What to Expect From The Game Awards 2025

It’s that clip of the twelvemonth erstwhile a flurry of caller video crippled trailers and gameplay reveals are shown arsenic portion of the yearly Game Awards. And portion who wins Game of the Year volition bargain immoderate of the headlines connected December 11, a batch of the excitement besides comes from the secrets and surprises that get unleashed successful the signifier of caller crippled announcements.

So we’re keeping tabs connected what has been confirmed to marque an quality truthful far, what has been teased, and immoderate of the pie-in-the-sky imagination games we cognize heavy down successful our brains won’t beryllium there, but our bosom tells america determination might conscionable beryllium a chance. Don’t worry, we’re not going to beryllium rather arsenic far-fetched arsenic to accidental GTA 6 volition beryllium astatine The Game Awards, nor The Witcher 4, which CD Projekt Red has already confirmed won’t be. But that’s capable of that. Let’s caput consecutive into what you can expect from The Game Awards 2025.

What We Know Will Be There

Regal. Inspiring. Thickness. No, not words often utilized to picture me, but the ones that accompanied Geoff Keighley’s societal media station of a mysterious demon-covered monolith that appeared successful the Mojave Desert past week. Theories person been flying retired arsenic to what it could beryllium teasing, but overmuch of that speculation has been debunked, with Diablo, God of War, and The Elder Scrolls 6 each supposedly not what it relates to. What bash you deliberation it is?

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We bash cognize that Resident Evil Requiem volition beryllium showing up connected the 11th with a caller look astatine the long-running fearfulness series’ latest entry. Arriving aboriginal adjacent year, rumours person been circulating ever since its archetypal uncover that Resident Evil 4 hunk, Leon Kennedy, volition marque an quality successful Requiem. Is present the clip for Capcom to corroborate his inclusion?

A caller playable quality volition beryllium revealed for Invincible VS, though. The warring crippled adaptation of the cult-favourite comic and animated TV amusement has garnered a batch of attraction since its summertime reveal, truthful who bash you deliberation this quality volition be? We’ll besides get a bully look astatine Exodus, the upcoming sci-fi enactment RPG from Archetype Studios, formed by erstwhile BioWare developers. With that benignant of Mass Effect pedigree down it, it's surely 1 we’re looking guardant to seeing a batch much of. We besides cognize that a caller Total War crippled volition beryllium revealed by developer Creative Assembly, pursuing the series' 25th anniversary.

And finally, we cognize that 1 of the philharmonic performances connected Thursday nighttime volition beryllium from Evanescence, who volition beryllium showcasing their opus “Afterlife” from the Netflix adaptation of Devil May Cry. Would I similar they did “Bring Me to Life” with Nathan Fielder dressed arsenic an hose aviator connected backing vocals? Yes, of course, but we can’t person everything successful this world.

What Might Be There

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 broke the grounds for the astir nominations of The Game Awards, and looks acceptable to beryllium 1 of the large winners of the night. Could we spot a merchandise day announcement for the upcoming escaped update that volition adhd a caller dungeon, among different treats? Who knows, possibly adjacent a cheeky small shadiness drop…

Another announcement we could spot from 1 of the large nominees of the nighttime is simply a wider console merchandise for Hades 2. Currently lone connected PC and Switch, could 1 of 2025’s champion games travel to PS5 and Xbox?

Fallout Season 2 arrives connected Amazon Prime Video connected December 17, and fixed Geoff’s penchant for having stars of the large and tiny surface connected signifier astatine The Game Awards, we wouldn’t beryllium shocked to spot immoderate operation of Ella Purnell and Walton Goggins get to springiness america a sneak peek of what’s to come.

Speaking of stars of the large screen, things don’t travel overmuch much cinematic than James Bond. 007 First Light is the upcoming action-adventure from Hitman workplace IO Interactive, and it's shaping up precise nicely, arsenic you tin work successful my large preview. With it coming retired successful March 2026, surely we’re owed for different deed connected the Bond tube soon. Could a large reveal, specified arsenic who the villain volition be, oregon who is performing the game’s theme, beryllium astatine The Game Awards? The signifier surely seems acceptable for the second to travel with a unrecorded show astatine the show.

Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra, which is being helmed by Uncharted’s Amy Hennig, moved retired of aboriginal 2026. The hold whitethorn mean that we’ll beryllium waiting a small longer to play Captain America and Black Panther’s WW2 adventure, but is present the clip for a afloat gameplay reveal?

Speaking of Marvel, Insomniac’s Marvel’s Wolverine is owed precocious 2026, and portion we’ve had immoderate teases of what it volition look similar successful action, we’d surely emotion to spot more. As for different PlayStation exclusives, Housemarque’s Saros looks acceptable to travel successful the sci-fi shooter footsteps of breakout deed Returnal erstwhile it arrives successful March. Again, we’d emotion to spot more. And 1 PlayStation Studios game, Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet, whitethorn good beryllium a portion disconnected yet — if you deliberation you’re playing this successful 2026, support dreaming — but seeing arsenic it got its large uncover astatine past year’s Game Awards, it wouldn’t beryllium a agelong to spot a bigger look astatine Naughty Dog’s adjacent task precise soon.

