Cities XL 2012 is a city simulator developed by Focus Home Interactive

Focus Home Interactive

Focus Home Interactive is an independent publisher of computer games based near Paris, France. Founded in 1996, Focus has published and distributed original titles such as Blood Bowl, Sherlock Holmes, TrackMania and Runaway and sports games like Cycling Manager and Virtual Skipper.On June 25, 2010...

. Cities XL 2012 is the third game in the Cities XL

Cities XL

Cities XL is a city-building computer game developed by Monte Cristo, which has prior development experience in City Life. It was originally scheduled for release in the first quarter of 2009, but was eventually released on October 8, 2009...

franchise. The game focuses on a single-player mode, and is scheduled to be released on October 20, 2011. New features include new structures, new maps, a starter guide, opens the game to modding and allows you to share your mods. It will be fully compatible with Cities XL 2011 version with a discounted upgrade available. An expansion pack

Expansion pack

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 is being released simultaneously.

Reception

Cities XL 2012 received mixed reviews from various critics. It currently has a rating of 63/100 on Metacritic

Metacritic

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