2K Games, the renowned publishing label of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. announced here today of the high availability of the Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword™, the latest expansion pack for the critically acclaimed Civilization IV™ series. It has also been stated along with this, that being destined for the PC and developed by the Company's world-renowned development studio the Firaxis Games™, Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword has already created a history through the effective display of the expansion content in the account of the Civilization® franchise hitherto.  

Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. is a renowned publisher, developer and distributor of interactive entertainment software, hardware and accessories in the international arena. The Company's product offerings include titles for the leading hardware platforms like PlayStation®2 and PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment systems, PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) system, PlayStation® game console, Xbox® and Xbox 360(tm) video game and entertainment systems from Microsoft, Wii(tm), Nintendo GameCube(tm), Nintendo DS(tm) and Game Boy® Advance, and for the PC.

It is to be noted in this respect that the Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword happens to be the second expansion pack for Sid Meier's Civilization IV - the 2005 PC Game of the Year and in the realm of the recent years has been a major commercial success with its sales figure touching over 1.5 million units in the international spectrum since its release on October 2005. One of the unique features behind this expansion relates to the concentration on the late-game time periods subsequent to the invention of gunpowder and at the same time continues to provide eleven specially designed and different challenging scenarios that have been created by the development team at Firaxis Games, over and above by the members of the Civilization Fan Community. Other than this, the Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword is also comprised of ten new civilizations, 16 new leaders, five new wonders. In addition to this, there happens to be an assortment of innovative units destined to proffer especially funny and also exciting ways for players so as to move for the expansion of the power of the civilization, the main reason for their endeavor for world supremacy.  

Christoph Hartmann, President of 2K on the latest success said, "Given the overwhelming critical and commercial success of Sid Meier's Civilization IV, we were inspired to provide these loyal fans with the series' most robust expansion pack ever," "By featuring more content than any other Civilization expansion pack, Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword is a must-have for all Civilization fans and will set a new industry-wide bar for expansions," he concluded.