Key Takeaways
- Cities: Skylines 2 introduces new creator packs and the Soft Rock Radio DLC to enhance the city-building experience.
- The Modern Architecture & Urban Promenades packs offer new service buildings & housing zone assets.
- Players can purchase the Modern City bundle containing both new packs and the radio station for $17.99.
New creator packs for Cities: Skylines 2 have arrived in the city-building sim, offering a host of new buildings and housing zone assets to make players’ metropolises stand out from the rest. Releasing in tandem with the new creator packs, Cities: Skylines 2 has also launched Soft Rock Radio, providing the perfect soundtrack to fuel fans’ building concentration and aspirations.
Cities: Skylines 2 is the 2023 sequel from Colossal Order and a follow-up to the original 2015 title. The city-building game is a popular go-to on PC, but console players are hoping the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S releases are in sight, possibly eyeing a Q2 2025 release. Cities: Skylines 2‘s recent update included crucial simulation fixes, including improvements to job-seeking calculations and garbage accumulation values, and it also introduced the Radio Telescope Research Center’s University Interest effect.
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The first of two new creator packs added to Cities: Skylines 2 is the Modern Architecture pack designed by community creator Richard Shi, and this content unlocks 21 new service buildings, including the Modern Art Museum and Grand City Plaza. The Urban Promenades pack from creator Feindbold adds 60 mixed housing zone assets and five service buildings for players to capture “urban energy” in their city streets and public spaces. Lastly, the Soft Rock Radio DLC offers “mellow guitar strums and gentle vocal harmonies.” Combining the new creator packs with the catalog of mods available, players will be able to maximize the game’s potential, and publisher Paradox Interactive has taken extra steps to safeguard the modding community after Cities: Skylines 2’s recent malware incident.
Cities: Skylines 2 Adds Two New Creator Packs and Launches Soft Rock Radio
- Modern Architecture Creator Pack
- Urban Promenades Creator Pack
- Soft Rock Radio
The Modern Architecture and Urban Promenades packs are now available, accompanied by the Soft Rock Radio station, and all three can be purchased in the Modern City bundle costing $17.99. Players who have already bought the Waterfronts Expansion Pass or the Ultimate Edition of the game will receive all three additions at no extra cost. Fans were previously unhappy with Cities: Skylines 2’s Beach Properties DLC because of its high price and lack of content, but these creator packs are expected to go down a treat.
The assets included in these creator packs allow each city to reach its full potential, and players can combine these additions with Cities: Skylines 2’s best ways to increase the population to establish a thriving concrete jungle. The DLC content has fans excited about putting these packs to the test, combined with the community’s anticipation for the sequel’s projected console release next year.
If you can dream it, you can build it. Raise a city from the ground up and transform it into the thriving metropolis only you can imagine. You’ve never experienced building on this scale. With deep simulation and a living economy, Cities: Skylines II delivers world-building without limits.
Lay the foundations for your city to begin. Create the roads, infrastructure, and systems that make life possible day to day. It’s up to you – all of it.
How your city grows is your call too, but plan strategically. Every decision has an impact. Can you energize local industries while also using trade to boost the economy? What will make residential districts flourish without killing the buzz downtown? How will you meet the needs and desires of citizens while balancing the city’s budget?
Your city never rests. Like any living, breathing world, it changes over time. Some changes will be slow and gradual, while others will be sudden and unexpected. So while seasons turn and night follows day, be ready to act when life doesn’t go to plan.
The most realistic and detailed city builder ever, Cities: Skylines II pushes your creativity and problem-solving to another level. With beautifully rendered high-resolution graphics, it also inspires you to build the city of your dreams.
- Released
- October 24, 2023
- Developer(s)
- Colossal Order
- Engine
- Unity
- ESRB
- e
- OpenCritic Rating
- Strong