Editing Civilization IV (section)

=== Awards ===
''Civilization IV'' won multiple awards at various events and gaming websites.<ref name="awards">{{cite web |url=http://www.2kgames.com/civ4/awards.htm |title=Civilization IV – Awards |publisher=[[2K Games]] |access-date=23 July 2010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080905125731/http://www.2kgames.com/civ4/awards.htm |archive-date=5 September 2008 }}</ref>
* [[IGN]] chose it as the PC Game of the Year of 2005 over competing titles such as ''[[F.E.A.R. (video game)|F.E.A.R.]]'' and ''[[Guild Wars]]'',<ref name="ignaward1">{{cite web |url=http://bestof.ign.com/2005/pc/22.html |title=IGN.com presents The Best of 2005 - PC Game of the Year |publisher=[[IGN]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120709171418/http://bestof.ign.com/2005/pc/22.html |archive-date=9 July 2012 |url-status=dead |access-date=23 July 2010 }}</ref> as the Best Strategy Game (both for PC<ref name="ignaward2">{{cite web |url=http://bestof.ign.com/2005/pc/10.html |title=IGN.com presents The Best of 2005 – PC Best Strategy Game |publisher=[[IGN]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203130943/http://bestof.ign.com/2005/pc/10.html |archive-date=3 December 2013 |url-status=dead |access-date=23 July 2010}}</ref> and overall<ref name="ignaward3">{{cite web |url=http://bestof.ign.com/2005/overall/12.html |title=IGN.com presents The Best of 2005 – Overall Best Strategy Game |publisher=[[IGN]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203130131/http://bestof.ign.com/2005/overall/12.html |archive-date=3 December 2013 |url-status=dead |access-date=23 July 2010}}</ref>) and as the Best Online Game of 2005 for PC.<ref name="ignaward4">{{cite web |url=http://bestof.ign.com/2005/pc/17.html |title=IGN.com presents The Best of 2005 – PC Best Online Game |publisher=[[IGN]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203123028/http://bestof.ign.com/2005/pc/17.html |archive-date=3 December 2013 |url-status=dead |access-date=23 July 2010 }}</ref> In 2006, IGN ranked it first place on The Editor's Top 10 list<ref name="ignaward5">{{cite web |url=http://www.ign.com/articles/2006/01/05/the-editors-top-10-for-2005 |title=The Editors' Top 10 for 2005 |author=IGN staff |date=4 January 2006 |publisher=[[IGN]] |access-date=24 December 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222211716/http://www.ign.com/articles/2006/01/05/the-editors-top-10-for-2005 |archive-date=22 February 2014 }}</ref> and second place on the Top 25 PC Games of All Time list.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ign.com/articles/2007/03/16/top-25-pc-games-of-all-time?page=3 |title=Top 25 PC Games of All Time |last1=Adams |first1=Dan |last2=Butts |first2=Steve |last3=Onyett |first3=Charles |date=16 March 2007 |publisher=[[IGN]] |page=3 |id=772285 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120618145509/http://pc.ign.com/articles/772/772285p3.html |archive-date=18 June 2012 |url-status=live |access-date=23 July 2010}}</ref>
* [[GameSpot]] awarded the game Best Strategy Game<ref name="gspotaward1">{{cite web |url=http://www.gamespot.com/pages/features/bestof2005/index.php?day=4&page=11 |title=GameSpot's Best of 2005 – Best Strategy Game |publisher=[[GameSpot]] |page=11 |format=PHP |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130625152504/http://www.gamespot.com/pages/features/bestof2005/index.php?day=4&page=11 |archive-date=25 June 2013|url-status=dead |access-date=23 July 2010}}</ref> and Best PC Game,<ref name="gspotaward2">{{cite web |url=http://www.gamespot.com/pages/features/bestof2005/index.php?day=5&page=8 |title=GameSpot's Best of 2005 – Best PC Game |publisher=[[GameSpot]] |page=8 |format=PHP |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130506084006/http://www.gamespot.com/pages/features/bestof2005/index.php?day=5&page=8 |archive-date=6 May 2013| url-status=dead |access-date=23 July 2010}}</ref> and it was nominated as an entry for Game of the Year.<ref name="gspotaward3">{{cite web |url=http://www.gamespot.com/pages/features/bestof2005/index.php?day=6&page=1 |title=GameSpot's Best of 2005 – Game of the Year |publisher=[[GameSpot]] |page=1 |format=PHP |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130308094528/http://www.gamespot.com/pages/features/bestof2005/index.php?day=6&page=1 |archive-date=8 March 2013 |url-status=dead |access-date=23 July 2010}}</ref>
