Cities: Skylines Remastered brings the epic city builder to Xbox Series X|S
The best city builder game is about to get a big boost for current-gen consoles.
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One of the only decent city builder and management games on consoles is Cities: Skylines, but don’t let the scarcity of the genre fool you — Cities: Skylines is a critically acclaimed, much beloved city builder, and the teams at Colossal Order and Paradox Interactive are about to deliver a sizeable upgrade to current-gen console players.
On Wednesday, Cities: Skylines Remastered was announced, a brand-new edition of the gargantuan sim, which optimizes the title to look and run better on Xbox Series X|S and PS5 consoles. Players can look forward to a number of improvements to theCities: Skylinesexperience when playing on the latest and greatest consoles, including:
Cities: Skylines Remastered officially releases on Feb. 15, 2023 for Xbox Series X|S and PS5, and will retail for USD $39.99. However, existing console owners need not fork up the cash to upgrade, as the new and improved Cities: Skylines will be given to current players for free, including all DLC and expansions up toCities: Skylines Airports released this time last year. Remaining DLC will be released for Cities: Skylines Remastered in the coming months.
Cities: Skylines has long been one of the greatest city management sims on Windows PCs, and its console port was genuinely excellent. Now, the game is being freed from the constraints of the previous generation, and will be able to take advantage of the added power of Xbox Series X and S consoles. For many, this alone will be enough to rocket the game back up to the top of thebest Xbox gamescurrently available.
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