The biggest games industry news stories of 2025

Join us as we journey back through 2025 via the biggest games industry news stories of the year, including massive takeover deals, the closure of historic studios, big hardware launches, big hardware reveals, and a lot of bother about tariffs. Following the catastrophic failure of Concord in 2024, Sony pulled back further from the live-service strategy it had embarked upon under the leadership of Jim Ryan, who back in 2022 said that through “close collaboration between Bungie and the PlayStation Studios, we aim to launch more than 10 live service games by the fiscal year ending March 31, 2026.”. In January, Sony confirmed the cancellation of two unannounced live service titles from Bend Studio and Bluepoint Games; this and other high-profile live-service failures and cancellations led Rob Fahey to suggest that the industry’s decade-long race for live-service riches was finally over.

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1. The Best Video Games of 2025

And once again, it was a banner year for indie games which, depending on your personal definition, includes the year’s most-discussed RPG (*Clair Obscur: Expedition 33*), cooperative “friendslop” like *R.E.P.O.* and *Peak*, and *Hollow Knight: Silksong* — a release so hyped over the years that its very existence became a meme. One of the seminal survival games of the first two PlayStation eras, the series got its luster back following last year’s remake of crown jewel *Silent Hill 2.* But now is the time for publisher Konami to keep the ball rolling, and the latest all-new entry in the franchise, *Silent Hill f*, delivers the frights in spades. Although it’s set in an eerie mansion, the game’s visuals are inviting, with a comic book-like aesthetic where its illustrated characters exist as 2D images within the explorable 3D world. Sometimes it’s hyperbole, other times you end up with decade-definer like *Balatro*, but in 2025 the early shoo-in for the most talked about indie was *Blue Prince* — a first-person puzzle game that had people enraptured.

2. 2025 in video games – Wikipedia

Capcom”)_ series.[[45]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_in_video_games#cite_note-47). Melee”)_ player.[[48]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_in_video_games#cite_note-50). Games”) | [[83]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_in_video_games#cite_note-85) |. **[^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_in_video_games#cite_ref-50)**Lane, Gavin (March 26, 2025). **[^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_in_video_games#cite_ref-57)**Valentine, Rebekah (July 10, 2025). **[^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_in_video_games#cite_ref-59)**Cripe, Michael (July 24, 2025). **[^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_in_video_games#cite_ref-76)**Hoolihan, Hannah (February 11, 2025). **[^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_in_video_games#cite_ref-77)**Romano, Sal (January 16, 2025). **[^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_in_video_games#cite_ref-82)**Romano, Sal (January 22, 2025). **[^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_in_video_games#cite_ref-83)**Romano, Sal (January 8, 2025). **[^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_in_video_games#cite_ref-84)**Richardson, Tom (February 7, 2025). **[^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_in_video_games#cite_ref-85)**Valentine, Rebekah (February 25, 2025). **[^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_in_video_games#cite_ref-87)**Romano, Sal (May 23, 2025). **[^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_in_video_games#cite_ref-88)**Valentine, Rebekah (May 28, 2025). **[^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_in_video_games#cite_ref-89)**Romano, Sal (May 14, 2025). **[^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_in_video_games#cite_ref-94)**Romano, Sal (July 2, 2025). **[^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_in_video_games#cite_ref-95)**Romano, Sal (July 2, 2025). **[^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_in_video_games#cite_ref-98)**Valentine, Rebekah (December 5, 2025). **[^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_in_video_games#cite_ref-100)**Bud (December 6, 2024). **[^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_in_video_games#cite_ref-102)**Bošnjak, Dominik (February 17, 2025). **[^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_in_video_games#cite_ref-106)**Reilly, Luke (March 13, 2025). **[^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_in_video_games#cite_ref-107)**Allsop, Ken (May 24, 2025). **[^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_in_video_games#cite_ref-109)**Wales, Matt (February 24, 2025). **[^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_in_video_games#cite_ref-114)**Romano, Sal (February 6, 2025). **[^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_in_video_games#cite_ref-117)**Romano, Sal (March 14, 2025). **[^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_in_video_games#cite_ref-119)**Sharp, Jamie (May 9, 2025). **[^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_in_video_games#cite_ref-121)**Cayanan, Joanna (December 1, 2024). **[^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_in_video_games#cite_ref-126)**Wales, Matt (January 30, 2025). **[^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_in_video_games#cite_ref-128)**Hodgkins, Crystalyn (February 14, 2025). **[^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_in_video_games#cite_ref-130)**Wiseman, Andreas (February 14, 2025). **[^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_in_video_games#cite_ref-133)**Cayanan, Joanna (March 22, 2025). **[^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_in_video_games#cite_ref-134)**Tai, Anita (April 26, 2025). **[^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_in_video_games#cite_ref-138)**Nightengale, Ed (March 28, 2025). **[^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_in_video_games#cite_ref-146)**Grobar, Matt (May 16, 2024).

3. 2025 Upcoming Games Release Schedule – GameSpot

Mandragora (PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Switch, PC) – April 17. Sunderfolk (PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Switch, PC) – April 23. Out of Sight (PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Switch, PC) – May 22. Discounty (PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Switch, PC) – August 21. Herdling (PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Switch, PC) – August 21. The Knightling (PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Switch, PC) – August 28. Gloomy Eyes (PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Switch, PC) – September 12. Wobbly Life (PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Switch, PC) – September 18. Death on the Nile (PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Switch, PC) – September 25. Sworn (PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Switch, PC) – September 25. Once Upon a Katamari (PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Switch, PC) – October 24. Rue Valley (PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Switch, PC) – November 11. Clawpunk (PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Switch, PC) – November 14. Demonschool (PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X|S, Switch, PC) – November 19. Kristala (PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Switch, PC).