12 Facts About Civilization IV

Civilization IV is a 4X turn-based strategy computer game and the fourth installment of the Civilization series, and designed by Soren Johnson under the direction of Sid Meier and his video game development studio Firaxis Games.

Civilization IV uses the 4X empire-building model for turn-based strategy gameplay, in which the player's main objective is to construct a civilization from limited initial resources.

Civilization IV sold over 3 million copies by 2008 and won multiple awards, including several Game of the Year awards.

Civilization IV follows some of the 4X model of turn-based strategy games, a genre in which players control an empire and "explore, expand, exploit, and exterminate", by having the player attempt to lead a modest group of peoples from a base with initially scarce resources into a successful empire or civilization.

Civilization IV is much more open to modification than its predecessors were.

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The World Builder for Civilization IV is in-game, in contrast to previous Civilization games where the Map Editor was an external application.

Game engine for Civilization IV was built entirely from scratch, with some help from NDL's Gamebryo engine.

Sid Meier's Civilization IV released some bonus content, mainly to show modding capabilities:.

Civilization IV was published for the Windows and Mac OS X platforms.

Civilization IV was a commercial success, and sold more than 1 million units by mid-March 2006.

Civilization IV received universal critical acclaim with an aggregate score of 94 on Metacritic and an aggregate score of 93.

Civilization IV won multiple awards at various events and gaming websites.