Today in Gaming News – October 8, 2024

Today developers and publishers shared more gaming news, including a a new Kickstarter project from a veteran of the industry on top of extensive looks at Sid Meier’s Civilization 7 and more.

Like every day, here at Simulation Daily, we post a roundup 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 it, here’s a series of handy links to the gaming news that did get their own separate coverage.

• Red Dead Redemption Coming to PC This Month
• Goat Simulator: Remastered Licks Its Way onto PC, PS5, & Xbox Series X|S on November 7, 2024
• Scramble: Battle of Britain Dives Into Steam Early Access October 29, 2024
• My Time at Sandrock Gets V1.4 Update Ahead of Love Chronicles DLC
• Roguelike City-Builder Sim These Doomed Isles Gets New Trailer and Official Release Date

Incidentally, if you’re interested in news specifically about flight simulation, we have a dedicated roundup.

Jordan Weisman Launches Kickstarter for Pirate RPHG Sea of Legends

Today Jordan Weisman’s Endless Adventures Incorporated launched a Kickstarter campaign for a new pirate deck-building RPG called Sea of Legends.

The ongoing campaign expects to raise $100,000 and has gathered $36,927 in less than half a day. The game is based on the tabletop game created by Zach Weisman and Ryan Schapals.

Jordan Weisman is the former CEO of Harebrained Schemes, and he created plenty of acclaimed games in the past, including the Shadowrun series, BattleTech, and Crimson Skies.

Civilization VII Gets Plenty of Gameplay Showing Tecumseh and the Shawnee

Firaxis hosted a livestream showcasing gameplay of Sid Meier’s Civilization VII, focusing on the recently revealed leader Tecumseh and the Shawnee civilization.

We also get to hear an interesting conversation with Shawnee guests about their culture.

Sid Meier’s Civilization VII is coming on February 11, 2025, for PS5, PS4, PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, and Nintendo Switch.

Euro Truck Simulator 2 Shows More of the Driving Academy

SCS Software hosted another extensive livestream showing off the upcoming Driving Academy feature for Euro Truck Simulator 2.

The feature will come down the line to both Euro Truck Simulator 2 and its sister game American Truck Simulator with version 1.52, and today we get to see more tests and challenges in action.

Euro Truck Simulator 2 is available exclusively for PC.