Wired writes: "You'll finally be able to take your fiscal skills and pit them against like-minded mayors in Cities XL, as the latest iteration of the City Life series for the PC drifts into the realm of MMOs.
I got a chance to look at an early build of Monte Cristo Games' city-builder title last week, and it looks to be shaping up quite nicely.
The genre hasn't evolved much since Sim City established the basic rules: Plop down a few industrial, commercial and residential zones, sit around (or hit the fast-forward button) till they matriculate, collect taxes to buy a few roads, and zone more areas until you have the funds to keep the expansion process going. Eventually you'll establish a brimming metropolis, and maybe toss in a disaster or two to see how well your city-planning skills hold."
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.
