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Cities XL 2012 Is Surprisingly Pretty

Four new screenshots of Cities XL 2012 have been released, and if I can be brutally honest with you - I can, can't I? - that didn't excite me very much. The Cities XL games are clearly very good at what they do, but I feel like I was exhausted of city management long ago. And then I looked at the pictures. Blimey, this isn't Sim City 2000 any more, is it? They're worth a look.

The game is due to appear in precisely one month, and will look a lot like this:

And move around like this:

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