2025: Predictions for the Year Ahead

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The New Year is upon us. Filled with possibility, 2025 could see new highs and lows hit our industry. Here are just a few we can see happening.

For the first time in a while, 2025 feels like it can stand alone without reference to Covid. While the last couple of years have been chocked full of delayed titles, this year seems quieter somehow. Then again, we’ve said that before.

While there may not be the bulk of anticipated titles this year that there has been in 2023 and 2024, there’s no doubt that some amazing things are on the way. That includes some pretty big hitters in major franchises: Assassin’s Creed leading the charge.

Xbox has an amazing year ahead, presuming things release as expected. Avowed, Fable, Doom: The Dark Ages and South of Midnight are all due this year, with rumours of things like an Oblivion Remaster/Remake on the horizon too. Call of Duty, inevitably, will end up one of the biggest games of the year. PlayStation has Ghost of Yotei and Death Stranding 2 announced, while Nintendo might have a bit of a busy year ahead of them too.

But ultimately none of that matters. Why? Grand Theft Auto 6. The game that’ll save the gaming industry. Well, fingers crossed.

We’re only half way through the current generation, but that’s not going to stop 2025 being all about consoles, consoles, consoles.

The biggest headline will be the announcement and release of the Switch 2. The announcement was on last year’s list too, but at this point it would be too much for Nintendo not to put out its new device. The console has been photographed, detailed, unveiled and revealed multiple times now. What are Nintendo waiting for? Well, it might be the announcement of some Nvidia tech, due to be shown in the next week. Hopefully beyond that, the floodgates open.

And while we know a lot about the Switch 2, we don’t know what we’ll be playing on the Switch 2. Amazingly, Nintendo have managed to keep their entire launch roster under wraps. But we know their biggest developers