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Cities: Skylines 2 PS5 and Xbox Series X|S Release Delayed Once Again

Paradox has announced that the Cities: Skylines 2 PS5 and Xbox Series X|S release has once again been delayed, so you won't be playing this one on consoles this fall. In a post on the official…

July 8, 2024 | 10:11 EDT

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Full Cities: Skylines 2 Economy 2.0 Patch Notes Revealed as Huge Update Goes Live

Paradox has released a major new Cities: Skylines 2 update, and it's a very big one indeed, bringing overhauls to economic systems, a building upgrade rework, and more. The Economy 2.0 update has…

June 24, 2024 | 07:59 EDT

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Life by You Creators Tried "Everything" to Avoid Cancellation

A former Life by You developer has spoken out about his experiences working on the now-canceled life sim, which he says was "a strong project ready to launch to a strong audience". Speaking on…

June 19, 2024 | 09:26 EDT

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Life By You, Paradox's The Sims Competitor, Has Been Cancelled

Update: Paradox Tectonic Closed June 18th: Today, Paradox Interactive announced that following its cancellation of Life by You, it's also closing the game's developer Paradox Tectonic, laying off 24…

June 17, 2024 | 05:53 EDT

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Cities: Skylines 2 Continues Renovations and Delays More Content

Paradox and Colossal Order have revealed that the Cities: Skylines 2 economy rework patch is almost ready, but as a result, the game's upcoming Creator Packs have been delayed. In a new post on its…

May 23, 2024 | 09:25 EDT

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Life By You Release Date Delayed Indefinitely

Paradox's Sims-like life-sim Life By You has been delayed again, and thus the Life By You release date will not be June 4th. That was the previous release date announced back in March. This is…

May 20, 2024 | 07:33 EDT

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Prison Architect 2 Developer Double Eleven Leaves Franchise

Paradox has announced that Double Eleven, longtime steward of the Prison Architect franchise and developer on Prison Architect 2, is parting ways with the simulation series. In a post on its…

May 13, 2024 | 11:53 EDT

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Cities: Skylines 2 Update Brings Nvidia DLSS Super Resolution Support, Tons of Bug Fixes

A new Cities: Skylines 2 update has arrived, and it's bringing Nvidia DLSS Super Resolution support, as well as a metric ton of bug fixes. The update is part of Paradox and Colossal Order's ongoing…

April 25, 2024 | 11:26 EDT

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Millennia Roadmap for 2024 Promises New Nations, Paid DLC, and More

Paradox and developer C Prompt Games have revealed the Millennia roadmap for 2024, showing what's coming to the Civilization-esque 4X strategy game throughout the rest of the year. In a new post on…

April 22, 2024 | 09:33 EDT

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Prison Architect 2 Delayed by Several Months

Paradox Interactive has announced a Prison Architect 2 delay, with the release date moving from May to September. Prison Architect 2 was originally announced in January after being teased as part of…

April 19, 2024 | 08:55 EDT

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Cities: Skylines 2 PS5 and Xbox Series X|S Versions Delayed Again

The upcoming Cities: Skylines 2 PS5 and Xbox Series X|S releases have been delayed again, publisher Paradox Interactive has announced. In a post on the official Paradox forum, the publisher says…

April 18, 2024 | 11:19 EDT

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Crusader Kings 3 Launches Major Initiative to Help New Players Get Started

Paradox has announced a new Crusader Kings 3 initiative that's designed to help new players get into the often-dizzying world of grand strategy gaming. Titled "Legends of Crusader Kings 3", the…

April 3, 2024 | 09:31 EDT

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Cities: Skylines 2 Starts on Road to Redemption With Big Update and Mods

Today publisher Paradox Interactive and developer Colossal Order released a big patch for Cities: Skylines 2, and it certainly feels like the beginning of a redemption arc.  The update numbered 1.1.…

March 25, 2024 | 03:04 EDT

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Paradox Mods for Cities: Skylines 2 Explained

Today Paradox Interactive introduced the features of the upcoming Paradox Mods application for Colossal Order's city builder Cities: Skylines 2.  The feature will be introduced in beta on March 25,…

March 19, 2024 | 10:09 EDT

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Cities: Skylines 2 Roadmap Revised as Modding Update Gets Release Date

Colossal Order has finally announced a release date for the long-awaited Cities: Skylines 2 modding update, and the game's roadmap has been revised to reflect this, as well as a couple of other…

March 18, 2024 | 09:39 EDT

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Cities: Skylines 2 Modding Update Admits “Still a Lot of Work” To Be Done

Cities: Skylines 2 developer Colossal Order has provided an update on the game's long-awaited modding feature, and it sounds like it's still going to be a while before full modding support arrives.…

