Top 5 Most Exciting Releases For Gaming In 2025

With a new year comes exciting new releases to keep an eye out for. With the gaming industry slowly emerging from the post-pandemic slump, gaming companies and consoles are ready for a blockbuster 2025 with stellar titles, old and new, expected across all consoles and platforms. For a rounded overview of what to expect this year, take a quick look at our mini round-up of some release highlights for gamers of all persuasions.

GTA VI

The highly anticipated release of GTA 6 is expected to dominate the gaming industry this year. Although the next edition of Rockstar’s worldwide-renowned franchise is only set for release on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S, sales are expected to skyrocket once the game hits the shelves and online stores later this year.

With no official release date announced yet by Rockstar, the excitement will only grow until suspicions are confirmed. According to reported leaks, we can expect the euphoria to erupt in late-2025. Also unconfirmed is the potential for release on PC, as with previous editions of the GTA franchise.

Football Manager 2025

Sports Interactive dealt football fans a huge blow in Autumn 2024 when they announced that the release of the next Football Manager edition would be delayed until March 2025. With 4th March 2025 penciled in as the new official release date, there is not long left for prospective managers to get hold of the next title in a long line of FM releases.

The original reason for the delay was a need for more time to “ensure the game quality and experience meets expectations.” Despite the delay, FM25 is expected to rival the 14 million players who played the 2024 edition, with the long-awaited introduction of the women’s game and more realistic in-game graphics among the new features bolted onto the 21st edition of this franchise.

Star Wars Episode I: Jedi Power Battles

For old-school gamers who remember the original PS1 version, the remake of this classic game is set to trigger their nostalgia. The game is already available for purchase after its release on 23rd January 2025.

Game developer Aspyr has given users across the console board the opportunity to take a trip down gaming lane, with the adventures of Obi-Wan Kenobi, Mace Windu, and Qui-Gon Jinn available on PlayStation 4 and 5, as well as on Nintendo Switch, Xbox Series X/S, and PC.

Indiana Jones and the Great Circle

Harrison Ford returned for the first time in fifteen years as Indiana Jones on the big screen in The Dial of Destiny in 2023, and it has been just as long since the last Indiana Jones video game was released (besides animated Lego and pinball versions). Indiana Jones and the Staff of Kings hit the gaming world in 2009 when Sony was still working on the PlayStation 3. At this time, the Nintendo Wii and DS were also making ground-breaking progress in the gaming world.

But fast forward to the current day, and with gameplay taken up many notches with the aid of rapid strides in programming, Indiana Jones fans can expect to have their minds put to the test to crack the intricate puzzles along the storyline. The sense of adventure is also captured with stunning graphics and action gameplay in the open-world environment.