Everyone who registered for the CXL beta keep your fingers crossed, for the official site states: Beta participants are being selected! Dices have been thrown, all bets are off! The lucky beta testers are being selected, and they will receive an email within the next 48 hours. As mentioned before, users of the promo codes [...]
Archive for the Cities XL Category
We have a great show lined up for you this week as Philippe Da Silva joins us to address issues regarding the solo and online modes of Cities XL. This week we talk about feedback regarding the previous episode of the show, a podcast phone line, critical consensus of The Sims 3, personal happenings and [...]
Jun
9
According to the official CXL site the CXL Beta is almost upon us: Tomorrow at 7pm GMT Beta registrations will be closed. Which means you still have a day to register at jointhebeta.citiesxl.com if you haven’t done so already. You probably understood it by now: the Cities XL Beta will soon be upon us… Stay [...]
Differences between CXL Solo and Online Mode Revealed…and Tempers are Starting to Flare
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May
27
A new blog has been posted on the official CXL site, focussing on the differences between solo and online mode. The first bullit on solo-mode caught immediately catches the eye: 25 maps featuring varying landscapes – from canyons to grassy hills and snowy mountains That appears to indicate that the maps will not be editable…and [...]
Monte Cristo has announced the European release date for Cities XL on the official CXL site. Mark September 3rd on your calendars city-builders! Monte Cristo is very happy to announce that Cities XL, the next generation city builder, will be released on September 3rd 2009 on PC DVD in the following countries: France, Germany, Belgium, the [...]
Mar
29
In the second part of the series about my visit to Monte Cristo I’ll discuss an important part of CitiesXL, the online gameplay, or “Planet offer” as Monte Cristo calls it. I know some of you aren’t looking forward to this feature, but I think it has the potential to add a lot of fun [...]
A short blog has been posted at the official CXL website showing off some of the work they have done on the graphic modelling of roads. Some alterations were made to the original artwork because a lot of people said the sidewalks were way too wide. Some roadtypes are shown below!
Early March I visited Monte Cristo in Paris to see how CitiesXL is shaping up and to give them feedback about the game. They allowed and even asked me to write about my experience. My apologies that it took so long to start writing, I’ve been very busy the past two weeks and caught a [...]
In the coming weeks blog posts about the simulation in CITIES XL will appear on the official website: citiesxl.com. In the first part of the series Monte Cristo talks about “effects”. Topics include the effect of different resources (Water, fuel, electricity, agriculture, services, etc. ), services and the living environment of your citizens. The availability [...]
Our member edcaze2k3 has tipped us on a new Cities XL preview with screenshots over at Bigdownload.com. Some great info there, so be sure to check it out! Bigdownloads pegs the release date at August 2009. Be sure to mark your calendars.
