Civilization

News

Civilization V Game Of The Year Edition Hits Sept 27

1:40AM September 15, 2011 | Brian Crecente

A “Game of the Year” edition of Sid Meier’s Civilization V, featuring six packs and the digital soundtrack, hits stores on September 27 for $US50, 2K Games said this morning. More »


Retro

Remembering The House That Civilization Built

2:00PM August 31, 2011 | Luke Plunkett

I don’t tend to truly miss many video game studios. Businesses come and go, their developers move on, make new stuff, the world keeps spinning. More »


News

Computer Learns To Play Civilization By Reading The Instruction Manual

10:30AM July 14, 2011 | Owen Good

Starting from nothing, a computer taught itself to read the instruction manual for Civilization and saw its rate of victory jump from 46 per cent to 79 per cent. More »


PC

Here’s What Civilization On Facebook Looks Like

3:00PM May 17, 2011 | Luke Plunkett

We gave you a brief rundown on how Civilization World, the upcoming Facebook version of the classic PC strategy series, worked the other day. Now you can see for yourself in this trailer. More »


PC

Sid Meier Hopes To Release Civ World This Winter

1:00AM May 12, 2011 | Brian Crecente

Civ World, Sid Meier’s attempt to bring the complexities of his long-lived strategy game Civilization to the quick play nature of Facebook, is due to hit the online service this winter, CNN reports. More »


News

WikiLeaks Suspect Found Inspiration In Video Games

1:40AM May 7, 2011 | Mike Fahey

In the Washington Post‘s in-depth profile of the alleged source of classified information passed to WikiLeaks, a childhood friend discusses how computer games played a part in introducing Bradley Manning to the world of ideas. More »


In Real Life

Let’s Learn How To Play The Wonderfully Complex Civilization Board Game

12:30AM March 14, 2011 | StephenTotilo

Civilization: The Board Game from Fantasy Flight Games is no mere global Monopoly, no svelte Catan. It is a complicated affair and one that’s not so easy to capture on video. More »


In Real Life

Are Video Games Turning Liberals Into Virtual Conservatives?

7:20AM February 19, 2011 | Mike Fahey

Monica Potts a feminist graduate of an all-girls college that would never take her husband’s name or dream of ending her career to raise children. In the Sims 3 she’s a married mother that stays home with the kids. More »


In Real Life

Civilization’s Greatest Fantasy Could Soon Be Reality

8:30PM February 3, 2011 | Luke Plunkett

It’s funny, for a game based on history and real things, Civilization has always had a strangely fictional unit at its core: the “Settler”, who can make towns and later cities just appear. More »


News

Civilization IV’s Opening Theme A Finalist For Grammy

5:00PM December 4, 2010 | Owen Good

The opening theme for Civilization IV is the first original composition associated with a video game to be a finalist nominee for a Grammy. The track, “Baba Yetu,” is in the “Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalists” category. More »