Every new video game for 2025 and 2026 from Sony, Nintendo and major publishers

As Gamescom Opening Night Live approaches, we look at what upcoming games are known to be in development and what could be revealed this year.

With Gamescom 2025 taking place next week, you can look forward to plenty of new video game announcements and updates during Geoff Keighley’s Opening Night Live show.

Trying to predict what will be featured at the show is very difficult though, as while there are many big name games currently known to be in development, when they’ll be properly revealed in public is largely a mystery.

But we’ve tried to create a rundown of the biggest publishers and developers – including Nintendo, Sony, and Microsoft – and what they’re meant to be working on at the moment. There’re no doubt other secrets they’re all hiding but this is more than enough to get excited about for now.

Bandai Namco

Bandai Namco has long been the go-to company for pumping out anime tie-ins, and it’s currently working on yet another My Hero Academia fighting game, a Dragon Ball MOBA, and an original Digimon role-playing game in Digimon Story: Time Stranger. So, it’s bound to have other similar projects waiting in the wings; it’s just a question of which anime they’ll be based on.

We are also due a new entry in Bandai Namco’s Tales series of role-players. While there have been some remasters, the last original one, Tales Of Arise, came out four years ago, so there’s bound to be a new one in the works by now.

The company’s close working relationship with Nintendo means it couldbe supporting development on some of Nintendo’s secret Switch 2 exclusives. Nintendo let it lead development on games such as Pokémon Snap, the upcoming Kirby Air Riders, and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, so that relationship is unlikely to change.

We do know Bandai Namco opted to cancel a Nintendo commissioned project last year, but there’s nothing to indicate what it was or why it was cancelled.

Bandai Namco could also begin collaborating more often with Sony, following Sony’s recent 68 billion yen (£343 million) investment. It’s hardly a buy-out, but it has been described as a ‘strategic partnership.’

Perhaps Bandai Namco will help bring more PlayStation games to Switch, as they have with Patapon 1 + 2 Replay and the upcoming Everybody’s Golf Hot Shots. Sony has expressed an interest in more multiplatform releases but it prefers to have other companies, like Bandai Namco, publish them.

Capcom

Capcom’s been enjoying a hot streak the last several years, even if the wheels do seem to have come off Monster Hunter Wilds recently. Resident Evil Requiem is obviously the next big one, but Onimusha: Way Of The Sword and the Okami sequel show Capcom’s also become open to revisiting other legacy franchises.

Pragmata also looks solid, following its years long absence, and between that and Kunitsu-Gami: Path Of The Goddess, Capcom must feel comfortable approving wholly original games, that aren’t guaranteed to be as financially fruitful as Resident Evil or Monster Hunter.

That makes it all the more confusing that there’s still no indication of a Devil May Cry 6, despite the series enjoying a sales boost from the Netflix show. Mega Man fans are also feeling neglected, since there remain no new announcements, even after all those retro collections and Capcom describing Mega Man as an ‘important’ IP in a recent shareholder’s meeting.

It’s a similar scenario for Ace Attorney. The series’ entire back catalogue is now readily available on most platforms (including games that were once Japan-only) yet despite promises of continuing the series, a new game hasn’t even been teased.

As for the company’s fighting game portfolio, Street Fighter 6 will remain a major focus, and thanks to the announcement of Marvel Tōkon: Fighting Souls it’s now very unlikely there’ll ever be a new Marvel Vs. Capcom. However, there are rumours of Capcom Vs. SNK 3, even if that’s more likely to be announced at a venue like the Tokyo Game Show in September.

EA

EA’s currently preoccupied with ensuring Battlefield 6 is bigger than Call Of Duty, but it still has multiple Star Wars and Marvel games in the works, despite some high-profile cancellations. And despite so many being on the menu, none of them have had proper reveals yet.

There’s next to no official info on Star Wars Jedi 3, beyond it being the final entry in the trilogy. While next year’s Star Wars Zero Company has been announced, but never shown in action.

As for Marvel, EA has said its partnership means it’ll release three superhero games in the near feature. Although the first, Motive Studio’s Iron Man, hasn’t had any proper updates or a trailer since its 2022 announcement.

