2K Games today announced that Civilization IV, the game developed by Firaxis Games, has been approved for manufacturing and will ship on October 25th. The latest chapter of the series features an easy-to-use interface, powerful map editor with XML and Python support, flexible tech tree, multiplayer via LAN, Internet, PBEM (Play By E-Mail) and PTBS (Persistent Turn-Based Server), over 70 in-game movies, and more.