Paradox Interactive announces that City Life 2008 Edition is now shipping to stores in North America, albeit a couple of months after it was expected (story). The latest installment in this urban planning series is also available for online purchase from GamersGate, and the game has been available in Europe since February (story). Here's the announcement:

New York, USA (July 15, 2008) - Global publisher Paradox Interactive today confirmed that the much anticipated city building strategy game – City Life 2008 Edition, has begun shipping to stores across North America.

The game will allow players to:

-Play in 'Freeform' or 'Scenario' modes upon any one of thirty-seven terrain maps.
-Choose from a huge collection of 350+ buildings.
-Upgrade infrastructure and manage electrical and waste provision.
-Balance the city budget by attracting income from tourist revenues and taxes.
-Monitor up to ten individual residents at any one time and construct world famous monuments from a list of dozens including: the White House, the Taj Mahal and a fully sized Olympic Stadium.

Total freedom of construction is afforded to players to create the cities of their dreams.

City Life 2008 Edition has been rated Teen and has a SRP of 29.99 USD.