Cities: Skylines will be coming to consoles - on Xbox One first.

The announcement was made at Microsoft's gamescom briefing in Cologne today (August 4).

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Cities: Skylines review (PC): What SimCity should have been

Developed by Paradox Interactive, the city-building simulator was originally released on PC, Mac and Linux in March this year.

It passed one million copies in sales one month later.

"We continue to be amazed at just how players have embraced Cities: Skylines," Paradox CEO Fredrik Wester said at the time.

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