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STOCKHOLM – Mar. 10, 2017 — Paradox
Interactive, a publisher of games that make great birthday
presents, today announced that Cities: Skylines, a game that
released two years ago on March 10, 2015, has now sold over 3.5
million copies worldwide. Cities: Skylines, the award-winning
city-building game from developer Colossal Order, has reached this
milestone as of its second anniversary, including copies sold
across all retailers for all platforms. To commemorate this
achievement, Paradox and Colossal Order will be adding a free set
of three new in-game buildings inspired by Chinese architecture in
a promotion occurring soon.
“From the first day Cities: Skylines was released,
it’s been breaking records,” said Fredrik Wester, CEO
of Paradox Interactive. “The game had our biggest launch in
history at the time, selling 250.000 copies in its first 24 hours,
and the community has only gotten bigger and more devoted over the
last two years. Cities: Skylines perfectly showcases the kind of
experiences we’re proud to support at Paradox: a game that
people are just as excited to play now as they were two years ago.
Happy birthday to Cities: Skylines, congratulations to Colossal
Order, and my sincere thanks to all our players. Please follow me
on Chirper.”
“It’s fair to say that Cities: Skylines has changed
all of our lives at Colossal Order,” said Mariina
Hallikainen, CEO of Colossal Order. “This is a game we had
all been working on and dreaming about creating for years. Seeing
how many people have rallied around it, and seeing the incredible
community sharing their cities and mods has been so rewarding and
inspiring. On behalf of our entire team, thank you so much to all
of our players for your ongoing support!”
Paradox Interactive and Colossal Order will be releasing a new
in-game building pack as a free DLC to all players of Cities:
Skylines. The pack, titled “Pearls from the East,” will
bring a splash of style to mayor-players’ cities with three
new buildings: a Panda Zoo, a Chinese Temple, and the Shanghai
Pearl Tower, and will be available soon.
For more information on
Cities: Skylines, visit
http://www.citiesskylines.com/ .
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