The world of video games faces 2025 with great launches and many surprises on the horizon, among them the release of the Nintendo Switch 2 console – most likely accompanied by the ninth installment of the ‘Mario Kart’ game -, and the arrival in the fall of the most anticipated sequel on multiplatforms, GTA VI.
The successor to Nintendo Switch, the third best-selling console in history with some 146 million units worldwide, will be one of the stars of this year, in which Nintendo is also preparing the launch of ‘Metroid Prime 4: Beyond’ , the fifteenth installment of the saga starring the bounty hunter and one of the first female protagonists in the history of video games, Samus Aran.
The new version of the hybrid console will arrive surrounded by the characteristic mystery of the Japanese company and, according to some specialized media, it will have a significant increase in power, graphics and new features in the use of Joy-Con controls.
In terms of titles, there will be great news.
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Another year of great consequences
GTA VI, whose first trailer has already accumulated more than 227 million views on YouTube, will be the lighthouse that marks the path of a 2025 full of emotions with titles without a release date, such as ‘The Witcher 4’ or the new thing from the developers of Naughty Dog, who after focusing on ‘The Last of Us’ will reach space with ‘Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet’.
Just around the corner, on February 14, the annual installment of ‘Assassins Creed Shadows’ will arrive, this year set in feudal Japan, while exclusively for Microsoft will arrive ‘Gears of War: E-Day’, the prequel of one of its sagas, which this time will place the action 14 years before the start of the first installment of this acclaimed action game.
Meanwhile, the ‘enfant terrible’ of video games, Hideo Kojima, will launch the second installment of his very personal ‘Death Stranding 2: On the Beach’, starring actor Norman Reedus again. Furthermore, this year its fans are eagerly awaiting ‘Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater’, a remake of the third installment of the saga.
Marvel’s claws
‘Wolverine’ is in fashion. After his hand in hand with Deadpool in theaters, comes his long-awaited jump to new generation consoles with ‘Wolverine’, from the company Insomniac, the Sony studio in charge of the adventures of Spiderman or Ratchet & Clank.
It is an open-world action and infiltration game in the purest style of Batman’s Arkham series. No less anticipated will be the third-person action adventure of the bloodsucker from the comic ‘Blade’ or ‘Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra’, which will arrive with Captain America and Black Panther, among others, as protagonists.
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Role for all tastes
The RPG universe will also have big releases this year, with several titles worth highlighting.
Nintendo will open the monster hunting season with the hit ‘Monsters Hunter Wilds’, while ‘Titan Quest 2’ promises an exciting fight against the gods in a mythological world.
This year will also see the second installment of the surprising ‘Kingdom Come: Deliverance’, the new version of the action role ‘Fable’ and the return of the best-selling Pokemon saga with ‘Pokémon Legends Z-A’.
With permission from the reference ‘Diablo’, ‘Paths of Exile 2’ is expected to be the great event of the year in online multiplayer games with a fantastic world full of monsters and heroes that already, in its current early access phase, monopolizes the first positions in reproductions and live on social media channels.
Mobile phones also play
Lovers of the television series ‘Game of Thrones’ are in luck because 2025 will bring ‘Game of Thrones: Kingsroad’, an open-world action role-playing game, outrageous graphics and locations and characters from the series.
Hunting monsters on mobile will continue to be a delight thanks to the surprise announcement of ‘Monster Hunter Outlanders’, a version of Capcom’s crossover success.
And for lovers of the king of sports and the soul of managers comes ‘FIFA Rivals’, where players will be able to create their own club with transfers based on blockchain and a game system more focused on fun.
With information from EFE
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