Thanks, Dirk! As so many others have said, this is a great article, the best one I've read about Cities XL. Kudos to the development team, too, this all sounds really exciting. I just have one (two-part) question, maybe it is a silly question, but I'll ask it in case others can't figure this out either--for online play, do you need to (1) install a copy of the game on your computer and (2) access the site from that computer (that is, a PC that meets the minimum system requirements)?
I've been using a Mac since my PC died a few months ago, and I always assumed that I would have to buy a new PC when the game came out. But maybe not, if you just want to play the online game? You can access most other online games from any computer. But that won't work if the game has to be installed on the computer that is accessing the site.
