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Cities: Skylines Natural Disasters arrives next week

Plus a free Scenario Editor for all players.

Cities: Skylines' next expansion, Natural Disasters, will be released on the 29th November.

Fans have been expecting this for some time, with disasters having become a staple of the city-building genre thanks to SimCity.

We've played this expansion ourselves, briefly, and you can take a look at the video below to see the game's new tornadoes, earthquakes, tsunamis, lightning storms, forest fires and meteor strikes in action.

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These disasters can either be summoned at will, or enabled to periodically appear while you're playing in Sandbox mode. There's also a range of new building types which either provide warning of upcoming disasters, limit the damage they may cause, or help survivors in the immediate aftermath.

Alongside this DLC, which costs £10.99, Cities: Skylines will also receive a free update adding a new scenario editor. This allows players to create and share custom scenarios via the Steam Workshop, with set objectives like earning a certain amount of money, reaching a population goal, or creating a city that only uses public transport.