* [[GameSpy]] named the game Game of the Year,<ref name="gspyaward1">{{cite web |url=http://goty.gamespy.com/2005/overall/index10.html |title=GameSpy's Game of the Year 2005 - Overall |last=Kosak |first=David 'Fargo' |publisher=[[GameSpy]] |access-date=23 July 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721045751/http://goty.gamespy.com/2005/overall/index10.html |archive-date=21 July 2011 }}</ref> PC Game of the Year,<ref name="gspyaward2">{{cite web |url=http://goty.gamespy.com/2005/pc/index12.html |title=GameSpy's Game of the Year 2005 – PC |publisher=[[GameSpy]] |access-date=23 July 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100730043356/http://goty.gamespy.com/2005/pc/index12.html |archive-date=30 July 2010 }}</ref> and Best PC [[turn-based strategy|Turn-Based Strategy]] Game of the Year.<ref name="gspyaward3">{{cite web |url=http://goty.gamespy.com/2005/pc/index15.html |title=GameSpy's Game of the Year 2005 – PC Turn-Based Strategy Game of the Year |publisher=[[GameSpy]] |access-date=23 July 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080121164505/http://goty.gamespy.com/2005/pc/index15.html |archive-date=21 January 2008 }}</ref>
* At the [[9th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards]], ''Civilization IV'' won "[[D.I.C.E. Award for Strategy/Simulation Game of the Year|Strategy Game of the Year]]", and was nominated for "Computer Game of the Year".<ref name="aias">{{cite web |url=http://www.interactive.org/awards/annual_awards.asp?idAward=2006 |title=AIAS Annual Awards |publisher=[[Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences]] |format=ASP |id=2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100830140635/http://www.interactive.org/awards/annual_awards.asp?idAward=2006 |archive-date=30 August 2010 |url-status=dead |access-date=23 July 2010}}</ref>
* At the [[53rd Annual Grammy Awards]] of 2010, the song "[[Baba Yetu]]", which was written to be the title theme for ''Civilization IV'', won in the [[Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)|Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist]] category, because it had been allowed eligibility in the competition through [[Christopher Tin]]'s inclusion of the song in his subsequent release of his 2009 album [[Calling All Dawns]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.geek.com/articles/games/civilization-iv-theme-song-wins-a-grammy-20110214|title=Civilization IV theme song wins a Grammy|last=Brownlee|first=John|publisher=Geek.com|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110217190652/http://www.geek.com/articles/games/civilization-iv-theme-song-wins-a-grammy-20110214|archive-date=2011-02-17}}</ref> This decision made "[[Baba Yetu]]" a landmark in video game history as the first Grammy Award nomination and win for any video game theme.

The editors of ''[[Computer Games Magazine]]'' named ''Civilization IV'' the best computer game of 2005, and presented it with their awards for "Best Strategy Game", "Best AI" and "Best Interface". They wrote, "It's a towering achievement, even for a series as revered as this one. Even for long-time fans of the series, playing ''Civilization IV'' is like discovering it for the very first time."<ref name=cgm15th>{{cite journal | author=Staff | journal=[[Computer Games Magazine]] | title=The Best (and Worst) of 2005; The 15th Annual ''Computer Games'' Awards |date=March 2006 | issue=184 | pages=42–47 }}</ref> ''Civilization IV'' also won ''[[PC Gamer US]]''{{'}}s "Best Turn-Based Strategy Game 2005" award. The magazine's Dan Stapleton called it "a huge facelift to a winning formula." It was nominated as ''PC Gamer US''{{'}}s "Best Multiplayer Game 2005" and overall game of the year, but lost in these categories to ''[[Battlefield 2]]''.<ref name=pcgamerusawards2005>{{cite journal |date=March 2006 | title=The Twelfth Annual ''PC Gamer'' Awards | volume=13 | number=3 | pages=33–36, 38, 40–42, 44 | journal=[[PC Gamer US]] | author=Stapleton, Dan }}</ref>