March 11, 2024 | 10:43 EDT

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Cities: Skylines 2 Developer Outlines Steps to "Fix" Game, Acknowledges "Mountain to Climb"

Colossal Order has shared another Cities: Skylines 2 Word of the Week column, and this one is all about what the studio is doing to "fix" the game. Previous columns have contained things like deep…

February 26, 2024 | 09:21 EST

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Cities: Skylines 2 Gets New Deep Dive All About Its Insanely In-Depth Citizen Simulation

Cities: Skylines 2 developer Colossal Order has released a new dev diary in which the studio sheds light on its process for creating and simulating citizens. The latest Word of the Week column talks…

February 19, 2024 | 10:03 EST

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Cities: Skylines 2 Sold Over 1 Million Copies Despite Issues as Paradox Has 9 Games in Development

Today Paradox Interactive shared its Q4 2023 financial results on top of the overall results for the full year 2023, including a sales milestone for Cities: Skylines 2. Sales for Q4 (between October…

February 6, 2024 | 05:40 EST

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Crusader Kings III Reveals New $44 Expansion Pass Including the Terrifying Black Death

Today Paradox Interactive revealed a new expansion pass coming to its popular grand strategy game Crusader Kings III.  The new expansion pass includes four pieces of content, the cosmetic pack …

February 6, 2024 | 01:07 EST

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Early Access Release of The Sims-Like Game Life by You Delayed Again by Paradox

Today Paradox Tectonic announced a second delay for the early access release of its upcoming life simulator Life by You. The game was originally supposed to start its early access phase on Steam on …

February 2, 2024 | 02:09 EST

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Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 Reveals First Bloody Gameplay

As promised a while ago, today Paradox Interactive and The Chinese Room revealed the first full-fledged gameplay of the upcoming action RPG Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2. Presented by …

January 31, 2024 | 12:55 EST

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New Cities: Skylines 2 Patch Brings Tons of Hotfixes for Crashes and More

Colossal Order has released a brand new Cities: Skylines 2 patch, and while there's nothing earth-shattering in this one, there are plenty of hotfixes that could correct the specific issue you've…

January 31, 2024 | 09:01 EST

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Cities: Skylines 2 Devs Detail Final Bug-Fixing Patch Before Mod Support Beta

Cities: Skylines 2 is getting one more "stand-alone" bug-fixing patch before updates begin focusing on bigger changes, Colossal Order has confirmed. In the latest Word of the Week column on the game…

January 29, 2024 | 09:25 EST

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Cities: Skylines 2 Modding Features to Roll Out Gradually, Colossal Order Reveals

Colossal Order has announced what it calls an "important decision" regarding the rollout of Cities: Skylines 2 modding. Previously, Colossal Order has discussed being hard at work on the Cities:…

January 22, 2024 | 09:36 EST

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Prison Architect 2 Officially Announced for PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S

Double Eleven and Paradox Interactive have announced Prison Architect 2, the sequel to the much-loved prison management sim Prison Architect. The game will arrive on PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox…

January 16, 2024 | 12:00 EST

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Cities: Skylines 2 Devs Want Your Advice on Dealing With Community Toxicity

Colossal Order has released the first Cities: Skylines 2 dev update of 2024, and the developer wants to get your advice to help with a tricky subject. Previous Word of the Week posts have detailed…

January 15, 2024 | 10:22 EST

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Cities: Skylines 2 Patch Available Now, Adds Character LODs to Improve Performance and More

Today Cities: Skylines 2 developer Colossal Order released update 1.0.18F1, which will be the last of the year teased earlier this week.  The update aims to improve performance by adding LODs to…

December 14, 2023 | 10:23 EST

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Life By You

Life By You was a The Sims-like game in development by Paradox Tectonic, to be published by Paradox Interactive. After multiple delays, it was canceled in June 2024 after previously being delayed…

December 19, 2023 | 10:13 EST

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Final Cities: Skylines 2 Patch of the Year Detailed in New Dev Diary

Developer Colossal Order and publisher Paradox have released new information about what's coming in the final Cities: Skylines 2 patch of the year. In a new Word of the Week column on Steam, which…

December 11, 2023 | 09:31 EST

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Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 Reveals Ventrue as Fourth Playable Clan

Today Paradox Interactive and The Chinese Room revealed that the fourth playable clan for the upcoming action RPG Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 is Ventrue.  If you pick Ventrue as the clan…

December 6, 2023 | 02:10 EST

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Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 Reveals Banu Haqim as Third Playable Clan

Today Paradox and The Chinese Room revealed the third playable clan for the upcoming action RPG Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2, Banu Haqim. This is the third clan revealed as playable in the…

November 30, 2023 | 09:25 EST

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Cities: Skylines 2 Devs Warn "Unfinished Editor" Could Result In Broken Mods

