It seems that in the video game industry a pattern repeats itself from time to time. Well, there are certain years where all the stars come together to give us one unforgettable title after another in just 12 months. Although 2024 was relatively disappointing, 2023 was packed with too many must-see experiences. It seems that 2025 could go down in history as one of the best years for the industry in a long time.
From launches that we have been waiting for for decades, to some surprise revelations that look very interesting, we believe that a very hard year is coming for our portfolio.
GTA VI could be the strongest card of 2025 but not the only one
Let’s start with the elephant in the room that is GTA VI. Just because of this important and long-awaited title from Rockstar Games, 2025 looks quite promising. After all, the absence of a new installment for more than a decade has players with very high expectations and attentive to any possible news. Just look at the hype there is for a second trailer when it has not yet been officially announced that there will be one.
The studio’s last big title was Red Dead Redemption 2, which by the time 2025 arrives will celebrate 7 years since its launch. Surely the studio has used this time very well to give us something that will blow our minds. Not to mention that the same study has said many things to raise expectations.
Fuente: Rockstar Games
Furthermore, rumors and leaks already make GTA VI one of the must-see games of the generation and probably of history. Although of course we also have to manage expectations better. Especially in this generation that already has enough disappointments.
Even so, Rockstar surely knows the tremendous weight he carries on his back and will do everything possible not to disappoint his fans. And anyway, if it turns out badly, there are still several things to look forward to throughout the 12 months of 2025.
There are already several video game announcements that have us waiting
Although GTA VI is a behemoth, it is not the only game that excites us in 2025. In fact, there are several that have already gotten on the radars of all fans of this medium. Perhaps one of the biggest is Monster Hunter Wilds. This will bring us back this beloved hunting saga but in a huge open world with several new features and the excellent visual quality of the RE Engine. It will also be one of the first of the year since it arrives on February 28.
Then we have some titles that have not set a release date as such, but they have already assured several times that it will be 2025 when we see them show their faces. Among them the surprising sequel to Ghost of Tsushima called Ghost of Yotei which will be Sucker Punch’s first work in many years and could surprise us. Also this year we will have the return of Kojima’s madness with Death Stranding 2 which looks very interesting as well as having very realistic and attractive graphics. We have no doubt that we will see it in the ceremonies at the end of the year.
Source: Capcom (Balahara).
The Xbox studios do not want to be left behind either and now could be their year with the launch of The Outerworlds 2, South of Midnight, Fable and above all Doom The Dark Ages which promises all the carnage of this saga with more medieval weapons.
Finally we have Nintendo who, in addition to giving us a remastering of Donkey Kong Country, promised the arrival of both Metroid Prime 4 Beyond and the new generation of Pokémon in 2025.
On the hardware side there is also another launch that many expect in 2025
Since we get into the topic of Nintendo, we have another huge elephant in the form of Nintendo Switch 2. In fact, we could say that along with GTA VI it is one of the most anticipated releases of the year.
This new hybrid console will be revealed in the first months of 2025 according to the company. Although we do not yet know its release date, it is also expected to arrive within the next 12 months. Probably in the second half. Right now there are quite a few rumors about her and you really can’t deny her popularity even without coming out. Well, just a little new ‘information’ is enough for the networks to be flooded with discussions about the Nintendo Switch 2.
Fuente: D-Pad
So far the only official thing we know is that it will be backward compatible with the entire current Nintendo Switch catalog. While rumors claim that its power is similar to that of a PS4 or Xbox One, which would greatly open up the capabilities of its catalog.
Although Nintendo remains very secretive, we have no doubt that when this new console is announced and, above all, released, it will be the topic of conversation every month. And if it has a surprisingly solid lineup of initial releases then we could be looking at a great moment in gaming.
Will 2025 be one of the best years of this decade in video games?
To all this we must add that there is still plenty of room for surprises. Although there are also titles already announced that we did not mention, such as Mafia The Old Country and The First Berserker Khazan which could be pleasant surprises.
With this and many other things, 2025 is already shaping up to be one of the best years of this decade and we have no idea of everything that the thousands of industry studios and even the indies that have surprised us in recent years have prepared. pleasantly.
Source: 2K
Hopefully all this promise for next year will not be just that and will really surprise you. At the same time, we hope that bad news of waves of layoffs and incomplete launches will be less common in 2025. Are you hopeful for next year?
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