Cities: Skylines Gets New Content and an Update on Xbox One and PS4

Written by Brandon Hofer on March 28, 2019

News: Cities: Skylines on console gets a new content update that brings it farther in line with the PC version.

A new update has just been released for Cities: Skylines on console in addition to a new expansion. Available now on PlaystationⓇ4 and Xbox One for $14.99, Parklife is a playful new expansion for the hit city-builder, making cities more alive with new amusement parks, nature reserves, city parks, and zoos, and custom parks and gardens to fill the empty spaces around town.

From roller coasters and campsites to flower beds, fountains and flamingos, Parklife adds new ways to play. The park area tool and level-up features work to increase park property values, and five new maps provide plenty of space to romp around!

Some of the new features include:

Parks and Recreation: Use the new park area tool to create park districts wherever there is empty land, and new city services like Park Maintenance, which boosts happiness and effectiveness and helps level up parks.

Brick by Brick: Customize your city with new buildings and assets, including a new sightseeing bus line, new service buildings, new unique buildings like amusement parks, nature reserves, city parks, and zoos, and a regal new monument, the Castle of Lord Chirpwick.

Off the Beaten Path: Place buildings next to paths in the park districts (not just next to roads). Props can be placed anywhere inside park areas.

Recesses Between Buildings: Transform those empty spaces between your buildings into vibrant parks and gardens.

It’s a Walk in the Park: Customize routes and set ticket prices for new walking and sightseeing tours, among other tourism enhancements.

Policies, Please: Take on three new city policies and eight new park policies to deal with recreational hazards like Animal Ethics and Fireworks.

Also available today for $7.99, Radio Pack 2 is delivering two new radio stations. Country Road Radio will take you home cowboy-style, and All That Jazz is bringing DJ Jazz Boatman back to take you back a few decades to a different era of Dixieland.

In addition to the paid expansions, Cities: Skylines console edition will also get a free update, including a new tourism panel, trees that reduce noise pollution, a camera mode upgrade, new tourist models, and more.

Will you be picking up this new paid content or will you just stick with the free update? Tell us what you think below.