Paradox and Colossal Order have released a new Cities: Skylines 2 Word of the Week column containing updates on what the devs are up to, and this time, it's all about modding. In the new Word of the…

November 27, 2023 | 09:34 EST

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Colossal Order Reveals Detailed Cities: Skylines 2 Roadmap As Work On Performance Continues

Colossal Order and Paradox Interactive have revealed a brand new Cities: Skylines 2 roadmap that shows what you can expect from the city-builder in the coming months. Over on the official Paradox…

November 20, 2023 | 10:30 EST

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Cities: Skylines 2 Gets Last Weekly Patch With Even More Fixes

Colossal Order released a new patch for its city builder Cities: Skylines 2, aiming to provide more fixes to improve the PC version of the game.  As mentioned earlier this week by CEO Mariina…

November 16, 2023 | 12:55 EST

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Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 Reveals Tremere as Second Playable Clan

Today Paradox and The Chinese Room revealed the second playable clan for the upcoming action RPG Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2, Tremere  The clan focuses on long-distance combat, using…

November 14, 2023 | 12:00 EST

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Cities: Skylines 2 Devs Share Update On Editor, Weekly Patches Ending Soon

Cities: Skylines 2 developer Colossal Order has shared more information on the game's upcoming Editor feature, as well as confirming the end of weekly patches for the game. In last week's Word of…

November 13, 2023 | 09:49 EST

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Cities: Skylines 2 Patch 1.0.13 Available Now to Fix Your Garbage Problems

Today Colossal Order released a new patch for its city builder Cities: Skylines 2, aiming to fix some rather big issues with garbage and more. The patch, which was promised by CEO Mariina…

November 9, 2023 | 10:24 EST

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Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 Reveals the Brujah as First Playable Clan & Teases DLC

Players will be able to choose the protagonist's clan in Vampire The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2, and today Paradox and The Chinese Room revealed the first playable option, the Brujah.  We also hear…

November 7, 2023 | 12:15 EST

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Cities: Skylines 2 Developer Promises No Paid DLC Until Performance Issues Are Fixed

Cities: Skylines 2 developer Colossal Order has promised that no paid DLC will be released for its city-builder until the game's performance has been addressed. In a new "Word of the Week" dev post…

November 6, 2023 | 10:41 EST

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The Sims-Like Game Life by You Showcases a Boutique Hotel Workplace

If you enjoy life simulators like The Sims, Paradox Tectonic is continuing to showcase its upcoming entry in the series Life by You.  This time around, we get to take an extensive look at a Boutique…

November 5, 2023 | 08:09 EST

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Cities: Skylines 2 Update Brings Fixes, Tweaks, & Performance Optimization

Today Colossal Order and Paradox Interactive released a new update of their city building simulation Cities: Skylines 2.  The update is numbered 1.0.12f1 and it's characterized as a hotfix so it's…

November 2, 2023 | 04:55 EDT

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Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 Reveals Customizable Protagonist & Story Details

Today The Chinese Room and Paradox Interactive had a few interesting reveals to make about the upcoming RPG Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2, including the playable protagonist. We hear from…

October 31, 2023 | 12:40 EDT

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Cities: Skylines 2 Teams Up With Big Content Creators For Eight Free Content Packs

Colossal Order has revealed that it's teamed up with several content creators in order to make eight free content packs for the game. Known as the Region Packs, these free pieces of DLC were…

October 27, 2023 | 09:09 EDT

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Cities: Skylines 2 Gets "First of Several" Patches to Improve Performance Following Flawed Release

Today Colossal Order and Paradox Interactive released a new patch for their brand new city builder Cities: Skylines 2, to address the game's performance issues. The patch, announced on the official…

October 26, 2023 | 10:57 EDT

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Cities: Skylines 2 Devs Confirm 30FPS Target, Promise Further Performance Improvements

Cities: Skylines 2 developer Colossal Order has taken part in a Reddit AMA about the game, clarifying a few things about performance in the process. The game has just launched, and in the runup to…

October 24, 2023 | 12:54 EDT

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Paradox & Harebrained Schemes Are Parting Ways Following Weak Sales of Latest Game

Today Paradox Interactive announced that it's parting ways with its subsidiary studio Harebrained Schemes effective January 1, 2024. The split is a result of a mutual agreement according to a press…

October 17, 2023 | 04:07 EDT

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Cities: Skylines 2 Will Support Mods on Consoles; Devs Promise Performance Improvements After Launch

Today Colossal Order and Paradox Interactive shared news about modding and performance for the upcoming city-builder Cities: Skylines 2.  First of all, we learn in the announcement that the in-game…

October 16, 2023 | 10:20 EDT