The long-awaited successor to Cities: Skylines was recently announced with a chic render trailer. But the building game, which is more than eight years old, has still not come to an end: in the next few months there will be more seven minor extensions and download packages appear. We’ll show you what else awaits you.
These extensions come next
All of the new DLCs are introduced in a short trailer, which you can check out here, before we go into more detail about the new content:
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Cities: Skylines introduces 7 new download packages of the “World Tour” in the trailer
It starts on March 22, 2023 with a free update called Hubs & Transport
which brings new content for the main game and some expansions. Among other things, there is a new taxi (for After Dark), new ferries (for Mass Transit), and an airport for civil protection (for natural disasters). Some DLCs are also coming on the same day, with more to follow in May:
Content Creator Packs
- Shopping Malls: Here you get 60 new assets, such as 4 different shopping centers and over 50 growing buildings. (Released on March 22)
- Africa in Miniature: Included are 28 new buildings inspired by African architecture. (Released on March 22)
- Sports Venues: Contains 12 new sports stadiums of various sizes, as well as 10 public parks with sports facilities. (Released on March 22)
- Industrial Evolution: A set of buildings made in the industrial styles of different eras. (appears in May
- Railroads of Japan: Lets you build authentic Japanese railways with trains, stations, buses and more. (appears in May)
- Brooklyn & Queens: A set of apartment buildings that imitates the style of the two New York boroughs. (appears in May)
Holiday-themed mini-expansion
There are no further details about the expansion yet Vacation With Us
, which is also scheduled for release in May. Apparently everything here revolves around holidays and vacations, in the picture below we can see a swimming pool or a hotel complex.
The radio station
- 80’s Movies Tunes: 15 songs and about 70 minutes of new music (Released on March 22
- Pop Punk Radio: 16 songs and about 75 minutes of new music (Released on March 22)
- Jadia Radio: Stands for
Just Another Day in Africa
and plays 16 songs by Cameroonian rapper Wan Shey (Released on March 22) - Piano Tunes: 16 songs and about 60 minutes of new music (to be released in May)
- 80’s Pop: 16 songs and about 60 minutes of new music (to be released in May)
With the newly announced expansions, the world tour of Cities: Skylines seems to come to an end, as in Blog entry on Steam is implied. Whether there will be more DLCs and new content for Cities Skylines after that seems questionable, given the announcement of a successor to the building game.
How do you like the newly announced expansions? Do you already know if you might want to purchase some of them, or are you waiting for the release first? Feel free to write it in the comments!
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