Colossal Order and Paradox Interactive have brought Cities: Skylines – Remastered to the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S consoles. To celebrate the occasion, the team also shared the release trailer that you can find above.
Note that the Remastered versions are only available for PS5 & Xbox X|S. The older hardware of PS4 and Xbox One respectively couldn’t handle the 25 tiles feature that developers wanted to add. You can still play the PS4 and Xbox One versions of Cities: Skylines, there you have access to your old saves. Cross-saving between versions is not possible: the saves will only be available on the version you used when saving your City.
“The architecture of Cities: Skylines Remastered is different from its predecessor, to be able to accommodate Higher graphic quality, increased buildable tiles and overall better performance. Because of the technical limitations of old-gen consoles, we could not apply the same changes to that version, meaning it’s two different code bases for the games – hence cross saves are not possible.”
If you already own the Base Game or any DLCs, the Remastered version of those products will be available to you without any additional cost. All DLCs until the 2023 release of Aiports are Remastered. The remaining DLCs (Plazas & Promenades, FInancial Districts and all Content Creator Packs and Radio Stations released fall 2023) will be available soon.
The owners of PS5 & Xbox Series X|S can enjoy the enhanced player experience in this version of the game:
- 25 buildable tiles!
- Quick selection tool
- UX Improvements (such as precision placements, distance indicator and updated snapping options)
- New environmental controls panel (adjust things like time of day, rain, fog, and environment coloring)
- Map editor
- And an overall graphic performance increase for the bigger city builders!
