The whole notion of building a city has been a fixture in the video-game world for a long time. Back in 1989 Will Wright introduced the world to the first SimCity game and it really caught on fire. Since then, other companies have delved into the genre, some successfully, and others less than successful.
Publisher Monte Cristo is looking to strike gold and strike a chord with gamers with Cities XL, a PC simulation that will let gamers create their own Cities and then take them online to persistent planets.
Well, with a buildup like that, GameZone was looking to find out more about the title. Patrick Marchal, the Project Director, answered some questions about the upcoming title.
This week’s Humble Weekly Bundle, Focus Home Interactive 2, features a variety of different games which will please RPG fans to city-simulator fans. Notably, unlike normal bundles there are four tiers (compared to the usual three) — when you buy into one tier, you can’t change the size of your order without contacting Customer Support.
In Episode 52 of the Game Under Podcast, Phil Fogg explains why he's taking 20 hours to finish Shovel Knights (he is an accidental platforming masochist), and Tom Towers declines to play anything: instead he joins Phil in an all encompassing discussion on videogame criticism!
CitiesXL Platinum gets a release trailer with buildings being build to the sound of dubstep music.
I like how they put "Build Huge Cities" in there. From what I see in Simcity. Cities are so small.