Perhaps its biggest upcoming project is the next Mass Effect, which EA and BioWare have remained very reticent about. It’s been nearly five years since the initial teaser and in the wake of Dragon Age: The Veilguard’s underperformance, it feels like the next Mass Effect could be a make it or break it moment for BioWare.

FromSoftware

FromSoftware president Hidetaka Miyazaki has said the studio has multiple projects in the works at the moment, but only one – Switch 2 exclusive The Duskbloods for 2026 – has formally been announced. And that’s another multiplayer game rather than the studio’s next, traditional single-player project.

It has been claimed FromSoftware has a second game for next year and a common theory is that it’s a remaster of Dark Souls 3. At the very least, it’s too soon for it to be a new Armored Core or Elden Ring 2. In fact, Miyazaki has expressed little interest in doing the latter.

Anything Bloodborne related can also probably be ruled out, since that ball is in Sony’s court and it’s shown zero interest in a remaster or sequel so far. FromSoftware may not even be working on another Soulslike, as their recent run of success has surely granted them the freedom to branch out, if they want to.

Konami

Konami never really stopped publishing traditional video games and yet it feels like it’s made quite the comeback in recent years. Aside from retro collections for Castlevania and Metal Gear (and Gradius), Silent Hill returned in a big way thanks to the Silent Hill 2 remake, with multiple original entries like Silent Hill f still to come.

The Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater remake may do the same for Metal Gear and Konami’s even been willing to resurrect its less famous franchises like Suikoden and Survival Kids. So, where on Earth is that Castlevania revival?

Konami’s lent the IP to other studios as crossover material, but even after two successful Netflix shows and constant rumours of new games being in the works, Konami hasn’t so much as hinted at them.

At this rate, it feels like more obscure Konami IPs will get a new chance in the spotlight before Castlevania. Konami still has quite the back catalogue it can potentially pull from, such as 2D platformer Rocket Knight or role-player Vandal Hearts. It even has its own fighting game series, Bloody Roar, and it probably won’t be long till it gives Contra another try.

Nintendo

Nintendo has announced several Switch 1 and Switch 2 games for the remainder of 2025 and 2026, and yet it still feels like the company’s not sharing the full picture. It certainly doesn’t have any big-name releases scheduled beyond Pokémon Legends: Z-A in October and Metroid Prime 4: Beyond at some point this year.

Some games are safe bets – a new Fire Emblem, a new Animal Crossing, Splatoon 4 – but it’s impossible to tell when any of these will launch as well as what any of the smaller-scale in-between games will be. There was hope a summer Nintendo Direct could answer the most pressing questions, but all we’ve had are showcases focusing on third parties and indies.

There will likely be another Nintendo Direct before the end of the year, possibly even September given Nintendo’s track record. Although that’s likely to be focused mostly or exclusively on Metroid Prime 4.

September will also mark the Super Mario Bros. franchise’s 40th anniversary though, so hopefully Nintendo has something special planned for that. It’d be the perfect time to announce a new 3D Mario game, which we’ve heard nothing about so far.

Considering it’s nearly been 10 years since Super Mario Odyssey, it’s hard to imagine no work has been done on its successor, even though the development team has been busy with Donkey Kong Bananza.

Although we’re unlikely to hear about any of that at Gamescom, or anything other than a Nintendo Direct.

PlayStation

The PlayStation 5 may be crushing the Xbox Series X/S in terms of sales, but current day Sony has an unfortunate reputation for barely releasing any big exclusives for the console.

It does have Ghost Of Yōtei coming this year, Returnal successor Saros in 2026, and eventually Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet (the first non-Last Of Us related Naughty Dog project in what feels like forever), but next to nothing has been shown about the latter two so far.

Aside from that though, it’s just more attempts at breaking into the live service games market. Although a handful of such projects have since been cancelled, with Sony recently admitting its long-term strategy hasn’t gone smoothly, it undoubtedly hopes to strike gold with Bungie’s Marathon (which is already proving troublesome, before it’s even out) and the still absent Fairgame$.

