Today in Gaming News – January 9, 2025

The gaming industry has delivered some more interesting gaming news including a look at the PC version of Final Fantasy VII Rebirth and one at the gameplay of the upcoming Game of Thrones game.

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.

• PowerWash Simulator Announces Wallace & Gromit Pack Coming in 2025
• Assassin’s Creed Shadows Delayed Again as Ubisoft Takes “Decisive Steps to Reshape” the Company
• New Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition Trailer Is Here, Showing Gameplay, Story, and More
• Xbox Developer Direct 25 Will Show Doom: The Dark Ages & More January 23
• Farming Simulator 25 Announces Major Presence at Real-World Agricultural Machinery Show LAMMA 2025
• Infinity Nikki Gets Optimization Update and Details on What’s Coming Next
• iRacing Announces BMW M Motorsport to Become the Simulator’s “Official Safety Car Partner”
• Transformers: Reactivate Canceled as Splash Damage Is Forced to Scale Down
• Hi-Fi Rush Developer Tango Gameworks Has Officially Restarted Operations From New Tokyo Office
• Phil Rogers Takes Over as Plaion CEO as Previous CEO/Co-Founder Steps Back
• Monster Hunter Wilds Welcomes Players Back for Open Beta Test Two
• Dwarf Fortress Adventure Mode Launches January 23, Beta 28 Is Out Today

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

Final Fantasy VII Rebirth Shows Off PC Features

Square Enix released a new trailer focusing on the improvements made to the PC version of Final Fantasy VII Rebirth.

These include improved lighting, enhanced visuals, Nvidia DLSS support, plenty of graphics options including 3 presets, up to 4k resolution and 120 FPS, customizable on-screen NPC count, and mouse and keyboard support.

The game is coming out on January 23.

Game of Thrones: Kingsroad Shows Gameplay and Is Also Coming for PC

Warner Bros. Entertainment and Netmarble presented a look at the gameplay of Game of Thrones: Kingsroad.

Interestingly, Windows PC has been added to the platforms, so if you don’t care to play this on iOS and Android, you’ll have an alternative.

Civilization VII Reveals Lafayette

Firaxis revealed another leader coming to Sid Meier’s Civilization VII, Gilbert du Motier, the Marquis de Lafayette. You can check him out above and find out his abilities in the official Game Guide.

The game is coming on February 11, 2025, for PS5, PS4, PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, and Nintendo Switch.

Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii Will Get New Game+ as a Free DLC

Today Sega revealed a lot of gameplay of the upcoming Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii, including combat, naval battles, and more.

At the end of the video, we also get to take a look at the various bonuses for pre-orders and the Digital Deluxe edition, while we learn that the New Game+ will come as a free post-launch DLC.

The game releases on February 21, 2025, for PC, PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X|S, and Xbox One.