Today in Gaming News – December 9, 2024

The gaming industry has delivered more gaming news today, including iconic skins for Marvel Rivals, new content for Cities: Skylines 2, and more.

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.

• Muv-Luv Tactics Reveals First Detailed Battle Gameplay
• iRacing Presents the Free BMW M2 CS Racing Coming With 2025 Season 1 Update
• Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Hinokami Chronicles 2 Arrives in 2025
• Esports World Cup 2025 Announces PUBG Mobile & Apex Legends Are Both Returning
• Lego Fortnite Gets New Name, Content, and GTA-Like “Brick Life” Social Roleplay Game
• Infinity Nikki Celebrates 10 Million Downloads With Free Resonite Crystals
• Final Fantasy XIV Mobile Reveals First Gameplay
• Marvel Rivals Hits 10 Million Players in Just 72 Hours
• Indie Marketplace itch.io Allegedly Taken Down by Funko via AI Brand Protection Tool

Now, let’s get to the news. Incidentally, if you’re interested in gaming news specifically about flight simulation, we have a dedicated roundup.

Cities: Skylines 2 Gets Free Japan Region Pack

Paradox Entertainment released another of its free Region Packs for Cities: Skylines 2.

This time around it’s Japan, and it can be downloaded at no cost from Paradox Mods.

Marvel Rivals Collaborates With… Marvel?

The developers of Marvel Rivals revealed a set of skins that are apparently a collaboration with the… Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Putting aside the small weirdness of basically having a “collaboration” with your own brand, I suppose it does underline the fact that Marvel rivals has its own personality and style separate from the cinematic universe, which is great.

You can check out all the skin above. Marvel Rivals is currently available for PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S.

Bleach Rebirth of Souls Reveals Sosuke Aizen

Bandai Namco has been introducing the playable characters of Bleach Rebirth of Souls for quite a while, and today we get to see another one in action, Sosuke Aizen

We recently learned that the game will come on March 21, 2025, for PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X|S, and PC.

Zenless Zone Zero Showcases New Character Asaba Harumasa in Action

HoYoverse revealed a new trailer showing off Asaba Harumasa, the new S-Rank agent coming with Zenless Zone Zero who will actually be available for free with version 1.4 on December 18.

The game is currently available for PS5, PC, iOS, and Android.