Today several developers shared plenty of interesting gaming news, about games bit and not-so-big.
Like every day, here at SimulationDaily, 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 of a wider variety of developers.
Before we get into it, here’s a series of handy links to the gaming news that did get their own separate coverage.
- Square Enix Financial Results Reveal Declining Sales But Growing Profits Year-on-Year
- Sega Financial Results Exceed Expectations as Gaming Sales and Profits Grow
- Zenless Zone Zero Shows First Look at Qingyi in Combat
- Wuthering Waves Releases Sneak Peek at 1.2 Update
- Monster Hunter Wilds Shows the Heavy Bowgun in Action
- Fortnite Creators Can Now Add Proximity Chat to Their Islands
- Fall Guys Announces Where We Fall In’ Battle Royale Collaboration With Fortnite
- Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves Showcases Rock Howard in Action
Incidentally, if you’re interested in news specifically about flight simulation, you can enjoy our dedicated roundup.
Crusader Kings 3 Finally Reveals the Landless Adventurer Gameplay
Likely the most anticipated part of the next DLC coming to Crusader Kings 3, titled “Roads to Power” is the ability to start as a landless adventurer instead of a Count-level character already bestowed a domain.
Today Paradox Interactive released a massive developer diary video and a dedicated forum post that is just as extensive, describing how this new mechanic will work.
Not only is the size and scope of it impressive (and it’s just Part 1), but it shows that this is not a small or rushed feature. There is plenty of meat on these bones, and personally, I can’t wait to give it a whirl when the expansion launches on PC on September 24, 2024.
The game is also available on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S, but expansions come to consoles at a much later time.
Dead by Daylight Reveals Castlevania Crossover
Behaviour Interactive announced an upcoming DLC for its popular game Dead by Deadlight, featuring Dracula and Trevor Belmont from Konami’s Castlevania series.
They will come on August 27, 2024.
New Persona 3 Reload Episode Aigis – The Answer DLC Trailer Showcases Metis
Atlus released a new trailer of the DLC coming to Persona 3 Reload, titled “Episode Aigis – The Answer.”
The trailer showcases Aigis’ sister, Metis, voiced by Lizzie Freeman in English (whom you can hear above) and Chiwa Saito in Japanese. You can sample her voice on the official YouTube channel.
The DLC launches on September 10, 2024 for PS5, PS4, Xbox, and PC.
New Palworld Update v0.3.5 Released
Pocketpair released a new update for its popular survival crafting game Palworld, numbered v0.3.5. According to the patch notes, it includes the following changes.
Base Fixes
- The frequency of notifications for Pals stuck in the base was too high, so we have suppressed them
- Notifications are now only displayed when the player is within the range of the base where the incident is occurring
- Notifications for problems related to natural objects like rocks and trees will no longer be shown
- In some cases where a working pal is stuck, they will now work remotely from where they are standing
Bug Fixes
- Fixed a problem where pillars could not be built underwater
- Fixed a problem where the oil rig turrets were desyncing in multiplayer
Text
- Fixed a bug where simplified characters were mixed into the traditional Chinese translation
- Other minor text related bugs fixed
Star Wars Jedi: Survivor Is Coming to PS4 and Xbox One
Electronic Arts and Respawn announced that the second chapter of the adventures of Cal Kestis, Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, is landing on old-generation consoles, specifically the PS4 and the Xbox One.
Pre-orders are already available, and the release date is September 17, 2024.
New Visual Novel Featuring VTuber Minato Aqua Canceled Following Graduation News
Today Entergram announced that the development of the previously revealed new visual novel slated to follow Aquarium has been canceled.
Aquarium features Minato Aqua, a popular VTuber (virtual YouTuber) who even served as producer for the game. The romantic visual novel has also been localized in English.
Recently, Entergram announced that an entirely new game would come to continue the series, but today we heard that it won’t happen.
The reason behind the decision is that today the Hololive agency announced that Minato Aqua will be graduating (which means retiring, in VTuber lingo) on August 28, 2024. Apparently, this was caused by differences of opinion between the VTuber and the agency.