In lieu of any official explanation from Sony, the running theory is that most, if not all of the PlayStation studios had to pivot to live service games several years back and only now is Sony reversing course, which is why its main franchises haven’t seen any new instalments in years.

As such, it’s difficult to tell what else Sony has planned at the moment. Rumours of a God Of War prequel have yet to go anywhere, a new Horizon is happening but Guerrilla Games is also busy with a multiplayer spin-off, and while a bunch of Marvel projects at Insomniac Games were leaked, those plans may have completely changed since then.

Given the timing, it wouldn’t be shocking if a bunch of PlayStation 5 games became cross-gen releases for the PlayStation 6, which is widely believed to be coming in the next two years or so.

Sony will probably air one more State of Play showcase before the year is up, although sometimes they also use third party events like Gamescom.

Sega

Compared to others, Sega’s future line-up is easier to predict thanks to the triple threat of Sonic The Hedgehog, Like A Dragon, and Persona. All three are guaranteed to keep getting new games, since they’re among Sega’s most lucrative IPs, with leaked sales data revealing Persona outperforms Sonic.

Atlus is meant to be working on Persona 6, the first wholly new entry in the series since 2017’s Persona 5, though that must be taking a while since its next game is another remake, this time for Persona 4. Although the success of Metaphor: ReFantazio likely means that’ll see a sequel soon enough too.

The next projects from Like A Dragon developer RGG Studio are a Virtua Fighter revival and an original IP called Stranger Than Heaven. Neither has a release date yet, plus there’s bound to be a new Like A Dragon, or two, in development too.

As for Sonic, a Sonic Frontiers follow-up is a safe assumption, but Sega’s been keeping quiet about the next platformer, with the next project being the racing spin-off Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds. The company’s discussed potential Sonic remakes in the past, although series producer Takashi Iizuka ruled out remaking the two Sonic Adventure games, saying that time could be better spent on original projects.

The same can’t be said for all those retro revivals Sega is planning. The first of these – a new Shinobi game – launches this month, although none of the others (Jet Set Radio, Crazy Taxi, Streets Of Rage, Golden Axe) have received an update or trailer since the 2023 announcement at The Game Awards.

Square Enix

Square Enix has a handful of games to close out 2025, but they’re smaller titles and most of them are either remasters or remakes. The Final Fantasy Tactics remaster is a big deal for PS1 fans and the sales success of the Dragon Quest 3 remake means the remakes of the first two games should do well, but these are very much targeted at an existing fan audience.

Same goes for another Romancing SaGa remaster and Octopath Traveler 0, the only wholly new release on Square Enix’s schedule. And even that’s technically not true since it’s based on a delisted mobile game.

As for 2026, all Square Enix has are the recently announced The Adventures Of Elliot: The Millennium Tales and more ports of Final Fantasy 7 Remake. So, it’s currently lacking in significant releases.

There are some major projects in the works – Kingdom Hearts 4, Dragon Quest 12, and the finale of the Final Fantasy 7 remake series – but details on all of them are slim to non-existent. Although the next Final Fantasy 7 game will likely launch before the end of the decade.

Dragon Quest 12, however, has been a non-entity for years and although Kingdom Hearts 4 saw an update this year, it was only a small handful of screenshots, that immediately followed news of the cancellation of a Kingdom Hearts mobile game.

That’s also not including the long rumoured Final Fantasy 9 remake, which continues to hover over Square Enix thanks to this year being the original game’s 25th anniversary.

Square Enix has said it intends to focus on multiplatform releases following less than stellar launches for the PlayStation 5 exclusive Final Fantasy 16 and Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth, so you should expect those to become more commonplace in the coming years, as well as further ports of its back catalogue.

Take-Two

Once Borderlands 4 is out of the way in September, Take-Two can truly focus on GTA 6, which will be the company’s sole priority even after it launches in May 2026, since the goal will no doubt be to replicate GTA 5’s long term success.

That’s not to say Take-Two won’t want any other games out in 2026, but it’s difficult to predict what its non-GTA 6 plans are beyond the annual NBA 2K and WWE 2K games.

