With over 12 million units sold-in worldwide, and unprecedented critical acclaim from fans and press around the world, Sid Meier's Civilization® is recognized as one of the greatest PC game franchises of all-time. In Civilization, players strive to become Ruler of the World by establishing and leading a civilization from the dawn of man into the space age waging war, conducting diplomacy, discovering technologies, going head-to-head with some of history's greatest leaders, and building the most powerful empire the world has ever known.