If you have even a passing interest in strategy games, world history, or getting less sleep at night, you owe it to yourself to give Civilization IV a try.
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Civilization IV Game Guide
GameSpot's Game Guide to Civilization IV is your one-stop shop for tips on building cities, expanding your military, choosing a leader, and more!
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News and Features
Civilization IV Profile Preview - Civilizations and Their Leaders Get the lowdown on the 18 civilizations and the 26 leaders that will appear in the game.
Posted Sep 26, 2005 2:44 pm PT
GDC '08: Sid Meier, Game Tycoon
Affable industry legend speaks about his beginnings, casual games, Civilization, collaboration, and the current state of independent development.
Affable industry legend speaks about his beginnings, casual games, Civilization, collaboration, and the current state of independent development.
Posted Feb 22, 2008 6:21 pm PT
Daily Downloads: Civilization IV, DiRT patches
Sid Meier's latest gets updated along with its expansions, Colin McRae racer gets a tune-up, MGS4 receives two wallpaper packs.
Sid Meier's latest gets updated along with its expansions, Colin McRae racer gets a tune-up, MGS4 receives two wallpaper packs.
Posted Jul 23, 2007 5:34 pm PT
Demos and Patches
Civilization IV v1.74 Patch
This patch includes support for widescreen on laptops, as well a number of crash, exploit, and bug fixes. Download »
Posted Jul 23, 2007| Size: 61.7MB| Downloads: 6,769
Civilization IV Demo
This demo for Civilization IV includes a tutorial and a 100 turn game where you can play as the Greek, Roman, Incan, or Indian nations. Download »
Posted Nov 23, 2005| Size: 321.8MB| Downloads: 208,547
Latest GameSpot Updates
| News | GDC '08: Sid Meier, Game Tycoon | Feb 22, 2008 |
| News | Daily Downloads: Civilization IV, DiRT patches | Jul 23, 2007 |
| Download | Civilization IV v1.74 Patch | Jul 23, 2007 |
| News | E3 '07: Civ IV enters Golden age | Jul 9, 2007 |
| Fact Sheet | 2K Announces Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Gold Edition | Jul 9, 2007 |
| News | 2K Games closing NYC office | Jun 14, 2007 |
| News | BizSpots: GameFlood, Foundation 9, McGee, Halo and KOF films | May 29, 2007 |
| News | Civilization IV designer Spore-s new gig | Apr 18, 2007 |
