Finnish developer Iceflake Studios is now dealing with the Cities: Skylines franchise.
In a publish on the sport’s boards, it was revealed that the sequence creator, Colossal Order, was parting manner with writer Paradox Interactive. Iceflake is one among Paradox’s inner studios.
“For over fifteen years, the Cities Sequence and our partnership with Paradox have been a defining a part of our journey at Colossal Order,” Colossal Order CEO Mariina Hallikainen stated.
“After we got down to create Cities in Movement, we by no means imagined it might develop to turn into a cherished franchise with a passionate, loyal neighborhood of tens of millions of gamers around the globe. We wish to thank everybody at Paradox for his or her belief and collaboration, and naturally the neighborhood for the unimaginable help that has made Cities what it’s right this moment. We’re assured that the franchise will proceed to thrive below Paradox’s management. As we transfer ahead, we’re excited to channel our expertise, creativity, and fervour into new tasks that align with our long-term imaginative and prescient.”
Iceflake studio supervisor Lasse Liljedahl added: “Taking the reins on a genre-leading franchise like Cities is an immense honor and an excellent accountability. There’s an enormous, loyal neighborhood on the market and I wish to say to each member of that neighborhood that we are going to humbly carry this legacy with respect, along with all of you. Iceflake has the capability and functionality to get began. Now we have a decade value of expertise from making metropolis constructing and administration video games. We see a robust basis and a lot potential ready to be unleashed and I can not wait to indicate you what now we have deliberate for the following chapter of this unimaginable sport.”
