Cities: Skylines 2 devs may as well be asking people not to play it at launch

The games industry's habit of launching broken games and apologising on the day of release with a list of known issues and promises to continue working to make things better may have felt like the worst it's going to get, but the industry never stops innovating.We're now entering a new era where developers find it okay to advise players that the game they're about to buy may not run well, but that they're going to release it anyway. This is exactly what the team behind Cities: Skylines 2 just did.Cities: Skylines 2 remains of the 2023's most-anticipated games, even in a year as stacked as this one. Skylines 2 is a sequel to one of the most beloved - and very popular - city builders, but this statement from developer Colossal Order will probably stop a lot of players from getting the game when it launches next week. Read more