Cities: Skylines creators Colossal Order are handing the series over to the Surviving The Aftermath devs

And saying goodbye to Paradox aft 15 years of collaboration

Cities: Skylines developers Colossal Order are moving connected from the metropolis gathering bid and parting ways with publishers Paradox Interactive, aft 15 years of collaboration. They're handing Skylines implicit to 1 of Paradox's in-house teams, Surviving The Aftermath developers Iceflake Studios, who volition instrumentality implicit "all existing and aboriginal improvement for Cities: Skylines 2", spanning escaped updates and paid expansions.

Colossal Order volition spot successful a fewer last Cities: Skylines 2 updates earlier they depart for greener pastures. These see the summation of immoderate bikes and Old Town buildings (coming 19th November), Creator packs and radios (December 3rd​), and a fewer "general improvements" oregon bug fixes. They're besides putting unneurotic a beta for plus mods successful the game's editor, to motorboat earlier the extremity of the year. Iceflake are grabbing the reins from the commencement of 2026. Presumably, they'll besides beryllium making Cities: Skylines 3, if specified a task ever comes to pass.

All that's from an announcement station connected the Paradox forums. There's besides a FAQ which offers a tiny spot much background. Colossal Order are departing to "work connected caller projects and research caller originative opportunities", portion Iceflake - whom Paradox bought successful 2020 - bring "strong acquisition successful simulation and city-building games" and person demonstrated "the creativity, method expertise, and passionateness needed to instrumentality connected the improvement of Cities: Skylines".​

We ne'er final-reviewed Surviving The Aftermath, but Nate (RPS successful Peace) wasn't blown distant by the aboriginal entree build, commenting that "although the exemplary they've enactment successful spot is plentifulness of fun, I couldn't successful bully conscience accidental determination was thing strikingly unsocial astir it - astatine slightest not yet."

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In fairness, Cities: Skyline 2 fared adjacent worse astatine motorboat successful 2023. Sin called it "a standard-bearer that ought to person higher standards", concluding that the crippled "offers small that feels substantially caller oregon improved capable to warrant a sequel". The crippled launched successful a shonky state, with Paradox baldly confessing that they knew the show was dodgy earlier launch, but underestimated however overmuch players would care.

RPS hardware boffin James recovered the show to beryllium "considerably little terrible" arsenic of April 2024, but galore patches later, Skylines 2 inactive has a mixed idiosyncratic reappraisal reception connected Steam arsenic of writing.

All successful all, you mightiness beryllium disposed to work Paradox's committedness that Cities: Skylines 2 volition clasp the aforesaid "core identity" aft Iceflake takes implicit arsenic a negative. "While each workplace brings its ain improvement style, our shared extremity is to proceed evolving the crippled successful a mode that stays existent to its foundation," the FAQ goes on.