WorthPlaying writes: "While often considered a niche genre, city-building games still maintain a space in the hearts of many gamers, especially those who grew up playing PC titles like Sim City. The genre is still popular enough to entice developers and publishers, with Sim City titles, for example, still appearing on store shelves every few years. Lest everyone think that only Maxis is interested in the genre, French developer and publisher Monte Cristo has made a name for itself within the market with its City Life series. The City Life games attempted to do more than just give players a virtual urban playground to build (and destroy) - City Life required that players manage social classes within the cities, making sure that there were plenty of employment and leisure opportunities for the rich and the poor."
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.