Category Archives: Civilization IV

Civ4 related news items

Play the new Civ4 “Game Of The Month” #255

By | August 5, 2023

In contrast to the summery Civ5 and Civ6 GOTMs, the Civ4 GOTM goes the other way and will give you a cooler vibe! You play as Ragnar of the Vikings on a standard size low sea level achipelago map on Emperor level. You have until September 11 to go berserk on the world. For all information please see… Read More »

Civ IV Hall of Fame Update

By | July 26, 2023

The Civilization IV Hall of Fame has been updated – 8 games were accepted since the previous update. Congratulations to @SittinDown for the highest score of the update with a Standard, Normal, Noble, Domination game for 111,172 points.ruff_hi was the most active player during this update, submitting 3 games. New Number One Entries: A number of players gained… Read More »

Podcast: Choral languages, ancient worlds, and a little golf: The music of Christopher Tin

By | July 23, 2023

Meena Shamaly, host of the “Game Show” on ABC, and who also sings in the game score of “Old World“, has interviewed Christopher Tin. They talk about his career, how he got to compose Baba Yetu, how the grammy gave him many more options, like going into opera, and why he liks choires.An excerpt from the description: Along… Read More »

Play the new Civ4 “Game Of The Month” #254

By | July 22, 2023

For the Civ4 GOTM we have this time an easy, but confusing game. You play Zara Yacoub of Ethiopia on a standard size donut map on Noble level. This game has unrestricted and aggressive leaders, tech brokering is deactivated, alliances are permanent, and sea levels will rise, it’s a chaos! You have until August 15 to get through… Read More »

The Civ4 “Hall Of Fame” has been upated

By | July 5, 2023

The Civ4 Hall Of Fame has again gotten an update! New players have been inaugurated in our everlasting Hall Of Civ Fame! You can find the whole overview in this thread! 14 games were accepted since the previous update. Congratulations to jnebbe for the highest score of the update with a Huge, Normal, Emperor, Domination game for 406,949… Read More »

Techspot: A Chat With Video Game Composer Christopher Tin

By | July 4, 2023

Techspot has published an interview with Christopher Tin about his work, how he got to designing the music of Civ4, and how this has kick-started his career. In the interview he mentions that Civ was his dream job, with the right combination of elements which interest him, and that there is probably no other game he’d have liked… Read More »

Play the new Civ4 “Game Of The Month” #253

By | June 30, 2023

And for sure we also supply you with another monthly game also for Civ4! This “Game Of The Month” is this time not summery-themed, but is rather a response to the community, who requested some smaller maps. Therefore you play this time as Churchill on a small fractal map on Emperor level against 4 AIs. In contrast to… Read More »

TechSpot: 30 Years of Civilization – Over 51 Million Units Sold and a Billion Hours Played

By | June 12, 2023

TechSpot has today published an article about the last 30 years of Civilization (which should be 32 years…).In this article, the author goes through the history of the Civilization franchise, how the first people playtested Civ1 for hours, the addition of modding in Civ2, Baba Yetu, and many other things. The author also doesn’t forget all the other… Read More »