Gamesonice.com rating: Cities XL is developed and published by Monte Cristo Games. Cities XL is meant to be an online game, although you can play the game as a single player, though you must log on first. The single player mode allows you to build on twenty-five different landscapes with no objective;...

Monte Cristo, developer and publisher of CITIES XL, has announced that registrations for the game’s closed beta must be in by the end of Wednesday June 10, 2009, around 7pm UK time (BST). Gamers interested in testing the game and offering input into the development of Monte Cristo’s next-generation...

Developer Monte Cristo today revealed the details of the content for their genre-redefining City Builder Cities XL. The game, which is playable in both single and massively persistent multiplayer modes, offers a unique experience for both. In Solo mode, Cities XL will offer - 25 maps featuring varying...

(By Gregory Champoux, Community Manager for Cities XL). There’s more to Cities XL than ‘just’ a game, there’s also an extensive website at the center of which is your page. Your Profile page is your personal space on the Cities XL website; it reflects you, your activities, your friends, and as...

Transport will play a key role in Cities XL. It will take two forms, transport within a city and transport between cities. [singlepic id=614 w=320 h=240 float=left]2.1 Internal transport Most citizens will have a job that they have to go to and come home from every day. Plus, as we’ve already seen,...

[singlepic id=612 w=320 h=240 float=left]In Cities XL, the main game will be a city builder: You will be the mayor of a city and you must try to regulate its development. We say “try” because you will not have 100% control over what happens in your city – the city simulation will have a certain...

Cities XL allows gamers to develop cities on realistic 3D maps using an incredible collection of unique structures and monuments based on American, Asian and European-influenced architectural styles. The maps feature a variety of environments: mountains, hills, canyons, beaches and islands, all set in...

The game’s online features and services will allow players to create interconnected cities on virtual and persistent planets. Mayors can share and trade with one another, specialize their economy and team up with befriended cities to create sprawling metropolises. Life on the planet will be punctuated...