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Below is an announcement from another forum I regularly visit. No mention of Silverfall, so I guess I'm one of the few dozens that bought the game.


French publishing/development house Monte Cristo, best known for CitiesXL and City Life, is no more.

This is with deep regrets that we officially announce today the closure of our studio. As such Monte Cristo will close its door this week. We leave behind us a couple regrets but also, more important, a lot of good memories…

But then what of Cities XL’s future ?
A publisher has shown up who will pick up Cities XL’s license, and who will continue to sell the game. This company will surely make itself known soon. We are confident that we leave Cities XL in good hands.

Current players shouldn’t be worried though! The solo game will keep on working and the online login system, mandatory to launch the game, remains in place. There is no change there. The Cities XL website also remains online, although obviously the online support is now longer available and we apologize for this.

One last time all the Monte Cristo team members would like to wholeheartedly thank the Cities XL players and community members who so dedicatedly took part in the life and evolution of this wonderful project.

We do hope that Cities XL has many more great years ahead of itself!

Signing off,

- The Monte Cristo team.

Played the demo of Silvefall a long time ago and didn't like it. Very repetitive.

As for Cities XL, never played it, but I remember reading articles of them pointing fingers at piracy as the reason for going fully online with this game. Really cheap if you ask me, but that is not the reason why I didn't buy it. I have never been a big fan of city-building games to begin with.

To conclude, I neither mourn nor jeer at their demise.

I played both Silvefall & its expansion. Very nice setting, but the game was too strung-out and got boring because of it. I liked the skills and graphics, and for a hack & slash, it had a decent story.