GI.Biz writes: "The MMO scene, white elephant in the room aside, proved to be a tough place to launch last year with a couple of high profile, high cost titles finding it difficult to keep up momentum. But the genre doesn't just need to be about sci-fi- or fantasy-based RPGs, something which Monte Cristo is hoping to prove with building sim Cities XL later this year.
To find out how the project is coming along we spoke with Jerome Gastaldi, studio head at Monte Cristo, and asked about possible launch dates, making functionality available in web broswers, the thinking behind mixed business models and whether tax breaks would make a difference to French development. "
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.
