The HOT is a strategy game developed by Colossal Order and released on PC and macOS in December 2022. Despite limited recent coverage, the game marks a notable moment for the studio: Colossal Order's longtime CEO Mariina Hallikainen has departed from publisher Paradox Interactive, bringing an end to a long partnership that began with the original Cities: Skylines and extended through years of post-launch support. The studio, founded in Tampere, Finland in 2009, has moved forward independently following the separation.
via Pocketgamer
Mariina Hallikainen has been CEO of Colossal Order since it was founded in Tampere, Finland in 2009. In that time the studio went from an unfunded, and unknown, mass transit simulator to Cities: Skylines and then to a sequel it supported for years after launch. In November 2025 C…