Very few games hold as much intrigue before release as a new Grand Theft Auto. The most myopic of clues are pored over relentlessly as part-time detectives/full-time GTA fans try to decipher anything that might lead to some solid information about the next installment. Even something as generic as a logo can conjure up excitement and possible location/character details.
Take-Two Interactive revealed it is pausing development on its Nintendo Switch 2 edition of "Borderlands 4" in its latest quarterly earnings.
O'Dell Harmon Jr. writes: "Before we say goodbye to 2025, let’s take a look back and see what were the most downloaded games of the year. It was a great time for sports, shooters, and some new PlayStation VR2 games. Sports favorites topped the charts in US/Canada and EU, with NBA 2K26 and EA Sports FC26, respectively.
Juggernaut GTA V found a home in the top three for both regions, with new 2025 release Battlefield 6 claiming second place in the US. Fortnite took top place for free-to-play games, and Beat Saber continues its PS VR2 success."
I think it shows how shortsighted it was for Sony to let go of Evolution and not get them to make some sort of competitor (open world Driveclub?) 10 years ago.
After Driveclub's reception, hard to say it would have done well enough to compete. It's easy to dream of such a thing, but to make it happen? It's taken how long for CoD to be dethroned? And it was dethroned by Hogwart's Legacy and has gained it right back just the next year.
It’s funny to watch the only games EU and USA agree on was Minecraft and back ops 7 both regions on 6 and 7 spot respectively other than that FIFA rules EU
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I would like to see a list that has both free to play and paid games together, but at least we have this.
To this day GTA5 is a top downloaded game and it makes me wonder if the industry is really ready for GTA6. I imagine almost nothing else will sell during that game's release window.
Another night of Fortnite with the boys then?
I’ve never played Fortnite GTAV or CoD BO7 but I do own GTAV for PS4/5 because I got them cheap.
What exactly are we not getting?
Did we not just have a 2025 filled with nice games like...
Silksong, Doom TDA, Expedition 33, Kingdom Come Deliverance 2, Ghost of Yotei, Dispatch, Split Fiction, Hades 2, DK Bananza, and so many more?
Agree that all you just posted are great games. Expedition 33 is one of my favorites. Spent a large chunk of time on BG3 in 2023. Another for my all-time list.
My point though not well articulated in the OG post is that we would get more of the games of the quality you mentioned if so many valuable resources were not allocated to FTP slop and/or heavy monetization schemes. Some of what used to be my favorite franchises have been ruined by them.
To sum it up, I would like to see games like 33 outperform the profits made by games like Fortnite so more resources are allocated to great games. When heavily monetized FTP games are at the top of the list, we end up being stuck with a significant chunk of games that are not good. Or worst case scenario games that spend years in development, but get cancelled due to industry trend chasing.
Popsicle, I actually think we're getting more great games because of the slop. Developers are seeing that people aren't happy and taking advantage of big AAA studios not delivering for people.
This article isn't really worth reading. Want endless speculation? Visiting GTAF's V Section will provide that.
GTA5 shouldnt get any hype after the boring repetitive GTA4 was. The only fun thing was Cops and Robbers chases online. After exploring the city (in which 95% of the doors are locked) it gets pretty stale.
Gta complete pack was so worth $12.50. Realistic mods are amazing
All the people that put GTA4 down & say it doesn't deserve the great score it received....I'm glad you guys don't score games & there is a reason your not game reviewers...obviously....On saying that, I actually found that the game was great & although I haven't finished it yet (as I have so many games, & still so many to finish), I think it's awesome & deserves all the praise it gets, as nobody has bettered it in all areas of production.
Now while some games have had certain better features & stronger elements in some places, none have taken the kings throne in the open world game stakes. The closest to beating it, & did in many areas than all others attempts is Saints Row 2....this game is sick fun once you actually open a little of it up....... in fact, it took me up to about 18% of the game until I realized how awesomely fun & entertaining the game truly is. I had written it off a fair few times after playing it with a GTA mentality & being used to GTA4's whole interface & gameplay structure....but that was doing myself & the game a major disservice, & after putting it on a week ago with the intention of trading it in if I couldn't get things started (it was pretty much a foregone conclusion in my mind to trade this one), I really got into the game, big time....
And after seeing Saints Row 3 in action, reading previwers playthrough writeups, it's looking like SR3 could be taking GTA's crown, as it has amped up the things that made it better than GTA, as well as fixed the graphical & technical flaws SR2 was synonomous for.
GTA5 needs to do something special to counter SR3, as even if SR3 doesn't quite achieve those 10/10 scores that GTA4 did, it will win many gamers over & take the number 1 open world sandbox game spot, due to it's carefree, over the top, balls out going for broke in the fun stakes attitude...and it's F.U., middle finger up towards storyline is all just the total epitomee of what a videogame should be...Too many games are dependant on so many other variables, that the fun element is either absent, or totally watered down due to too heavy an emphasis on these other features. The COD's & such are perfect examples of this with there campaigns...I mean, I enjoyed MW1's campaign somewhat, but thought the highlight of that series was WAW & all the other MW's & even B.O.'s have been robbed of there campaign souls, & they are not real fun, feel all the same & boring to the point that I find it a chore to keep playing them to completion (B.O.'s I still am yet to finish).
GTA 4 was a brilliant game,rockstar games in general are brilliant. i'm a fan