Today in Gaming News – February 11, 2025

The gaming industry has delivered some more interesting gaming news today, including another look at JDM: Japanese Drift master and current-gen ports of a popular One Piece game.

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.

• Star Citizen Releases Upgraded Ship Super Hornet Mk II & Valentine’s Day Event
• Rise of Industry 2 Free Playable Demo Announced for Steam Next Fest
• American Truck Simulator Illinois DLC Officially Announced
• Crusader Kings 3 Reveals First Details on Expansion Focusing on Nomadic Rulers
• Phasmophobia 2025 and Beyond Roadmap Teases Chronicle Update & More
• The Esports World Cup 2025 Announces League of Legends, Valorant, and Teamfight Tactics
• PlayStation State of Play Announced for February 12
• First Olympic Esports Games Happening in 2027 in Saudi Arabia

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

JDM: Japanese Drift Master Shows Weather in Action

The good folks at Gaming Factory released a new trailer of JDM: Japanese Drift Master showing different weather conditions. Specifically we see sunny weather, light clouds, light rain, light fog, heavy rain, and heavy storms.

It’s worth mentioning that the weather will be dynamic and will change during races.

The game is coming for PC on March 26, 2025.

Atelier Yumia Showcases Erdhard

Koei Tecmo and Gust have revealed a new trailer of Atelier Yumia: The Alchemist of Memories & the Envisioned Land. This time around, it focuses on one of the characters, Erdhard.

The game will be released on March 21, 2025, on PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, and Nintendo Switch.

One Piece Pirate Warriors 4 Coming for PS5 and Xbox Series X|S; New DLC coming

While One Piece Pirate Warriors 4 may be four years old, Bandai Namco isn’t done with it.

First of all, we’re getting a native current-generation version. The game is coming “soon” for PS5 and Xbox Series X|S. On top of that, Bandai Namco has announced that new DLC characters are coming and is asking via a survey for the players’ feedback.

Specifically, here are the characters that can be voted for.