2K has announced Sid Meier’s Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword, the newest expansion pack for the Civilization IV series. This is being touted as the largest amount of expansion content in the history of the Civilization franchise.
Sid Meier’s Civilization IV – Beyond the Sword Overview:
- The expansion will focus on the late-game time periods after the invention of gunpowder and will deliver 12 challenging and decidedly different scenarios created by the development team at Firaxis Games, as well as members of the Civilization Fan Community. Sid Meier’s Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword will also include ten new civilizations, 16 new leaders, five new wonders, and a variety of new units that will offer even more fun and exciting ways for players to expand their civilization’s power as they strive for world domination.
Steve Martin, President, Firaxis Games says, “Civilization is close to our hearts here at Firaxis and we’re eager to up the stake on the series once again with what we believe to be our best expansion pack ever. Fan requests and a constant stream of new ideas motivate our team to continue delivering more and better gameplay for our premier series. Sid Meier’s Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword is a must-have expansion for every Civ fan.”
Christoph Hartmann, President, 2K quoted, “Civilization IV has been an awe-inspiring critical and commercial success, so it makes sense for Firaxis Games to create the biggest, most ambitious expansion pack for one of the genuine PC games ever created. Sid Meier’s Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword offers more scenarios, civilizations, units, concepts, leaders and a host of other features.”
Sid Meier’s Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword expansion pack has been developed by Firaxis Games and will release for the PC in July 2007. Civilization IV was released in October 2005 and was a huge hit selling over 1.5 million units worldwide. It was also the 2005 PC Game of the Year. Civ fans will be waiting for the expansion pack but will have to wait for a few weeks before they can actually play Beyond the Sword!