Toronto Thumbs writes: "Dubbed as the next generation of city building, Monte Cristo's Cities XL picks up the ball that the SimCity franchise dropped a few years ago. It's a powerful and fun city-building simulator. Unfortunately, I didn't get a chance to take the game online, so I will only be addressing the solo portion. Don't be fooled by that moniker, though. This simulator still has a hefty amount of variety and challenges galore."
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.