they price it cheap or as a digital download, then sure. If they price it like expansions in the past, then I am not so sure. Civ 4 feels pretty "complete" as it is.

  • DJGeki

    Posted Mar 16, 2006 1:32 pm GMT

    Your bus driver? I'm not sure how to respond to that. How well do you know your bus driver? And why? More to the point, good to see 2K Games bolstering the Civ IV game. Hopefully this expansion will realistically portray alternate histories. That could be pretty cool. They've done a decent job in the past Besides, 2Kgames needs a kick in the rump so their stock will go up.

  • Ahiru-San

    Posted Mar 16, 2006 1:13 pm GMT

    ^.... XD

  • gameloverx

    Posted Mar 16, 2006 1:08 pm GMT

    great my bus driver will love this expansion

  • kevo14

    Posted Mar 16, 2006 1:07 pm GMT

    ..............nice

  • Hannibal222

    Posted Mar 16, 2006 1:00 pm GMT

    Nooo, the one part of Civ 4 that I suck at is military.

  • wytefang

    Posted Mar 16, 2006 1:00 pm GMT

    First! (Not that it matters, LOL) But this is great news, first the Railroad game announcement from Sid's studio, Firaxis, and now this. Excellent news for TBS fans! Rock on.

  • grasu

    Posted Mar 16, 2006 12:59 pm GMT

    Awesome! Oh and Stalin is finally back! Now if we could just get the "other" one...

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