Today in Gaming News – January 4, 2025

The gaming industry has delivered some more interesting gaming news including another brief look at The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion fan remaster Skyblivion, on top of looks at upcoming free-to-play games.

Here at Simulation Daily, we publish roundups with more gaming news that couldn’t be covered in individual articles, to keep you up to date with the work and games from a wider variety of developers than we otherwise could.

Before we get into the news here are handy links to gaming news that did get its own separate coverage.

• Star Citizen Developers Address Issue Locking Players Out of The Game
• Overwatch 2 Champions Series 2025 Live Events Revealed Including China, Saudi Arabia, & Sweden
• Here Is Everything You Need to Know About the Call of Duty Squid Game 2 Crossover
• Infinity Nikki Trailer Shows Off Wishfield, Possibly Hinting at More Areas to Come
• Delta Force Developers Give Insight About Stopping Tricky DMA Cheats

You can check out all the news below. Incidentally, if you’re interested specifically in flight simulation news, we have a dedicated roundup.

Skyblivion Shows Remastered Gear

Following the extensive reveal of the development status of Skyblivion, the fan remaster in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim’s engine of the classic The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, we get to see a bit more, in the form of gear showcased in the game.

Skyblivion has been confirmed for a 2025 release, obviously for PC.

New Girls’ Frontline Game Project NET Shows Characters and Locations

Hecate Team and Sunborn Network released new trailers of the upcoming free-to-play third-person shooter Project NET, based on the Girls’ Frontline franchise.

This time around, we get to see the game’s locations (Lotz Grand Hotel and Mysterious Factory) and some of its characters belonging to Chrono Squad.

We’ll likely see a lot more of the game between January 9 and January 16, when a playtest session will be hosted in Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, and the Philippines. The rest of the world will be involved “soon.”

Mongil: Star Dive Reveals Theme Song

Netmarble revealed the theme song of its upcoming free-to-play game Mongil: Star Dive. The song “Even if we have the Earth” is performed by MRCH.

The game is developed in Unreal Engine 5 and it’s an RPG based on the Touch Monsters franchise. It will be released globally in 2025 for PC, iOS, and Android.

The Hidden Ones Showcases Zhuge Qing

The developers of The Hidden Ones revealed gameplay of one if the characters, Zhuge Qing.

The game is coming for PC and mobile and a pre-alpha test has recently been delayed to February 27, 2025. It’s based on the Chinese webcomic and anime series Hitori no Shita: The Outcast.