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Published: August 18, 2016 10:14:04 AM CEST

STOCKHOLM - August 18th - Paradox Interactive, a publisher suffering from asteroid rage, today announced “Natural Disasters,” an expansion for Cities: Skylines, the best-selling city-building game from developer Colossal Order. The expansion features a catalog of catastrophes to challenge mayor-players everywhere, including planning with early warning systems and emergency routes, devastating and destructive disaster effects, and caring for the populace as they struggle to rebuild. Natural Disasters will also update Cities: Skylines with a new scenario editor and gameplay mode, allowing players to finally win – or lose – the game on their own terms.

Watch the Natural Disasters trailer for a glimpse at the expansion’s impact on the game:

Natural Disasters will add a series of city-destroying emergencies to Cities: Skylines, which can occur unexpectedly during the game – or be manually triggered by mayors seeking a challenge or some sort of gruesome, vindictive pleasure. Buildings and infrastructure will be destroyed, fire can spread across locations, and countless lives may be lost unless players implement the right emergency plans and responses and keep an ear on the new radio alert system. Fans of Cities: Skylines will have the chance to overcome everything from massive fires to meteor strikes, and allow their friends to do the same with a new Scenario Mode, where custom challenges can be designed and shared through Steam Workshop.

Natural Disasters will include:
  • Deep, Impactful Gameplay: Keep your city going through the devastation of several possible doomsday scenarios, from towering infernos to the day the sky exploded
  • With Great Power Comes Great Response Abilities: Plan for, and respond to, disasters using early warning systems, countermeasures, and new disaster responses such as helicopters and evacuations – finally, a Paradox game where “Comet Sighted” actually means something
  • Radio Saved the Video Game: Citizens can go Radio Ga-Ga with a new broadcast network, helping to rapidly spread evacuation warnings and emergency alerts – or simply relax to new in-game music stations
  • An Objectively Good Feature: Scenario Mode allows players to design custom game objectives, including custom starting cities, win conditions, time limits, and more – and share scenarios to Steam Workshop
  • Chirpocalypse Now: Heck yeah, new hats for Chirper
Natural Disasters will be available for Cities: Skylines players on Windows, Mac, and Linux PCs this winter.
For more information about Cities: Skylines, visit http://www.citiesskylines.com/
 
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No boats as I hoped for :(. It looks a little bit like spin off from the main topic of this game but I belive at the end it will be very nice. Evacuation of people in range of comet might be fun. It will probably impact the economical system of the game and I am courious how developers are going to deal with it. Scenarios and new music are the most valuable features for me. :)
 
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Flooding?
Damn straight. It's the most common disaster after all.
With such a water simulation in this game, It would be pretty insane not to include it.

People like playing with floods the most of all disasters, Im pretty optimistic in Collosal order that there will bi floods
 
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Very interesting! Dealing with disasters seems like an interesting aspect and love that I can pick if I want it on a city or not (so I can still have my pretty cities stay pretty). I very much like it'll be more than just pure destruction, but can be used as a challenge and be prepared for.

As for the scenarios there's a ton of potential there! Can't wait to see what the devs and community come up with :D Prob the thing I'm most excited about atm. :D
 
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This wasn't the worse thing they could release, I will defiantly try it. But I wanted something else first. Sure disasters should be in the game for sure! But still a little disappointing.
 
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Sorry,guys. But I'm extremely disappointed. It's nice for the people who where hoping for it. For me it does not make sense to get the city destroyed I spent hours building it.

For me it whould be much more important to have a better organising and finding system for all the assets ingame. If you have lots of assets it gets very difficult to find the things you are looking for.

A great thing would also be that the game won't crash on startup when you have to many mods and assets.
 
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due in winter. it's already winter in the southern hemisphere does that mean they get it now and the northern hemisphere has to wait?
 
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I am hoping there is more to the DLC than disasters and scenarios. I rarely play scenarios because they turn into grinds to finish them most of the time. As for disasters, just not that interested. I think that they will be a novelty that wears out their welcome very quickly. I am hoping that "more" in the announcement will be worth my while because so far this is playing to just a select few who want this stuff.
 
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I know people were hoping for this. But it is the least desired DLC option from my perspective. :(
 
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Looks like I will have to keep waiting for elevated rail/monorail/boats and other expanded transport stuff . Not personally interested in disasters in the game but looks like a nice DLC for those that really wanted it .
 
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Oh dear meteor strikes... many fans will love this DLC but it's not for me, like previous posts I would have preferred an expansion to the waterway canal system and improvements in managing/curating specific asset/mod collection for each city. I play to CREATE cities- that is the USP of the game, there are hundreds of other games where you play to destroy things. My opinion is far from set though- I'll wait for more concrete info but I'm currently underwhelmed
 
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Not one for me, I' afraid.

Had CS for quite a while and got the other DLC but only recently been able to spend a bit of time on it. There's a few things that I can see that need fixing* before having something that will destroy your good work...

* one I'm currently struggling with is getting a Metro line over/through/under a river...
 
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