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The Franchise Its Maker Did Not Own
Which sources back which section of this article, and what its evidence base looks like.
Which sources back which section
| Section | Sources behind it |
|---|---|
| What Happened | Paradox Interactive’s news post carrying the joint statement (17 Nov 2025); Colossal Order’s copy of the same text; GamingOnLinux (17 Nov 2025); Paradox’s LEGO Skylines press release (25 Aug 2026); Paradox’s console-news page; and the Steam listings for Cities: Skylines II, Expansion Pass 2 and LEGO Skylines |
| Timeline | All of the above, plus Colossal Order’s news index; Paradox’s press releases on the Iceflake acquisition (17 Jul 2020), the twelve-million milestone (22 Jun 2022) and the closure of Paradox Tectonic (18 Jun 2024); Paradox’s year-end report for 2023 and the report itself (6 Feb 2024); Video Games Chronicle (18 Apr 2024); TechRadar (9 Jul 2024); and the Steam listings for Cities: Skylines and Bridges & Ports |
| The Argument | The joint statement as published by both companies; Colossal Order’s news index, for the dates of the last two updates before the announcement; Paradox’s year-end report for 2023, for the only dissatisfaction either party put on the record; and the Steam listing for Bridges & Ports, for its release date |
| What Others Add | The Steam listings for Cities: Skylines, Cities: Skylines II and Bridges & Ports; Metacritic’s aggregates for both games; Paradox’s press releases on the twelve-million milestone, the Iceflake acquisition and the closure of Paradox Tectonic; Paradox’s year-end report for 2023 and the report itself; Video Games Chronicle; TechRadar; and Paradox’s console-news page |
| Conclusion | The joint statement; Paradox’s LEGO Skylines press release and the game’s Steam listing; Paradox’s console-news page; and the Steam listings for both Cities games. Nothing is concluded here from a source that does not appear in one of the four sections above |
What the evidence base looks like
- 20Sources behind this article
- 20Read in full at their own address — none at an abstract, an extract or second-hand
- 10Published by a party the article is about, and identified as such wherever they are used
- 3Independent news reports; the remaining seven are storefront and aggregate records
| What the source is | How many | How they were read |
|---|---|---|
| Documents published by a party the article is about — a news post, four press releases, a year-end report and the report itself, a console-news page, and the developer’s own copy of the joint statement with its news index | 10 | All read in full at their own address. They are the subject as well as the record, and the page names whose words they are wherever it uses them |
| Independent news reports | 3 | All read in full. Each quotes the statement or the company directly, which is why they are used to fix a date and a wording rather than to supply a fact of their own |
| Storefront records — five store listings, read for release dates, credits, prices and review tallies | 5 | Read in full on 20 September 2026, together with the store’s own public summary data for the same applications, so the figures on the page are the store’s and not an aggregator’s |
| Review aggregates | 2 | Read in full; each score is given with its review count beside it, because an aggregate without one says less than it appears to |
Reliable
Reliable, but with an interestWorth believing and reliableWeak on both, and used with careHonest, but thin
Worth believing