Today in Gaming News – December 17, 2024

The gaming industry has delivered more gaming news today, including a new look at the Freedom Wars Remaster, more details on Muv-Luv Tactics, and plenty more info and gameplay of Sid Meier’s Civilization VII.

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.

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

Freedom Wars Remastered Shows Opening Cutscenes, TV Commercials

Bandai Namco released new videos of Freedom Wars Remastered, including the opening cutscene and two TV commercials from Japan.

The game releases on January 10, 2025, for PS5, PS4, PC, and Nintendo Switch.

Muv-Luv Tactics Introduces Two New Characters

Today the developers of the upcoming Muv-Luv strategy simulation RPG Muv-Luv Tactics: Nightmare of Kalidasa revealed two new characters, starting with Major General Giáp Dũng Cu’ơng of the Vietnamese army.

He descends from the powerful Giáp family, which has produced many heroes for the army in Vietnam. He’s very approachable and always speaks of his dreams of romance with over-the-top gestures.

His charismatic way of talking is enough to motivate the soldiers who listen even when the mission at hand appears to be impossible.

He is 45 years old, 166 cm tall, his blood type is AB, and he likes his values, his dreams of romance, and creating value from nothing. He dislikes negative thinking and people with vested interests.

We then meet Shogo Tokinaga, Lieutenant Colonel of the Imperial Japanese Army. Due to his experience on the continent, he was sent as an observer to the Great East Asia Allied Forces to investigate covert activities of the US military. After engaging in combat with a mysterious American unit, the protagonist and her unit are forcibly transferred under his command.

He always puts the Japanese national interest first, and although he speaks politely to military personnel of other countries, he does not show consideration for them.

He’s 38 years old and 171 cm tall. His blood type is B and he likes patriotism, the national interest, sake, and mascot characters. He dislikes thoughtlessness, irrational behavior, and selfishness.

The game is currently being crowdfunded on Campfire with 33% of 60 million yen currently pledged and 9 days to go. If you want to contribute, you can do so on the campaign’s official page.

Civilization VII Reveals Modern Age Gameplay, Benjamin Franklin, Harriet Tubman, and Much More

Today Firaxis hosted an extensive livestream for Sid Meier’s Civilization VII including the reveal of American gameplay on top of two leaders, Benjamin Franklin and Harriet Tubman (each link leads to the corresponding entry in the game guide with all of their quirks and abilities).

We also get to see the Modern Age in action, on top of modern warfare and other elements of the game like espionage, factories, railroads, and more.

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

Black Desert Shares Deadeye Backstory in Comic Book Video Form

Following the reveal of the new Deadeye class for Black Desert, we get to take a look at her backstory in a video with comic-book-style art, quite appropriate to the fact that she’s an American isekai-ed to the world of the popular MMORPG.

Black Desert is available for PC (called Black Desert Mobile) for PS4 and Xbox One (simply called Black Desert) and for iOS and Android (called Black Desert Mobile).

The console version will also get native ports for PS5 and Xbox Series X|S in the first half of 2025.