Today in Gaming News – October 24, 2024

Today developers and publishers shared quite a few interesting gaming news, including the release on consoles of a horror visual novel and a Hyperdimension Neptunia spin-off JRPG coming to the Switch.

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 it here’s a series of handy links to the gaming news that did get their own separate coverage.

• Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii Reveals Over an Hour of Gameplay
• War Thunder Introduces Next Major Update, Firebirds, in New Teaser Trailer
• Helldivers 2 Truth Enforcer Warbond Launches Onto PS5 & PC October 31, 2024
• lite Dangerous: Ascendancy Release Date Pushed Back to October 29, 2024
• Gioteck Announces FR5 Racing Wheel Dock for PS5, PC, & Steam Deck
• American Truck Simulator Showcases Poplar Bluff in Missouri DLC
• The CD Projekt Red Playtesting Program Is Expanding Into the United States
• Cities: Skylines 2 Finally Reveals Dates for Free Region Packs, Plus the Original Gets DLC Trailers
• My Time At Evershine Kickstarter Was So Successful They Are Forgoing Early Access
• October Monster Hunter Wilds Showcase Reveals Open Beta, New Monsters, Bonuses, and More

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

Hyperdevotion Noire: Goddess Black Heart Coming to Nintendo Switch

Compile Heart announced a Nintendo Switch release of the classic Hyperdimension Neptunia spin-off Hyperdevotion Noire: Goddess Black Heart, originally released for PS Vita ten years ago in 2014.

The game will come with the DLCs that were included in the PS Vita version out of the box. It will be released in Japan on February 13, 2025. A Western release has not been announced just yet.

Slay the Princess Gets “Pristine Cut” and Console Release

Originally released for PC late last year, Black Tabby Games’ horror visual novel Slay the Princess has gathered a rather strong cult following and has impressed many with its dark storytelling.

Now it’s available on PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch. On top of that, the PC version has been updated with the “Pristine Cut” (also included out of the box on consoles) with the following content.

• Expands the game by roughly 35%. This means thousands of new voice lines, over a thousand new illustrations, and 17 tracks of brand new music.
• Adds significant glow-ups for The Fury, The Den, and the Apotheosis, each of which has over three times as much stuff to see as they had in the base game.
• Introduces three brand new Princesses that branch off of The Damsel, the Prisoner, and the Spectre.
• Adds an entirely new ending to the game.
• Adds a deep, interactive gallery to help you chart your progress across over 420 unlocks and that brings back your best (and worst) memories with the Princess.
• Provides subtitle support for: Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, European Spanish, Latin American Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, Korean, Japanese, German, Polish, French, Russian, and Italian.

Guilty Gear Strive Showcases Queen Dizzy DLC and Battle Balance Update

Arc System Works revealed a look at Guilty Gear Strive’s upcoming DLC Queen Dizzy, originally revealed during EVO 2024, before her release on October 31, 2024.

We also get a second trailer focusing on the battle balance update that is also coming to the popular fighting game.

Guilty Gear Strive is currently available for PS5, PS4, PC, and Xbox Series X|S. A Switch version is coming on January 23, 2025.