2K Games has announced Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Gold Edition for PC - containing Civilization IV and its first expansion set, Warlords, plus a set of bonus items.

Sid Meier's Civilization IV is an award-winning strategy game that challenges players to build and expand an empire, throughout all of human history, and become the most powerful ruler the world has ever known. With the Warlords expansion pack, players have even more options to win by military might - including the powerful Warlord unit - and have six new civilisations, ten new leaders and eight additional scenarios from which to choose.

With more than eight million units sold, the Sid Meier's Civilization series is recognised as one of the greatest gaming franchises of all time. In addition to Civilization IV and Civilization IV: Warlords, Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Gold Edition includes these bonus features:

* Exclusive fantasy-style poster from world-famous artist Greg Hildebrandt (illustrator of the original Star Wars fantasy-themed Clash of the Titans movie poster, Lord of the Rings calendars and posters and other seminal artwork)
* Behind-the-scenes DVD with developer interviews, insight into the Civilization IV development process and a short feature on Sid Meier's video game history
* Tech-tree poster featuring the paths to researching and discovering all of the technologies needed to advance in Civilization IV

Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Gold Edition will ship this month for PC. For more information, visit civilization.com.