A new year is just around the corner, what 2025 releases are you looking forward to playing?

[Zazen]

With a week away from 2025 I think it's about time we start thinking about what we'll be playing next year. 2025 is shaping up to be a very promising year in the way that 2023 was. There seems to be a lot of big releases and much more variety than there was this year. I've compiled a list of games that I'm looking forward to playing. This isn't all of them but these are the ones without a doubt that I'll be buying.



1. Monster Hunter Wilds - This game is sure to be number one on a lot of lists. It's the spiritual successor to Monster Hunter World and the beta already proved the two titles have a lot in common. They really cooked with the monster designs here, this might have the best roster of new monsters that we've seen yet. I'm excited to fight that octopus monster that covers itself in oil.




2. The First Berserker Khazan - I find it much easier to be hyped about a game that's not too far away. This title releases on March 27 and having already played the beta I know it's going to release in a very good state. I'm excited for it because the art direction reminds me a lot of Berserk and the gameplay is sort of like Nioh.




3. Ghost of Yotei - Not much needs to be said. GoT was a great game and I'm excited to see how the series evolves. It looks like there will a lot of Kill Bill influence in this one with the theme of revenge and hunting down targets.



4. DOOM: The Dark Ages - The last two DOOM games were a blast to play. I look forward to this setting even more so than the last few titles. Should make for some interesting gameplay changes.




5. Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 - I have no idea what to expect from this one. As far as I know this is the developer's first game but it intrigues me because I love JRPGs but in recent years too many have taken on the anime aesthetic so it's awesome to see one that looks more like a modern game but in turn based fashion.

 

[Dinkin_Flicka]

Monster Hunter Wilds is my top game in the coming months, and I'll sink hundreds of hours into it. Borderlands 4 is due out in the fall and always enjoy those.

 

[Zazen]

Monster Hunter Wilds is my top game in the coming months, and I'll sink hundreds of hours into it. Borderlands 4 is due out in the fall and always enjoy those.

I don’t think I’ll spend hundreds of hours in its first year but certainly during its lifespan. Hoping we get our typical big expansion a year later. I never played any borderlands game but it’s good to see there being more big western AAA titles next year, feels like East Asia dominated 2024

 

[surgeyou1]

I have to make it to GTA 6.

 

[MWB1982]

Elden Ring: Night Reign

Plus the gaming channels I've seen says FromSoft is working on 2 big projects. I think one will be released in late 2025 but I'm just speculating on that. No one knows.

 

[Law Talkin’ Guy]

Doom: the Dark Ages and Elden Ring: Nightreign are really the only things on my radar in terms of future releases. Guess we’ll see if they make their release windows or not - I don’t believe that Doom is actually “confirmed” for targeting a 2025 release window, I think people are just being hopeful that’s id software’s plans.

 

[Zazen]

Doom: the Dark Ages and Elden Ring: Nightreign are really the only things on my radar in terms of future releases. Guess we’ll see if they make their release windows or not - I don’t believe that Doom is actually “confirmed” for targeting a 2025 release window, I think people are just being hopeful that’s id software’s plans.

There’s an Xbox showcase that usually happens in January. I think it will be their next big release after avowed. Wouldn’t surprise me if it released in the first half of 2025. I also heard night reign is coming out at 40 dollars. Not sure how to feel about it though, in a year with no monster hunter I’d be more tempted

 

[DoctorNick]

I've got such a large back log with two young kids. I am really excited for AC Shadows though, I love the series despite all the flaws and issues

 

[Wrath of Foamy]

Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii, Monster Hunter: Wilds are the main two on my list.

I'm also watching Borderlands 4.

 

[Your Salad]

Kingdom Come Deliverance 2. (02/04/25)




Loved the first game.
Very immersive, methodical, unforgiving and grounded.
Lots of interesting RP perks (was able to do an alcoholic build lol).
Day one purchase for me.
The recommended hardware specs are not for the faint of GPU/CPU.



Kingmakers. (Q1 2025 hopefully)
This trailer never gets old.



Best I can tell the plot is you have to go back in time to save the future using modern tech.
A blend of 3rd person action, RTS, and base building.
It seems very ambitious and I hope the devs can pull it off.

It's funny that both of my most anticipated games are medieval but so completely different.

 

[GtehMVP]

For new games, def Kingdom Come Deliverance 2. I loved the first game, one of my fav RPG's of all time. The sequel looks like it should, bigger and better in every way!

Doom looks awesome, and I hope Outer Worlds is as good as I hoped the first one was going to be. I was excited for Avowed since the first trailer way back, but but I haven't been overly impressed with anything I've seen yet.

For existing games either coming to PC, or getting content updates, I'm most excited for FF7 Rebirth on PC, and Rogue Trader's second DLC. I'm still feeling the withdrawal from RT. I'm excited for Stellar Blade and the 1.0 release of POE2 as well.

 

[rikwebb]

Nothing's really taking my fancy so far, think I'm just in a weird place with gaming in the last year or so

 

[GearSolidMetal]

Not necessarily 'new' games, but I'm looking forward to picking up a PS5Pro and try out a dozen games optimized for it.

As for the games I'm looking forward to, they're probably not getting released next year, but I'm looking forward to news about the Witcher1 Remake. It's been in development for a while, much longer than Witcher4 so it should be released sooner.

And the new studio formed by former CDPR personnel that worked on Witcher3 are releasing news in January about their upcoming RPG.



So I'm hyped.

 

[Zazen]

I have to make it to GTA 6.

I still think we’ll see this pushed back to 2026

 

[Your Salad]

I still think we’ll see this pushed back to 2026

Yeesh, maybe I can play it on pc by 2030...

 

[Cantalope]

Elden Ring Nightreign and Path of Excile 2 will probably take up most of 2025 although I plan on grabbing Ghost 2 at some point

 

[SwamiLeoni]

Crimson Desert, Doom and POE2 will take up the majority of 2025 for me as far as new releases go. But, Space Marine II will also be up there.

Kingdom Come II also looks really cool.

 

[Rygu]

Doom
Bloodlines 2
GTA 6 if it comes out in 2025
Borderlands 4 if it's more like 2 and less like 3.

 

[Zazen]

Crimson Desert, Doom and POE2 will take up the majority of 2025 for me as far as new releases go. But, Space Marine II will also be up there.

Kingdom Come II also looks really cool.

Crimson Desert might be another pushed into 2026. I was hoping it would release earlier next year but we got a release window of late 2025 during TGA. It looks super ambitious so I don't mind if that's the case, I just want it to be a great game. If they can nail everything they're going for it could be one of the best open world games. As much as I enjoyed Witcher 3 I hated the gameplay and can't get myself to touch it again. From what we've seen with Crimson Desert it looks like it takes on the worldbuilding of a Western RPG but actually has fun gameplay.

 

[SwamiLeoni]

Crimson Desert might be another pushed into 2026. I was hoping it would release earlier next year but we got a release window of late 2025 during TGA. It looks super ambitious so I don't mind if that's the case, I just want it to be a great game. If they can nail everything they're going for it could be one of the best open world games. As much as I enjoyed Witcher 3 I hated the gameplay and can't get myself to touch it again. From what we've seen with Crimson Desert it looks like it takes on the worldbuilding of a Western RPG but actually has fun gameplay.

Yea, I wouldn’t be surprised either. They’ve been so loose with their release dates and nothing is technically officially conformed. I also could not get into the Witcher 3’s combat. I hated the prancing around but I loved everything else about it. There’s an incredible game there. I hope CD delivers because I was super bummed with DDII.