Win your very own Cities XL beta key through Massively! [Updated]

We first announced information on the upcoming Cities XL closed beta back in April, as readers were given the chance to participate in a special exclusive lottery promotion. Since then, many of you have shown interest in the game as we've continued to bring you the latest news and interviews about the game.

Today, we're happy to announce our involvement with the closed beta and your chance to win a key of your very own. To participate, all you need to do is leave a comment to this post telling us what Cities XL feature you're looking forward to the most. All participants will then be contacted with their unique key and instructions on downloading the client. We have 500 keys to give away total, so it's first come, first serve. Eligibility for this giveaway will close on Monday, June 22nd, 2009 at 7am EST. Good luck!

[Edit: Wow! All keys are now taken in the very first day. Comments will now be closed on the post, but look for more on the progression of Cities XL coming soon!]

Reader Comments (511)

It reminds me of The Sims Online, the most underrated mmo ever. Beta was the best part!

I really like the fact its a huge change of pace from the normal mmo. I will def try the game for a while. The whole "sim" factor looks pretty amazing. Plus the fact you work together to help your city grow instead of just a bunch of people making a city on their own and being able to type in chat about it. Can't wait and pick me! ;p

I'd love a key for this.

I'm really looking forward to CitiesXL. I was a major SimCity fan back in the day, and I love to mould intricate cities. Hopefully the MMO side of it will bring the genre into this century, as there is a huge scope of unexplored possibilities for this!

I am looking forward to the city design but more so the trade partnerships with other cities and building of large projects that require doing so.

I am curious about the graphics - it looks great, but will it perform? On the other hand, the environmental AI makes me really interested.
I'd like to have a key.

Hi!
I'm looking forward to Cities XL's promising future as a social networking game that takes versatility and realism to the next level in terms of economics, politics, and problem solving. This is one new mmo I'll love to test.

Build cities :)

A world of virtual cities that can interact with each other through trading, economics and choices. I bin looking forward to something that isn't a Fantasy MMO and this might just be it.

I've always been a SimCity fan, I think it would be interesting to see how the politics and economics workout when based around the activities and movements of other peoples cities. I can say I've been really looking forward to this one.

Love simcity. Taking it online? Yes please :)

Really looking forward to the whole concept of a mmo-city builder. I think it could work if utilized properly.

The GEMs are something that's quite interesting, especially because it mostly fulfills my childhood dream of a city simulator that goes from macro to micro.

The online portion... I'd like to see if I can actually create a city who's sole purpose is to collect and process waste for surrounding areas.

I was major sim city fan so i am looking for it like hell

honestly, I am really excited about the online feature, and the trading of resources. I have been stoked for a good city builder since sim city 4, and this looks like it will be the best ever.

I'm in for the natural destructions :P Solving water pollution was one the most neat features SimCity was having, i hope it's implemented on citiesXL.
But CitiesXL is what i always wanted, to have a permanent city that i can showoff and not just a single player local save game :P

I'm looking forward to seeing how the Player cities interact with each other to survive. Sounds like an intresting dynamic on a traditional city building sim.

The two types of game that I've enjoyed most over the years (and lost the most amount of time to) are MMOs and 'god' simulations (e.g. city builders). That someone has gone and combined them together into one game? Fantastic! I can't wait to see how this all fits together.

Big Buildings and Domination of imaginary tiny people, Whats more fun then that? I always loved city building games, would be fun to try.

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