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There are plenty of city-building games that touch upon the complexity of creating a working transit system, but none that look at it too deep. Cities in Motion has just launched, and it aims to do just that. This trailer, naturally, shows off all the beautiful vistas and gameplay tidbits that you would expect from a launch trailer. It's certainly a stunning-looking game, although not one we know a whole lot about.

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This is the playable demo for Cities in Motion, the game where players design and run the transportation infrastructure for a bustling city. The demo includes the tutorial and goes on for one in-game year. System requirements are shown after the jump. The full game releases on February 22nd.

"Cities in Motion sees players develop and operate their own public transport company building a travel network across Vienna, Berlin, Helsinki and Amsterdam using more than 30 different modes of transport including buses, trams, subway trains and water buses. As each city develops and grows the player must continue to meet the ever changing transport needs of its commuters, while at the same time ensuring it remains as profitable as possible. Featuring an in-depth campaign mode made up of 12 scenarios along with an open ended sandbox mode, an advanced map editor that allows players to create their own cities, plus much more, Cities in Motion will challenge players to create the perfect public transport system that has no cancellations, no delays and where the passengers are always happy!"

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Game publishers love to offer free goodies to entice folks to buy games beforehand. Today we got word of two such offers for the upcoming RTS game Men of War Assault Squad from developer Digitalmindsoft and publisher 1C Company and the urban transporation sim game Cities in Motion from developer Colossal Order and publisher Paradox Interactive.

People who purchase Men of War Assault Squad on Steam before it's released on February 25 will not only get instant access to the game's current beta test but also will get the original Men of War game for free; that's a $14.99 value. Meanwhile if you pre-order Cities in Motion before its February 22 release date you will get five exclusive vehicles to use in the game. It includes the Jubilee Blim bus, the the Skylark III helicopter and the Arnauld Porte metro train.

February 22 is going to give PC gamers an interesting choice when it comes to new game releases. Do they go for the "so-over-the-top-it's-insane" first person shooter Bulletstorm or do they instead try out the "very-calm-and-collected" urban transportation simulation game Cities in Motion?

Of course there's no reason why PC gamers couldn't buy both. After all developer Colossal Order looks like it has made a Euro-centric title with players asked to create and grow a transportation network in, around and linked to four real European cities. Will gamers get excited about making deals with contractors as opposed to making skillshots in Bulletstorm? We only have a couple of weeks to find out for ourselves.

Earlier this year Paradox Interactive announced plans to release Cities in Motion, a new city building simulation with a empahasis on transportation sytems. This week Paradox announced that it is taking sign ups for people to participate in the game's closed beta test.

If you want to be considered for the beta test for the game developed by Colossal Order, you had to go and sign up at Paradox's beta web page by October 11. If you get picked to become a "transport tycoon" in four European cities in the beta you will be notified by email on October 25. The game is due for release in early 2011.

Publisher Paradox Interactive made a number of new game announcements today as part of its Gamescom visit and one of them was for Cities In Motion, a city sim-style game but with the emphasis on transportation. The game, developed by Colossal Order, lets players evolve a city and its transportation needs from 1920 to 2020.

Players take on the role of an owner of a transport company who tried to create a public transportation system for his or her city. Buses, trains, subways and more can be constructed and the goal is to make as much money as possible while also serving the cities needs. The game has a 12 mission campaign more or a free form sandbox mode. You can either construct your own cities with over 100 buildings or use one of the four that have been made already and are based on real cities like Vienna, Helsinki, Berlin, and Amsterdam. Cities in Motion is currently scheduled for release in the first quarter of 2011.