The popular city simulation game Cities: Skylines finally makes the jump to PS4 on August 15, having previously been released on both Xbox One and PC.
Paradox Interactive and Colossal Order will team up to bring the game that dethroned Sim City as King of the city builders to PlayStation 4, complete with the After Dark expansion.The PlayStation 4 Edition has been adapted for the console by Tantalus Media, and will be distributed at retail in physical form by Koch Media.
Key features for the PS4 version include,
Build the city of your dreams: Plan road networks, bus lines and parks. Bring education, healthcare and safety to your citizens. Build it your way!
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: Ban heavy traffic in your downtown area, assign free public transport to your waterfront, or ban pets in suburbia. Designate parts of your city as a district in order to set policy at the local level, and give different parts of town their own personalities.
After Dark expansion included: Watch your city become an entirely different place at night: a day-night cycle will have your citizens seeking out places to unwind after work. Add in new policies and zones to create popular hotspots and provide enough taxis and trains to get to and from the clubs!
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The news of the game’s arrival on PlayStation is most welcome, as the PS4 is sorely lacking in a city simulator of distinction. Cities: Skylines, naff name aside, won many hearts upon its initial PC release by simplifying a usually complex genre without taking too much from the potential depth of its possibilities. Oh and it was also the final nail in the coffin of EA’s ill-fated Sim City 4, which proved to be the Scarborough to Cities: Skylines’ New York.
Here at PSU, we look forward to recreating such prestigious cities as Hull this Summer.