You can certainly rule out Bioshock 4, which has been in the works for years but is set to see a huge overhaul per a recent Bloomberg report. Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick has assured the game will come out, but such changes point to it still being years away.

Now that Civilization 7’s out, it’d be nice if developer Firaxis Games can return to the XCOM series, considering there hasn’t been a new entry since 2020. But that’s probably not likely after Midnight Suns flopped and many of the top developers left.

Ubisoft

Ubisoft should have a lot on its plate at the moment, but so much of its release schedule remains uncertain. The Assassin’s Creed series has no less than 10 games rumoured to be in the works at the moment, including an Assassin’s Creed 4: Black Flag remake.

There’s also a rumoured Far Cry 7 and multiplayer spin-off, a rumoured The Crew 3, a Splinter Cell remake, a new Ghost Recon, a new Rayman game, and The Division 3, as well as the eternally absent Beyond Good & Evil 2, but none of them have firm release dates.

The only game Ubisoft has scheduled for 2026 is the Prince Of Persia: Sands Of Time remake, which has had a tumultuous development cycle, to say the least, and has suffered frequent delays.

Curiously, Ubisoft chose not to hold its annual Ubisoft Forward showcase this year, which suggests it didn’t feel it had anything worth showing at the time to generate meaningful buzz. So maybe it’ll use Gamescom instead.

Warner Bros.

Ever since 2023’s Hogwarts Legacy, Warner Bros. has been unable to find similar success with anything else, which sadly led to the closure of three of its game studios, the cancellation of a Wonder Woman game, and another restructuring of its gaming division.

It’s no wonder then that the only upcoming game Warner Bros. officially has is Hogwarts Legacy 2. There is a new Game Of Thrones strategy game launching for PC next year, but that’s being handled by an outside studio and not being developed internally.

There’s no shortage of rumours for future Warner Bros. projects though. Injustice 3 is the obvious next pick for NetherRealm after Mortal Kombat 1 and it could fair decently thanks to DC’s new cinematic universe kicking off strongly with James Gunn’s Superman movie.

Rocksteady is reportedly playing things safe with a new Batman game, after the failure of Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League. Speaking of, a new Lego Batman game is rumoured to be at Gamescom next week. Beyond that, it’s hard to expect anything else from Warner Bros. that isn’t Harry Potter, DC, or Game Of Thrones related.

Xbox

Following Microsoft’s recent round of lay-offs and game cancellations, it’s easy to wonder if there’s anything left for its gaming division to pump out. But in terms of titles published by Xbox Game Studios, the company does still have a handful of games on the way.

The Gears Of War remaster is next on the docket, followed by Double Fine’s Keeper, Ninja Gaiden 4, and finally The Outer Worlds 2 to close out 2025. But things start to get more nebulous when you look past that.

Fable’s the only game with a 2026 release date (it was meant to launch this year) and Gears Of War: E-Day (the first new entry since 2019, if you don’t include the tactics spin-off), and State Of Decay 3 still lack concrete release dates.

Obviously, there’s still Activision and Bethesda to consider, though the former’s currently offering nothing but more annual Call Of Duty games and the latter’s most anticipated projects – The Elder Scrolls 6 and Fallout 5 – are nowhere close to being finished.

When it comes to rumours, the only noteworthy one is the Halo: Combat Evolved remaster/remake, which sounds like a Hail Mary to revitalise interest in the franchise after Halo Infinite. A back-to-basics approach could very well work and get people excited for the other Halo projects Microsoft has promised, especially since it’d likely launch for PlayStation 5 too and thus attract new fans.

Microsoft’s multiplatform strategy has paid dividends so far, so one thing that’s safely guaranteed for 2026 is more PlayStation and Nintendo ports of Xbox exclusives. Some games may still launch for Xbox first, but the likes of Doom: The Dark Ages and The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remastered point to this practice becoming less common.

Xbox may have a presence at Tokyo Game Show this September and another small showcase before the end of the year, based on previous showcases, but these’ll likely focus on third party games rather than its own in-house projects.

You’d need to wait for another Developer Direct for those and Microsoft has so far only aired these in January, followed by the big blowout E3 style showcases in the summer.

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