10 Big Predictions for Video Games in 2025
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Frushtick and Plante’s annual predictions episode returns. They revisit their predictions from January 2024, crown a winner, and draft new predictions for the year to come. Here’s your chance to know the future!
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Revisiting our predictions for 2024:
Plante’s predictions
We haven’t even heard the name of 2024’s game of the year yet: The game most publications award game of the year has yet to be formally announced. Or if it is public, it's not from an existing franchise.
Bobby Kotick has a new executive job before the end of the year: Simple as that.
Switch goes for two: Nintendo Switch has at least one other iconic IP in its first three months, not including Metroid.
One of the five major Japanese publishers will be acquired: Capcom, Square Enix, Konami, Bandai Namco, Sega. This is tricky, because some of these have huge parent companies. And recently, we haven’t seen big consolidation amongst Japanese studios.
Hades 2 will have a horde mode (i.e. instead of going room to room you have to survive against waves ala Vampire Survivors or like traditional horde modes
Frush's Prediction's
Border-bomb: The Borderlands movie will have a Rotten on Rotten Tomatoes and at least one outlet will question Hollywood’s rush to adapt video games.
Handheld not made by Valve launches with native SteamOS support. Simple as that.
Fortnite will drop one more standalone mode… akin to Lego, Rocket Racing, or Fortnite Festival before the end of the year. Developed by Epic or a studio Epic owns. Can't be a one off "experience" like the Alan Wake thing.
Nintendo will make some public reference to the durability of the Switch 2 analog sticks… in either marketing materials or an official press release. An interview doesn't count.
Hollow Knight Silksong will come out and let you play as a character other than Hornet. And this character has to be really playable and not like a mount.
TV discussed:
Shogun
Games discussed:
Muramasa: The Demon Blade
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The VR movie starring Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe has been saved from the memory hole!
Critical Distance’s collection of the year in video game blogging
18 indie games to look forward to in 2025 via Polygon
The 50 most anticipated new games of 2025 via Polygon
sorry to Plante but i can't give credit for his From Soft gambit, he specifically said one of the 5 major PUBLISHERS gets acquired. the letter of intent discussion is just a smokescreen, FROM categorically does not count.
Make a Haunted Chocolatier prediction, cowards!