On the Xbox broadside of things, could we yet get a bully look astatine immoderate Fable gameplay? Or possibly spot Gears of War: E-Day successful action? There’s besides Forza Horizon 6 connected the mode adjacent year, of which we’ve seen thing but the smallest of teasers. We cognize it's acceptable successful Japan, truthful we would emotion to spot conscionable however beauteous Playground Games’ depiction of Tokyo is. Plus, let’s look it, driving games tin ne'er defy pulling retired each of the stops and placing their screen car centre of signifier astatine events similar this.

It besides wouldn’t beryllium a Geoff Keighley amusement with a sprinkling of Hideo Kojima into the mix. The Metal Gear Solid creator is up for a fewer awards acknowledgment to Death Stranding 2: On the Beach, but mightiness we besides get a look astatine what is coming up adjacent from him? Xbox fearfulness exclusive OD: Knock continues to beryllium teased arsenic it conjures up unsettling memories of P.T, truthful we could spot much of that. There’s besides Physint, his PlayStation espionage enactment exclusive. That whitethorn good beryllium acold distant astatine this point, but not beyond the realms of anticipation for Kojima to tease further.

Another legendary developer, Ken Levine, continues to enactment distant connected Judas. It’s been implicit 12 years since helium past released a game, 2013’s Bioshock Infinite, truthful who truly knows if present is the clip to yet springiness america a motorboat day for this one. I’m precise excited astir it, but I won’t fto myself get carried distant until I person immoderate thought erstwhile I’ll really beryllium capable to play it. Something I person already been capable to play a small of is Phantom Blade Zero, a rather punishing sword enactment crippled from Chinese developer S-Game. It was primitively meant to get successful 2025, but could a merchandise day yet beryllium unveiled connected the 11th?

And, yet for now. FromSoftware’s Switch 2 exclusive, The Duskbloods, has been precise quiescent ever since its archetypal uncover backmost successful April's Nintendo Direct. Due for 2026 – and seeing Keighley has had respective erstwhile Hidetaka Miyazaki-related reveals astatine The Game Awards successful the past – possibly present is the clip for an in-depth look astatine precisely what this co-op enactment RPG is.

What We Can Dream Will Be There

Well, astatine slightest we don’t person to adjacent our eyes and transverse our fingers successful anticipation of a Hollow Knight: Silksong merchandise day anymore. But volition Team Cherry tease DLC for 1 of 2025’s champion games? Even I won’t spell arsenic acold arsenic to genuinely suggest that.

Another 1 of this year’s champion games is Donkey Kong Bananza, which served arsenic Nintendo’s large motorboat model 3D platformer. That whitethorn person travel arsenic a astonishment to immoderate who thought Mario would person that presumption nailed down. Could we spot a caller 3D Mario crippled announced astatine The Game Awards? It’s admittedly a agelong shot, but with the caller Super Mario Galaxy Movie connected the mode adjacent Spring, it definite would beryllium bully to person a caller crippled to play alongside it.

What mightiness beryllium much apt is simply a look astatine what Cory Barlog has been cooking up astatine Sony Santa Monica. A caller crippled from the God of War manager extracurricular of that beingness has been rumoured for a agelong clip now, and it feels similar we whitethorn beryllium getting person to seeing what it is. The Game Awards has a signifier of bringing backmost past winners of the Game of the Year grant to tease their adjacent projects. So this gives america a small anticipation here.

Following connected from that bid of thought, 2 caller recipients of the large prize person been Elden Ring and Baldur’s Gate 3. The former’s creator, FromSoftware, whitethorn good bring The Duskbloods with them, arsenic mentioned earlier, but what astir a caller single-player enactment RPG successful the mould of what has made them truthful well-renowned? Bloodborne 2, anyone? I astir consciousness atrocious for mentioning it. As for Baldur’s Gate 3, developer Larian is surely present moving connected its adjacent game, though seeing arsenic BG3 did instrumentality many, galore years to make, we won’t beryllium expecting to play this 1 soon. Could we spot a tease of what’s to come, though? Do you deliberation it would beryllium Baldur’s Gate 4 oregon thing altogether different?

Baldur’s Gate’s archetypal developer, BioWare, has its sights acceptable connected the stars, arsenic the EA workplace returns to the beloved sci-fi RPG series, Mass Effect. Could we beryllium fixed a glimpse into wherever the communicative whitethorn beryllium heading next? Or situation we adjacent imagination of immoderate Mass Effect 5 gameplay? That whitethorn beryllium a small excessively far, but I bash similar to dream.

And speaking of dreaming, I can’t not notation Half-Life 3. Rumours person been circulating implicit caller weeks that the long, long-awaited FPS sequel mightiness really beryllium successful development, with an announcement imminent. Could it really beryllium astatine The Game Awards? Geoff Keighley does person a agelong past with Valve, but these days it operates much similar Rockstar does, with extracurricular assistance seldom called connected for its large selling beats. Don’t get maine wrong, I’d emotion to spot Gordon Freeman popular up connected that elephantine screen, but I won’t judge it until I do.

What would beryllium your imagination Game Awards reveal? Let america cognize successful the comments below. Mine, arsenic ever, would beryllium a afloat Burnout reboot from the archetypal Criterion team, but I whitethorn person to admit that I’m not surviving successful 2005 anymore.

Simon Cardy is simply a Senior Editor astatine IGN who tin chiefly beryllium recovered skulking astir unfastened satellite games, indulging successful Korean cinema, oregon despairing astatine the authorities of Tottenham Hotspur and the New York Jets. Follow him connected Bluesky astatine @cardy.bsky.social.