In the genre of city building games none have had the ambition or the announced scope of Cities XL. (Even the game's title suggests something "extra large"). The title from developer Monte Cristo (who previously developed another city building game, City Life), Cities XL will not only allow folks to build their dream city but also to interact with other cities built by human players in a persistent online multiplayer mode that take place on virtual planets.
So how will this team pull off this feat? Big Download got some answers from the CEO of Monte Cristo, Jérôme Gastaldi, including some of the game's features, its multiplayer aspect, when we can expect a playable demo and more. In the meantime Cities XL is due for release sometime in 2009.
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.
