Xbox Game Pass: this long-awaited day 1 premiere is delayed, will it still arrive in 2024?

2024 has been a great year for Xbox Game Pass, as fans were already able to enjoy great AAA titles and indie proposals very attractive. Everything seems to indicate that the positive streak will continue in the coming months, although the community will have to be patient to play one of the most anticipated releases.

In October of last year it debuted Cities: Skylines II, the sequel to the popular strategy title where players must build cities and lead them to prosperity. Let us remember that it was a day 1 premiere in PC Game Passand its console port is expected to follow these steps.

Unfortunately, its debut was mired in controversy, as even the developers recognized that there were going to be performance problems on PC. Said and done, the players had to deal with inconveniences in the first weeks. On the other hand, the study Colossal Order and the publisher Paradox Interactive They delayed the console versions.

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When will Cities: Skylines II debut on Xbox Game Pass?

Originally, the goal was to release the strategy title on PlayStation and Xbox during the first half of 2024. There was a last-minute change of plans and now players will have to wait a little longer to try it out.

“Our plan was to launch it in the spring of this year. We have been hesitant to communicate an actual release window due to the uncertainty we face and to not make more promises that we may not be able to keep. We have fought so that Cities: Skylines II reach the necessary level of optimization for a console launch,” Colossal Order said.

Now, when will the game debut in Xbox Series X|S and PlayStation 5? The developers hope that the latest version will be stable enough to serve as a basis for the console release. Thus, the current goal is to launch the title sometime in October 2024.

The studio comments that the team working on the console versions operates separately from the group that is focused on the PC port, so it hopes that its efforts to improve the experience on computers will not affect the progress of the port for Xbox and PlayStation , nor vice versa.

This news comes in a publication where the company addresses the poor reception of the most recent DLC known as Beach Properties. After apologizing, he assured that the downloadable content will be offered as a free add-on to players, while those who already purchased it will receive a refund.

“We thought we could make up for the game's shortcomings in an unrealistic time frame and hastily released DLC that should not have been released in its current form. For all this, we are very sorry,” commented Colossal Order.

If all goes well, it is expected that Cities: Skylines II join the Xbox Game Pass catalog in fall 2024.

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