Today in Gaming News – April 28, 2025

The gaming industry has delivered some more interesting gaming news today, including a new festival on Steam dedicated to Wargames.

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.

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

Steam Wargames Fest Brings Discounts for Strategy Games Aplenty

Today the Wargames Fest started on Steam and it’ll continue until May 25.

On the dedicated page, you can find plenty of discounts focusing mostly on strategy games, but also including simulators, action games, shooters, and more.

For instance, you’ll find Crusader Kings 3 70% off, historical Total War games with pretty deep discounts, and much more.

Overwatch 2 Showcases Gundam Wing Skins and Gameplay

Blizzard provided a look at the gameplay of the five Mobile Suit Gundam Wing-inspired skins that will come to Overwatch 2 when the collaboration launches tomorrow, April 29.

Mercy gets Wing Zero, Ramattra gets Epyon, Soldier 76 gets Tallgeese, and Reaper inevitably gets Deathscythe.

The game is currently available for PC, PS5, PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch.

Upcoming School JRPG Varlet Reveals Opening Cutscene and Theme Song

FuRyu revealed the opening cutscene and theme song of the upcoming school JRPG Varlet, which was announced just a few days ago.

The anime-style cutscene provides a good look at the main cast and reveals the opening theme song, “Shiori,” performed by Minori Suzuki (which plays Aruka Arisaka in the game).

Varlet is coming for PC, PS5, and Nintendo Switch on August 28, 2025.