Here’s what Cities: Skylines 2 ’s new developer is updating first

The game’s weather systems will also be getting an overhaul, with easier customization options to get a distinct look and feel based on location. That includes snow that’s more likely to fall on boreal maps that also will coat a city’s rooftops and lawns with a solid white blanket. Players will also be able to directly control cloud cover and should be able to see a direct effect on the lighting and fog levels as they do.

Iceflake says it plans to publish another developer diary focusing on mechanical and gameplay updates and bug fixes before rolling out its first patch by the second half of February “if all goes well.” Longtime series fans can only hope that things do go well under the new development order, long after the game’s 2023 launch was hampered by performance issues and missing features that the community is still ...