Today in Gaming News – February 3, 2025

The gaming industry has delivered some more interesting gaming news today, including the release date of a relevant dating simulator that kickstarted the history of the genre.

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 Developers Cancel Free-to-Play Event to Focus on Improving Playability
• Gold Mining Simulator 2 Officially Announced With Multiplayer
• Steam Idler Fest Brings Deals on Hundreds of Relaxing Idle Games
• You Can Test The Next Battlefield Game With Battlefield Labs
• War Thunder Will Remove “Paper Aircraft” R2Y2
• Euro Truck Simulator 2 Gets Greek Mythology DLC
• Apex Legends Global Series Enters Year Five, Changing Maps, Bans, Regions, and More

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

Tokimeki Memorial: Forever With You – Emotional Gets a Japanese Release Date

Konami announced the Japanese release date of the remaster Tokimeki Memorial: Forever With You – Emotional, which is coming to Nintendo Switch on May 8, 2025.

This return of the quintessential dating simulator will include an option to switch between the original pixel art graphics and the remastered version on top of one to switch between the new and original fonts. It’ll also include the Emotional Voice System backported from Tokimeki Memorial 2, which lets characters say the player’s name.

Unfortunately, a western release has not been announced just yet.

Zenless Zone Zero Introduces Evelyn

Zenless Zone Zero developer HoYoverse revealed a new trailer introducing the combat moves of Evelyn, one of the new characters that will come on January 22 with version 1.5.

As usual, above you can check out the version with English voiceovers. If you prefer the Japanese voices, you can check the dedicated trailer on the official YouTube channel.

Bleach Rebirth of Souls Introduces Ikkaku Madarame

Bandai Namco showcased another character for Bleach Rebirth of Souls, and it’s Ikkaku Madarame.

Recently, the developer announced that the game will release on March 21, 2025, for PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X|S, and PC.