{"id":185949,"date":"2025-11-17T21:17:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-17T21:17:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/185949\/"},"modified":"2025-11-17T21:17:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T21:17:08","slug":"skylines-ii-dev-parts-ways-with-publisher-paradox","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/185949\/","title":{"rendered":"Skylines II dev parts ways with publisher Paradox"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 charcoal-color\">Game publisher Paradox Interactive has <a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/forum.paradoxplaza.com\/forum\/threads\/an-update-on-cities-skylines-ii.1873154\/\" data-i13n=\"cpos:1;pos:1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:split;cpos:1;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\">split<\/a> with Colossal Order, the studio behind Cities: Skylines II. Colossal Order, which also made the original Cities: Skylines back in 2015, will move on to something new after completing a few last updates. The intellectual property will remain with Paradox, which said today that work on Cities: Skylines II will be moved to Iceflake Studios. The Finland-based internal team will be responsible for all development, including future content updates and the long-awaited console version, starting in 2026.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 charcoal-color\">The move comes after about two years of trying to salvage the citybuilding sequel and the reputations of all parties. While the game was <a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/cities-skylines-ii-will-arrive-on-pc-and-consoles-october-24th-2023-181911885.html\" data-i13n=\"cpos:2;pos:1\" data-ylk=\"slk:initially;cpos:2;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">initially<\/a> expected to debut in October 2023 on PC and consoles, the launch was limited to PC, with higher minimum specs than previously announced and with a lot of bugs. The ongoing issues caused <a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/whats-up-with-the-toxicity-around-cities-skylines-ii-213034938.html\" data-i13n=\"cpos:3;pos:1\" data-ylk=\"slk:tension and toxicity;cpos:3;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">tension and toxicity<\/a> between Colossal Order and the Cities: Skylines audience. Although the game has reached a more stable state, new content has been <a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/gaming\/cities-skylines-ii-delays-bridges--ports-dlc-to-q4-200052345.html\" data-i13n=\"cpos:4;pos:1\" data-ylk=\"slk:slow;cpos:4;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">slow<\/a> to arrive and there is still no sign of a console launch as the studio exits their project.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Game publisher Paradox Interactive has split with Colossal Order, the studio behind Cities: Skylines II. Colossal Order, which&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":185950,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[74],"tags":[104538,18,104540,19,17,104537,104539,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-185949","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-technology","8":"tag-colossal-order","9":"tag-eire","10":"tag-game-publisher","11":"tag-ie","12":"tag-ireland","13":"tag-paradox-interactive","14":"tag-skylines","15":"tag-technology"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/115567122512004558","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185949","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=185949"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185949\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/185950"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=185949"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=185949"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=185949"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}