Bye bye Cities Unlimited... Say hi to CITIES XL!

[dasilva]

We're about to live a very exciting week ! You're the first ones to get the news: the game’s official title is CITIES XL™. At first it sounded strange to us… But now that we've been using it internally for a few days CITIES XL™ replaced Cities Unlimited in our discussions faster than what we'd have thought. We sincerely think we’re making the right choice as CITIES XL™ will be huge and, we want to allow people of different languages and cultures to understand and pronounce the title. As a token appreciation for the time you've spent with us discussing the game, we decided to grant ALL current registered community members with the « Founder » title. It will be displayed next to your profile in the forums and, in essence, bear withness to your presence from the early beginnings. We’ll make official the new name this week with a press release which should attract numerous new contributors to the forums. We’ll also update the website (you may find the website down for maintenance for a couple of hours). We’ll take this opportunity to update any reference to Cities Unlimited to CITIES XL™ wherever we may find it (including in your posts), to avoid creating confusing between the two names for newcomers. We're relying on you to convey the message. Stay tuned as we also have a huge surprise to accompany the website update !!! See you soon, and long life to CITIES XL™!

More... (http://www.cuplanet.com/index.php?/content/view/22/24/lang,en/)

[Judhudson]

I take it that each game shipped will have a CITIES XL shirt packed inside the box? I might just pick up a copy if it does.

[hugzncuddles]

I take it that each game shipped will have a CITIES XL shirt packed inside the box?

LOL :p

I can see it now...

But yep, the XL does make me think of clothing before the title of a game. I'm sure it won't be too long though before the name settles in and becomes the norm instead of Cities Unlimited. But how do we abbreviate Cities XL now? CXL? CU was easier to type, though it probably doesn't matter too much. I'm just too lazy to type the full title sometimes. :p