Ep. 013: Cities Skylines

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LFG Ep. 013: Cities Skylines

Luke and Alex talk Cities: Skylines.

Cities: Skylines is a city-building game developed by Colossal Order and published by Paradox Interactive. The game is a single-player open-ended city-building simulation. Players engage in urban planning by controlling zoning, road placement, taxation, public services, and public transportation of an area. They also work to manage various elements of the city, including its budget, health, employment, and pollution levels. It is also possible to maintain a city in a sandbox mode, which provides more creative freedom for the player.

Cities: Skylines was first released for the Windows, macOS, and Linux operating systems in March 2015, with ports to the Xbox One and PlayStation 4 game consoles being released in 2017, for the Nintendo Switch in September 2018, and for Google Stadia in May 2022 developed by Tantalus Media. The game received favorable reviews from critics, and was a commercial success, with more than twelve million copies sold on all platforms as of June 2022.

Both Luke and Alex played Cities: Skylines on their Windows PCs.

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