Developer Colossal Order’s perennially popular city builder Cities: Skylines is going back to school in its latest expansion, Campus, which comes to PC on 21st May.
Campus, as its name suggests, is all about university life, and helps budding city builders raise their metropolis’ status through higher education. Come the expansion, it’ll be possible to create an area of your city exclusively for learning, with new tools enabling players to designate campuses as either Trade School, Liberal Arts, or University.
By attracting new students to your burgeoning educational establishment, and by creating Academic Works, it’s possible to increase its reputation and unlock new buildings. These include nine unique faculties and special varsity sports arenas – the latter covering football, basketball, baseball, track & field, and swimming, with players able to manage teams (customising kits, or hiring coaches and cheerleaders) and sell tickets to the sporting events, even collecting prizes when wins happen.
Cities: Skylines Campus Expansion | Coming May 21st | Announcement Trailer Watch on YouTube
Elsewhere, Colossal Order promises graduation ceremonies, seven new policies – including the likes of book fairs and for-profit education – and the ability to offer research grants to sponsor Academic Works. It’s also possible to display scientific achievements in Museums, and the Campus expansion will feature five new maps.