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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 [...]

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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 tuned as [...]

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Dave is unable to join us for the show, so it’s up to Rex to interrupt the show with as many obscure pop culture references as possible. This week we talk about feedback regarding the previous episode of the show, SIMphoni summer awards, release of The Sims 3, solo versus online play for Cities [...]

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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 no region play…
Prices [...]

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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 Netherlands, [...]

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I would like to apologize to everybody for everything that’s ever happened in the history of ever. Dave’s microphone STILL doesn’t work and Rex does his job by insulting each and every human being on this planet. There’s also some pre-show goodness and a little surprise after the outro, so be sure to listen [...]

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Our previous shows were full of technical glitches, but they pale in comparison to the epicness of this episode. Dave the Hokie joins us as our third wheel, except his microphone suffers from faulty wiring, resulting in an absolutely awesome episode. There have been a few format changes, so welcome to a slightly [...]

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News just came in that Will Wright, founder of Maxis and creator of games like Simcity and the Sims, is going to leave EA to focus more on his business called the stupid fun club.
Stupid Fun Club is an entertainment think tank developing new Intellectual Properties to be [...]

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The podcast doesn’t go according to plan, which catches Trixin and Rexer just a little off guard. This week we talk about feedback regarding the previous episode of the show, SIMphoni development, Cities XL development, The Sims 3 copy protection changes, flooding troubles, computers and a rather elaborate version of The Footnote.
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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 [...]

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