Cities Skylines 2, the upcoming city-building game has suffered a big delay on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S from the planned October launch, announced publisher Paradox Interactive and developer Colossal Order.
This delay is quite long as players on PS5 and Xbox Series X/S will not get the game until sometime during the Spring of 2024. However, the PC version of the game is still on track to launch on October 24.
Cities Skylines 2 Console Version Is Delayed
Cities Skylines 2 will now come out during Spring next year and players will need to wait at least 4 months to get their hands on the game.
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The reason behind the delay was the potential discrepancy in the console version of the game. The announcement read,
“We’re hard at work getting the game ready for release. We’ve come to realize that we need more time to reach the quality targets we’ve set for Console.
We want to provide the best experience for our players, we’re updating the release window for Xbox & PS5 to Spring 2024.”
Publisher Paradox Interactive and developer Colossal Order stated that they will work on matching the quality and performance of the game across all platforms in this additional time. Moreover, more updates on the console release of Cities Skylines 2 will be shared soon.
In an FAQ, Paradox Interactive said that pre-orders for the game will be automatically refunded and players need not do anything for it, although it might take a few weeks as each platform has different refund policies.
The refund process for the physical edition pre-order will be handled via the retailer from where the players placed pre-orders.
Paradox Raises Cities Skylines 2 Minimum and Recommended PC Specs
Paradox Interactive has also updated the minimum and recommended specs for PCs. When asked about it on the FAQ forum, the publisher said, “Cities: Skylines II is a next-generation title and therefore has certain hardware requirements.”
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It added that the previous recommended specs were set “when the game was still in development.” After it did some tests with different hardware the decision was made to “update the minimum/recommended specs for a better player experience.”
Updated Minimum Specs FHD Machines
- CPU: Intel Core i5-12600K | AMD Ryzen 7 5800X
- GPU: Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 (10 GB) | AMD equivalent
- OS: Windows 10 Home 64 Bit | Windows 11
- RAM: 16 GB
Updated Recommended Specs FHD Machines
- CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K | AMD Ryzen 5 2600X
- GPU: Nvidia GeForce GTX 970 (4 GB) | AMD equivalent
- OS: Windows 10 Home 64 Bit
- RAM: 8 GB
Moreover, the game will be available on PC Game Pass on PC Game Pass on October 24th and will be available on Xbox Game Pass upon its release on Consoles.
Cities: Skylines 2 is now set to launch for PC on October 24 and PS 5 and Xbox Series X|S will launch sometime during spring 2024.
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Source: Paradox Forum
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