Civ 4 Fairy Tale Version 6 Mod Released

From Strategyinformer.com: "Fairy Tale has been updated to Version 6. This is a major update of the mod that has a lot of new cosmetic changes (such as loading screens, buttons and loading hints), but also several new units and buildings and a lot more."

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How ideas of civilisation have shaped gaming

Philip Boyes:
When I was a kid, I played a lot of Civilization 2. I played a lot of strategy games in general, but having a deep love of both history and sci-fi, the epic sweep of Civ 2 from prehistory to the stars held a particular appeal. I loved taking my little people from their huts and ziggurats to the world of science and advanced space-flight.

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Civilization: 25 years, 33M copies sold, 1 billion hours played, and 66 versions

LAS VEGAS -- Civilization is one of the gods of strategy games, where you oversee the creation of a whole society in competition with other civilizations. It debuted in 1991, and now at 25, it has become one of the cultural touchstones of the game industry, something that everyone recognizes or has played in the past.

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-Foxtrot3419d ago

Maybe I'm saying this because my PC is shit but I really would like a good console Civilization game on par with the PC ones.

Civilization Revolution wasn't half bad...just dumbed down a bit

3418d ago
Silly Mammo3418d ago

Interesting stats, but they missed the most important ones- how many relationships were ruined? And how many jobs were lost?

ravinash3416d ago

I still remember the day my dad finally convinced me to go and peel the potatoes by turning off the power to the entire house.
I think I lost about 5 hours worth of game play that day.

Mirdus3418d ago

Nuclear-Gandhi still give me the creeps

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10 years later: GamesBeat’s most memorable games of 2005

Today, the GamesBeat staff turns its attention toward 20 important games of 2005.

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ColManischewitz3625d ago

What a year. Interesting because it's also the first where standard-def console games face up against hi-def console games.

midnightambler3625d ago

Those early DS games are really 10 years old already? Man, I feel old.

nowitzki20043625d ago (Edited 3625d ago )

RE4, BF2, God of War, COD2, GH, Phoenix Wright, SOC, Civ IV..... WOW imo thats gotta be the best year of gaming. either that or 07

scark923625d ago

Well it defo goes down in history, alot of them games are on peoples top 10's!

ColManischewitz3625d ago

After a certain point in gaming -- 1996? 1997? -- feels like nearly every year has someone touting it as "the best year in gaming."

AlphaKennyOne3625d ago

Lol Lego Star Wars. I don't remember why I got that game. It sounds like a bad idea but man that game was surprisingly fun. I had the first two games for my PS2.