Today in Gaming News – November 18, 2024

Here is more gaming news for your perusal, including the release times for S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl and a bunch of character trailers.

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 handy link to gaming news that did get its own separate coverage.

• Indie Festival of Roguelike and Roguelite Focuses on Games from Eastern Europe
• Shiny Rayquaza Tera Raids Are Coming to Pokémon Scarlet/Violet With Even More Events
• The Game Awards 2024 Reveals Its List of Nominees for the 10th Anniversary Show
• Open-World RPG Of Ash and Steel Announced, Coming to PC in 2025
• Euro Truck Simulator 2 Shows the Coastal Cities, Ports, and Ferries of the Greece DLC
• Dating Simulator Venus Vacation Prism – Dead or Alive Xtreme Reveals Photo Mode
• Official Persona 5 Royal Airbus A320 Jet Captured in Pictures

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

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl Reveals Global Release Times

If you want to know when S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl launches in two days in your time zone, GSC Game World has provided a handy infographic.

All you have to do is look above and find out. Since not all time zones are included, you may have to do a bit of math, but it’s certainly good enough. The game launches for PC and Xbox Series X|S.

Genshin Impact Showcases Chasca Ahead of Her Release

Today Genshin Impact developer HoYoverse published a new trailer showcasing the new character Chasca, who will come with version 5.2 on November 20. Incidentally, the trailer above features her English voice, while you can check out the Japanese voice on the official YouTube channel.

The game is currently available for PC, iOS, Android, PS4, and PS5, but November 20 will also mark its release for Xbox Series X|S.

Zenless Zone Zero Showcases Lighter

HoYoverse also showcased Lighter, who will drop in Zenless Zone Zero with the second Signal Search of update 1.3 on November 27.

You can check him out in action above.

Bleach Rebirth of Souls Introduces Grimmjow

Bandai Namco has been introducing the playable characters of Bleach Rebirth of Souls and today we get to see another one in action, Grimmjow.

The game will release in early 2025 for PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X|S, and PC.