Cities: Skylines will launch for Xbox One and Windows 10 in spring 2017, publisher Paradox Interactive announced.
The city management game will be optimized for controller-based gameplay by Tantalus Media, allowing players to build and manage everything from small towns to metropolitan cities. The Xbox One and Windows 10 versions will include the base Cities: Skylines game in addition to the “After Dark” expansion, which adds tourism and nightlife options to the feature list.
Here’s the full overview, via Paradox Interactive:
About
Cities: Skylines is a best-selling management game, available for Windows, Mac, and Linux PCs, and coming very soon to Xbox One and Windows 10 with all its deep gameplay and unique charm along for the ride. The Xbox One Edition and Windows 10 Edition includes the award-winning base game, bundled together with the popular After Dark expansion, allowing players to plan and design for their cities’ nightlife and tourist attractions.
Features
- Build the city of your dreams: Plan road networks, bus lines and parks. Bring on a smog-filled industrial revolution or create a quiet beach town ideal for tourists powered by renewable energy. Bring education, healthcare and safety to your citizens. Build it your way!
- Multi-tiered and challenging simulation: Playing as the mayor of your city, you’ll be faced with balancing essential requirements such as education, water electricity, police, firefighting, healthcare and much more, along with your city’s economy. Citizens within your city react fluidly, keeping you on your toes with ever-evolving demands.
- Extensive local traffic simulation: Managing traffic and the needs of your citizens to work and play will require the use of several interactive transport systems – use careful road planning alongside buses, trains, subways, and much more.
- Districts and policies: Be more than just another city hall official! Create a car-free downtown area, assign free public transport to your waterfront, or ban pets in suburbia.
Watch the first trailer for the Xbox One version of Cities: Skylines below. Visit the official website here.