Entering the end of 2024, and the start of 2025, many game companies have announced well awaited sequels, prequels, or completely new games to look forward to, creating lots of hype and or excitement within the gaming communities.
Starting off with a beloved game, we have GTA 6, or better known as Grand Theft Auto 6. Its precursor, GTA 5 was released on September 17, 2013 by Rockstar games on the Playstation 3 and Xbox 360, and quickly rose to worldwide fame. Taking part in an action packed open world adventure was what made the game special. You could do anything, from helping friends and exploring around the map, to robbing banks and other players if you’re on a private server. Now, its 2025, and after a 10 year long gap, we were unexpectedly hit with the GTA 6 trailer on December 3rd, 2023, showing off a few bits and pieces of what to expect of the new game. Rockstar Games themselves have confirmed several times that GTA 6’s release date will be sometime in 2025, consisting of improved graphics and features to satisfy the community’s needs.
Next, we have another popular game hailing from a long running series, Assassins Creed. Assassins Creed came out in 2007, and its latest game “Assassins Creed Mirage” Came out in 2023 by Ubisoft. Assassins Creed games usually take place in an open world, third person point of view, taking pride in it’s gameplay revolving around combat, sneaking around, and exploring it’s vast map, using parkour to traverse certain areas. It’s upcoming game in it’s series “Assassin’s Creed Shadows”, is planned to come out February 14th, 2025 on the Mac, Playstation 5, Windows PC’s, and Xbox Series X. Playing as two protagonists, the assassin “Naoe” and samurai “Yasuke”, the scene takes place in feudal Japan, utilizing its usual stealth, exploration, and combat mechanics. It was originally planned to release late 2024, but had delays by Ubisoft, stating it needed “additional polish”.
For those who enjoy the thrill of slaying enemies in mass and the adrenaline in fun boss fights, they’re in luck as another game is being added to the Doom Series. The Doom series was started in 1993, but perfected in 2016 following an unnamed space marine protagonist commonly referred to as “Doom Guy” or “Doom Slayer”. The original game consisted of fighting through the forces of hell, trying to kill demons and undead on different planets, or even hell itself! Doom: The Dark Ages is planned to release sometime in 2025 on the Playstation 5, Windows PC’s, and Xbox Series X. Consisting of the usual “Doom gameplay”, you’ll play as the protagonist Doom Slayer, prepared to rip through demons with a chainsaw shield, smash them with a spiked flair, fly on a dragon, and control a giant mech in the form of a medieval knight.
On the contrary to action packed shooter or fighting games, 2025 is looking to hail the sequel to the aquatic survival game, Subnautica. Subnautica was released in 2018, taking place on a remote ocean planet after a near fatal crash from a spacestation named “The Aurora”. The main protagonist ended up being the only survivor from the accident, now having to explore the oceans and survive its dangers while completing tasks to advance the plot. Players can collect recources and blueprints, create tools, build bases, vehicles to travel the ocean, and connect with the wildlife of the planet. Subnautica 2, its sequel is planned to enter early access and possibly release in 2025 on the Xbox Series X and Windows PC’s, containing its iconic underwater survival gameplay that it’s known for.
“Borderlands 4 doesn’t need to be anything beyond more borderlands” – Polygon. Borderlands games are fps shooters with a looting twist, set in an openworld with a few RPG elements to spice it up. The game’s mechanics combine those of shooters like Doom and rng looting like Diabo. The player usually selects one of the characters representing Vault Hunters to find a fabled vault on a different planet. Each character has it’s own skill tree, or set of unlockable skills the player can use and grind for, aswell as quests to keep you busy while being attacked by the planet’s inhabitants. Completing quests and slaying/defeating enemies gifts the player ingame money and experience, used to unlock new skills in the characters skill tree. If the player dies or falls into a bottomless pit, they usually will respawn at a checkpoint and lose some of their earned money. Borderlands 4 plans to add new mechanics to further add to the gameplay, such as a grappling hook and a better map to explore on the Playstation 5, Windows PC’s, and Xbox Series X.
Overall, the gaming community has a lot to look forward to in 2025, and it’s not limited to these 5 listed. There are several series getting new games to add to their collection that we can’t wait for! With all these new releases, which are you going to play first?
