Dragons, demons and Grand Theft Auto VI: the games to look out for in 2025
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Vice City returns, but there are plenty of new games and reboots, from Monster Hunter Wilds and Atomfall to Civilization VII and DOOM: The Dark Ages. Explore, expand, exploit, exterminate: the rules of Civilization haven’t changed, but this devilishly compelling strategy series has long been due an overhaul. Next year’s instalment lets you pick and choose between many more different leaders and peoples to guide to world domination, from antiquity and through the age of exploration to the modern era – peacefully, or otherwise.
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Released 11 February; all platforms. The whole world is holding its breath for Rockstar’s latest. The first GTA game to star a woman – Lucia, alongside her partner in crime, it is set in the wild Floridian environs of Vice City, the series’ version of Miami. Given that GTA V has grossed $8.5bn over its lifetime, this will inevitably be a megaton of a game.
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Release date TBC; PlayStation 5, Xbox, PC. A game about a group of teen band-friends drawn back together after 27 years, when one of them discovers a secret they shouldn’t know about. From the original creators of coming-of-age classic Life is Strange, this beautiful-looking narrative game will flit between the magical summer of 1995 and the present day.
Released 18 February; PlayStation 5, Xbox, PC. Japanese developer Capcom has been on an incredible run this decade, from a brilliant new Street Fighter to the revitalisation of Resident Evil to this, an awe-inspiringly expansive new entry in its dragon-slaying action series. The creatures are imposing, the weapons gloriously huge and improbable, and the environments lashed with lighting and blooming with natural diversity.
