Cities: Skylines - Snowfall

Cities: Skylines - Snowfall

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Cities: Skylines Expansion Pack

Release Date: February 18, 2016

Strategy, economic, sandbox, city builder, singleplayer

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The second large expansion for Cities: Skylines, an economic strategy game developed by Colossal Order. The Snowfall add-on introduces changing weather conditions and temperature fluctuation that can significantly influence the functioning of our city. As the temperature goes down, the citizens consume a lot more power, requiring us to meet the increased demand for electricity or build a municipal central heating system.

Snowfall is the second expansion for Cities: Skylines for PC, PS4 and XONE. The production, being a classical city-building simulator, debuted in March, 2015, and was well-received by players who waited for a worthy successor of the classic SimCity 4 for years. The title sold over a million copies worldwide, and thanks to the incessant support of the developers and the modding scene it still attracts new players. The expansion and the original game were developed by Colossal Order, which specializes in economic strategy productions and created the Cities in Motion series. Similarly to After Dark, some of the novelties introduced in Snowfall were given at no cost to the owners of the vanilla game in the form of a free patch.

Gameplay

Cities: Skylines – Snowfall for PC, PS4 and XONE introduces changing weather and temperature which actually influence the functioning of our city. As temperature goes down, citizens use a lot more power to heat their homes and workplaces. Our task is to face the fluctuating demand for electricity. We prevent any potential problems by developing power plants and transmission lines or by deciding to build a municipal central heating system. Apart from rain or fog, which are both purely cosmetic, a heavy snowfall can pose a real challenge for the mayor since it may paralyze the street traffic. The players have to ensure that snow removal be performed as well as to provide an adequate number of snowplows. But snow is not only a difficulty; it can also be used to build new kinds of parks and special buildings. All of the above options and structures are available on the new winter-themed map.

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Last updated on February 23, 2016

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Cities: Skylines - Snowfall Summary

Platforms:

PC / Windows

PC / Windows February 18, 2016

PlayStation 4

PlayStation 4 November 21, 2017

Xbox One

Xbox One November 14, 2017

Developer: Colossal Order

Publisher: Paradox Interactive

Cities: Skylines - Snowfall System Requirements

PC / Windows

PC / Windows

Minimum: Intel Core 2 Duo 3.0 GHz/AMD Athlon 64 X2 6400+ 3.2 GHz, 4 GB RAM, graphic card 512 MB GeForce GTX 260/Radeon HD 5670 or better, 4 GB HDD, Windows XP/Vista/7/8/8.1 64-bit

Recommended: Intel Core i5-3470 3.20 GHz/AMD FX-6300 3.5 GHz, 6 GB RAM, graphic card 2 GB GeForce GTX 660/Radeon HD 7870 or better, 4 GB HDD, Windows 7/8 64-bit

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Cities: Skylines Snowfall - a new expansion to a highly acclaimed city-builder announced

Paradox Interactive revealed an upcoming expansion to Cities: Skylines and this time around we get to build and maintain the city in winter landscapes. New content includes weather cosmetics, expanded public transport, new services and infrastructure.

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Mike Manka

January 19, 2016

Cities: Skylines Snowfall - a new expansion to a highly acclaimed city-builder announced