On the cusp of the top ten, we have a selection of games that mix the known quantities – where we’ve had hands ons, are seeing sequels, and have firm release dates – and the less known projects, where the air of intrigue goes someway to ramping up our anticipation for what they might bring.
You know what you’re getting with the next game from Hazelight and Josef Fares, for example, and Split Fiction is coming out soon, but when the last we saw of Marvel 1943 was a cinematics heavy story trailer last summer, can we really trust that the game will hit in 2025? Well, that’s half the fun of these lists, isn’t it?
PS5, XSX|S, PC – 4th February 2025
It’s been a good seven years since the original Kingdom Come: Deliverance, and fans of this historical RPG have been waiting a long, long time for Henry and Sir Hans’ journey to continue. There’s less than a month to wait, you’ll be glad to hear, with our duo journeying through medieval Bohemia in the early 1400s to deliver a message at the start of Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2.
Things…. don’t quite go to plan, and they’re swept up in the problems of kings and wars that are increasingly affecting the region. This grand sequel will feature two main areas, with the Bohemian paradise of the opening juxtaposed with the city of Kuttenberg and all of the political intrigue that that can bring. Don’t worry if you don’t remember or haven’t played the original, as Warhorse promise this will be a good starting point, even if it’s a direct narrative continuation.
We got to go hands on Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 last summer, experiencing the game’s opening and a snippet of the action once Henry reached the big city.
PS5, XSX|S, PC – Summer 2025
The Mafia series is going back to where it all began, with Mafia: The Old Country tracing its narrative steps back to the early 1900s and before the crime families of Sicily saw their influence spread through the emigration of Italians to the United States.
You’ll be cast as Enzo Favara, having to
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