A Golden Civilization IV

For PC gamers, October 2005 is turning out to be a veritable gift from the gaming gods as several highly anticipated titles -- Black & White 2, F.E.A.R., QUAKE 4, Age of Empires III, Serious Sam 2, and Call of Duty 2 -- have been released or are about to be released. To this list we can add Civilization IV, which reached gold status today and is set to hit the stores on October 25.

Civilization IV seeks to expand on the "beloved gameplay of its predecessors with countless new gameplay changes and improvements, including religion, great people and for the first time in the Civilization series, a full 3D engine."

Needless to say, we here at IGN are very much looking forward to Sid's latest offering as well as the many, many sleepless nights in the near future from playing this game.

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