Cities: Skylines Expansion 'After Dark' Announced

Paradox Interactive and Colossal Order have announced the first expansion to Cities: Skylines at Gamescom. This successful city builder will see the addition of a day/night cycle and added depth to the gameplay.

It's no surprise that Cities: Skylines is getting an expansion. The game has been a runaway success for its developer with over a million copies sold in its first month and I, like many others, have spent dozens of hours building and planning my cities. The game is highly moddable and over 52 thousand mods are available on Steam Workshop. So it's interesting to see how well the developers can make the case for buying new content when the community has already done so much.

From what they've revealed of the expansion so far, and the awesome free additions since launch, I think I'm convinced at least. Even if you don't buy it you'll be able to enjoy the shift between day and night in a free update.

Official About
Developed by Colossal Order and published Paradox Interactive, the central feature of the latest expansion is the day and night cycle, which alters the approach to managing your city. Will you construct a bustling city that lives and breathes at night or will your city succumb to the perils and misadventures of night life? You’re only limited by your imagination, so take control. The sky is the limit! Find out what life is like in the city when the sun goes down!

Main features:

• Day and Night Cycle: Day and night changes in the city and affects citizen schedules. Traffic is visibly slower at night and some zoned areas do not work with full efficiency, further easing the traffic. Service vehicles move around as usual. A free update for all users.
• Leisure specialization: Commercial areas can specialize in leisure activities. Leisure areas are especially active during the night, but work like regular commercial areas during the day. 
• each specialization: Commercial areas such as beach bars and restaurants, small marina and fishing tours on the shoreline can specialize in beach activities.
• Expanded City Services:Criminals will now be taken to Prison from Police buildings. Taxi service will help citizens and tourists travel around the city. Cargo hubs are harbors that accept cargo trains straight to the terminal. International airport is a huge airport, allowing much more traffic than the previous airport. It has a metro station attached to it. Bus terminal allows citizens to transfer to other bus lines in the terminal building. 
• New transportation options: Bikes and dedicated bike lanes and bike ways let citizens opt for a faster alternative to walking. Bus lanes can be used to help the public transportation run smoother.

The release date and price haven't been revealed yet but it's safe to say from the history of Paradox Interactive announcements is that it'll come soon enough.

What do you guys think? I can't imagine that I'm the only one looking forward to this. Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.