* Faster-Paced Fun – Gameplay has been streamlined for a tighter, faster, and more compelling experience.

* Greater Accessibility and Ease of Play – An easy-to-use interface will be immediately familiar to RTS and action game players, and newcomers to the series will be able to jump in and play.

* Tech Tree – Flexible Tech tree allows players more strategic choices for developing their civilizations along unique paths.

* More Civs, Units, and Improvements to enhance and grow your empire.

* Multiplayer –LAN, Internet, PBEM, and Persistent Turn-Based Server (PTBS) offer players all-new strategies and ways to play when competing or cooperating with live opponents.

* Team Play - Whether playing multiplayer or single player, team play offers a new way of setting locked alliances that result in shared wonder effects, visibility, unit trading, and shared territory that delivers a plethora of new strategic and tactical options.

* Civ IV comes to life! - Beautiful3D world with dozens of fully animated units (including culturally unique units), and totally customizable armies. Cities and wonders will appear on the map. Wonder movies are back!