Cities: Skylines gets Natural Disasters and Radio Stations expansions on Xbox One

Today, Paradox Interactive released the Natural Disasters expansion for Cities: Skylines on Xbox One and PlayStation 4. The content has been available on PC for quite some time now.

The new expansion adds new systems for disaster alerts and response, and of course the disasters themselves, which tin can occur randomly, or be triggered deliberately. Also added for free are three new in-game radio stations. In addition to Natural Disasters, Paradox likewise released an additional musical add-on for the game'south new in-game radio feature which gives them more variety.

Management games, such as SimCity, are oftentimes very complex. Not only are yous managing the game itself, but besides the various overlapping menus that govern the game. As such, the preferred input method has been mouse and keyboard.

Cities: Skylines has proven that controllers tin exist a worthy input method for this type of game. It has set the standard for metropolis-building games for years to come up, as EA famously flubbed SimCity's 2022 version, forcing users to participate in an awful online experience that would keep to impale the franchise almost entirely.

In our review, nosotros were "resoundingly impressed with how well the control schemes have translated to a controller, and information technology gives me hope that we could one day see more circuitous management-type games hit Xbox One, now that Cities: Skylines has shown us the way forwards."

Cities: Skylines is currently available as part of Xbox Game Pass. The subscription costs $9.99 each month and provides you with Netflix-style admission to over a hundred games.

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