"With the recent announcement of a sequel for one of the biggest gaming franchises ever to have graced our screens, Grand Theft Auto V from Rockstar Games will no doubt be one of the most anticipated games set to launch next year. Its predecessor, Grand Theft Auto IV, caused much divide within the gaming community despite its hugely regarded success at retail and amongst gaming critics that resulted in a current standing of 98 out of 100 thanks to critque collector Metacritic."
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.
i think we should either take those games out, or make a singleplayer list too ha
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.
Diversity of missions is what I want in the first place.
Can we not have anymore pick this person up and drop them off missions. That is what stealing taxis is for.
I see your point, it helps from a narrative perspective as well but they are so bloody mundane. I'm also hoping for less phonecalls.
Ai, draw distance, physics, more content such as weapons, vehicles and side missions and better third person shooting. Auto-aim should have no use online. Players should easily be targeted with normal aim from distance with the right weapon. Free mode should be more like Red Dead Redemption. You should be able to buy a lot of stuff in the game and you can earn money for your offline character by playing online. There should also be more co-op missions online. They were a lot of fun in GTA IV. Thus there are so many areas GTA V can and will improve in and that's why I'm really looking forward to the game because I love sandbox games and with the proper design, GTA V could have one hell of a fun multiplayer component to top off the single player mode.
The only two improvement graphics wise I would see is more anti aliasing and a spedometer in cars.
Here's some improvements I'd like to see :)
-More weapons
-Better accuracy in weapons
-More customisation options for appearance
-Cover system should be more like Gears and Uncharted
-Controlling motorbikes should feel less heavy than in GTAIV
-Missions should be more fun and over the top like San Andreas and Ballad of Gay Tony
-A decent soundtrack that isn't almost completely filled with songs that no one has ever heard of before
-Multi-player should be more like LCS and VCS where you could play as characters from the story and use really unique perks such as invisibility on the map or temporary use of a tank