After 25 years this strategy city builder series is finally getting official mod support

Part of the lasting appeal of a game like Cities: Skylines is the thousands and thousands of mods created by its community. Maps, buildings, landmarks, vehicles, roads, themes, and sometimes entire new game systems are constantly being created by modders, meaning every time you sit down to design a city you’ll find something brand new to add to it.

So it’s always great news when a publisher embraces the modding community instead of just tolerating it, even if it takes them a while to come around. In this case it’s been about 25 years coming: the Anno series of strategy city builders has been around since 1998, first developed by Max Design and later by Ubisoft Blue Byte. This month marks the first time in Anno series history that it will have official mod support.