I’ve always had a big soft spot for city simulation titles, and the best of the batch (or, at least, the most reliably good) used to be SimCity. That changed with the launch of the latest mess several years back, and that left the throne wide open for a new king of city sim. The best city sim game to release in, like, a decade is Cities: Skylines from Paradox Interactive. Now, I played...
For city building sims, only one in recent years has been really, really good. No, not the SimCity reboot that disappointed fans a few years back. I’m talking about Cities: Skylines from Paradox Interactive. That game, currently exclusive to PCs, is coming to the Xbox One this spring. Even further, it includes the After Dark expansion that brings nightlife development into the city...
One of the best city management games to come out in the last few years is still bound for the Xbox One, and we’re set to learn more soon. Cities: Skylines is a fantastic city sim title from Paradox. It scooped up great critical reviews, is still doing well on the PC platform and boasts an outstanding modding community. It’s also coming to the Xbox One, though we have no idea if mod...
Cup your hand to your ear, close your eyes, and listen. You can already hear sleigh bells jingling outside and you haven’t even finished your Christmas shopping! That’s what Steam sales are for, though. While not everyone is a PC gamer, the crowd is more diverse than ever, and you can find something for just about everyone. Here’s a few last-minute suggestions to make sure you don’t...
If you’ve never played Cities: Skylines, it might surprise you to learn that the glorious city building simulator doesn’t actually have a day and night cycle. It’s always day, changing between different shades of sun during play. That’s a problem that will soon go away as a new expansion rolls in. Cities: Skylines – After Dark will add that day and night cycle, and nighttime includes...
This, friends. This still very far from feature complete mod from the Cities: Skylines community is exactly why developers would be crazy to not offer mod support in the PC games begging for it. Steam user Ulysius has created a mod called Flight Cimulator, and it’s essentially a way to spawn a plan above your city and fly about in order to take in the fancy views. It’s so simple and so...
Just think, if SimCity was genuinely a good city building game when it released in 2013, we wouldn’t be playing or talking about Colossal Order’s recent Cities: Skylines. That much was revealed in a recent interview between the folks at PC Gamer and CEO Marina Hallikainen. “We were extremely afraid that people will just think of us as a cheap knock-off or something, that we have been...
What do you do when your studio is closed but you still adore city games? If you're Bryan Shannon, you go where the cities are. Formerly of the recently closed Maxis Emeryville, Bryan Shannon was an artist who made buildings for 2013's gorgeous and completely broken SimCity. Without a SimCity to support, Shannon has turned to the recently released Cities: Skylines. The game was built...
Cities: Skylines is a success. The game promised to be more than EA and the recently shuttered Maxis Emeryville’s SimCity, and it arrived for exactly half the launch price of its competition. Now? It’s selling very well. It broke records for publisher Paradox Interactive in its first day by moving roughly 250,000 copies. Before the first week at retail is up for Cities: Skylines, we...
Colossal Order and Paradox Interactive have a genuine hit on their hands with Cities: Skylines. The city sim broke records for the publisher by selling 250,000 copies in its first day at retail. Paradox Interactive’s Shams Jorjani took to Twitter to talk about early sales and, unfortunately, piracy. Piracy is always a byproduct of success. Here’s the deal. Here are a few small...