GamingShogun was lucky enough to ask Monte Cristo’s Project Director Patrick Marchal some questions on Cities Unl…erm…XL . The name still takes some getting used to.

On a question regarding what we would consider region play Patrick responds:

It’s still slightly too early to give you precise details about the inter-player/city interactions. However, we can already tell you that players won’t be confined into their city’s economy and will, if they wish, be able to participate in a global exchange. Import- export, specialization of cities … these are clearly areas where we think the genre can see big improvement.

On system specs:

The minimum and recommend system specs are not yet defined. However, we know our audience doesn’t necessarily own the latest PC machine. We are aiming to run the game smoothly on older computers - of course, in that case, you won’t have the shiny effects you may see in the screenshots but player cities will definitively still be better looking than in current city builder titles.

We will keep you to that MC!