Paradox Interactive are celebrating the second anniversary of Cities Skylines today, with the announcement of a free set of three new in-game buildings inspired by Chinese architecture, and the outstanding achievement of 3.5 million copies sold since launch.
Cities Skylines originally released on 10th March, 2015 and was widely critically acclaimed, with our own review scoring it an 8.5/10.
“From the first day Cities: Skylines was released, it’s been breaking records,” said Fredrik Wester, CEO of Paradox Interactive. “The game had our biggest launch in history at the time, selling 250.000 copies in its first 24 hours, and the community has only gotten bigger and more devoted over the last two years. Cities: Skylines perfectly showcases the kind of experiences we’re proud to support at Paradox: a game that people are just as excited to play now as they were two years ago. Happy birthday to Cities: Skylines, congratulations to Colossal Order, and my sincere thanks to all our players. Please follow me on Chirper.”
We should also add that Wester tweeted out a picture of the Cake that Paradox Interactive has made to celebrate the birthday of Cities Skylines, saying “Happy Birthday Chirpy.”
Happy Birthday Chirpy. pic.twitter.com/mAcg4MjiVH
— Fredrik Wester (@TheWesterFront) March 10, 2017
“It’s fair to say that Cities: Skylines has changed all of our lives at Colossal Order,” said Mariina Hallikainen, CEO of Colossal Order. “This is a game we had all been working on and dreaming about creating for years. Seeing how many people have rallied around it, and seeing the incredible community sharing their cities and mods has been so rewarding and inspiring. On behalf of our entire team, thank you so much to all of our players for your ongoing support!”
The in-game building pack that will be released as free DLC to celebrate the anniversary will feature three new buildings: a Panda Zoo, a Chinese Temple, and the Shanghai Pearl Tower. We don’t know when it will become available, but it should be ready soon.
If you haven’t already picked up a copy of Cities Skylines, you absolutely should from Green Man Gaming, where it’s currently priced at £7.19.
