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Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Warlords

Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Warlords is the first expansion pack for the award-winning game that has become an instant world-wide hit. Paying homage to some of history's greatest military leaders, the…

75 24 July 2006

Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Warlords is a simulator developed by Firaxis Games, released 24 July 2006 on Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Warlords is

Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Warlords is a simulator game developed by Firaxis Games and released in 2006. It was published by 2K Games. It is available on Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Gamebryo.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Warlords is the first expansion pack for the award-winning game that has become an instant world-wide hit. Paying homage to some of history's greatest military leaders, the expansion delivers six unique and interesting scenarios, giving players the chance to change the course of history with the help of their new powerful "warlord" unit. Civ IV: Warlords includes new civilizations, leaders, units, and wonders that offer even more fun and exciting ways for players to expand their civilization's military power as they strive for world domination. Game scenarios: the expansion delivers eight scenarios. New civilizations: the pack provides six new civilizations and…
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are 4x (explore, expand, exploit, and exterminate), educational, fantasy and historical. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.

Where it sits in the Sid Meier series

Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Warlords is the 17th of 41 entries we hold in the Sid Meier series. It arrived 9 months after Sid Meier's Civilization IV. The next entry was Sid Meier's Railroads! in 2006. Its critic score of 75 is 7 points below the series average of 82. The highest-rated entry is Sid Meier's Civilization IV at 95.

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How it was received

Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Warlords holds a critic score of 75 out of 100. That places it above 51% of the 2,882 rated simulator games in our database, which average 71. Games released in 2006 averaged 65, so it scored 10 points above the year average.

What it launched against

Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Warlords launched on 24 July 2006, within three weeks of Persona 3, Dead Rising, Prey and Civilization IV: Warlords. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Persona 3, Dead Rising, Prey, Civilization IV: Warlords.

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When did Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Warlords come out?
Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Warlords was released on 24 July 2006 for Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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