As Cities: Skyline 2 continues its attempts to recover from last year’s disastrous launch, Paradox Interactive has announced and released a fresh batch of paid DLC for the original Cities: Skylines, some 18 months after delivering what was supposed to be its final major update.
Paradox concluded Cities: Skylines 1’s release roadmap in May last year with the launch of its final mini-expansion, Hotels & Retreats. At the time, it said developer Colossal Order would continue general support through to the end of 2023 as it shifted its focus to Cities: Skylines 2.
But Cities: Skylines 2’s launch went poorly, resulting in multiple delays to Paradox’s post-launch DLC plans while Colossal Order continued to improve the base game. An early attempt to foist DLC on the Cities: Skylines 2 player base was so badly received, Paradox vowed to postpone all future paid DLC “indefinitely”. Then, in September, it announced further DLC delays so Colossal Order could complete work on a “crucial” assets editor.
And now, amid a string of other major misfires for Paradox, the publisher has decided to return to a well most assumed had finally run dry. 18 months after wrapping up support for Cities: Skylines 1, it’s launched three new paid DLC packs for the game, all themed around mountain peaks and alpine terrain. There’s the Mountain Village Pack and Map Pack 3, both part of Cities: Skylines’ Content Creator range, plus the Radio Station Alpine Tunes music pack.