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Cities XL: Platinum

Cities XL (formerly Cities Unlimited) is a city-building computer game developed by Monte Cristo, which has prior development experience in City Life. It was originally scheduled for release in the first…

8 October 2009

Cities XL: Platinum is a simulator developed by Focus Entertainment, released 8 October 2009 on PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Cities XL: Platinum is

Cities XL: Platinum is a simulator game developed by Focus Entertainment and released in 2009. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Cities XL (formerly Cities Unlimited) is a city-building computer game developed by Monte Cristo, which has prior development experience in City Life. It was originally scheduled for release in the first quarter of 2009, but was eventually released on October 8, 2009. The game allowed players to play online and interact with others on massive persistent planets, and to work together by trading resources or building blueprints in order to satisfy the needs of city inhabitants. However, on March 8, 2010 the online service was closed and the game became single-player only.
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are sandbox. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.

What it launched against

Cities XL: Platinum launched on 8 October 2009, within three weeks of Uncharted 2: Among Thieves, Fallout 3: Game of the Year Edition, Bayonetta and S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat.

Released around the same time: Uncharted 2: Among Thieves, Fallout 3: Game of the Year Edition, Bayonetta, S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat.

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When did Cities XL: Platinum come out?
Cities XL: Platinum was released on 8 October 2009 for PC (Microsoft Windows).

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