
Making educated guesses about The Game Awards 2025 requires delicately balancing wishful thinking and facts. This year, there happens to be a lot of crossover between the two.
I'm going to cast the die and make 10 predictions based on all the internet chatter I’ve been seeing about Thursday’s event, all qualified by research and the most likely scenarios with that in mind. 2026 is shaping up to be a huge one for new games of all shapes and sizes, with GTA 6, Fable, and a handful of upcoming Xbox Series X games still yet to receive an official release date, so it’s obvious I’m expecting to see a ton of announcements. Atop that, though, there's lots of whisperings I'm hearing about unannounced titles, sneaky hints from presenter Geoff Keighley, and wildcard wishlist items that actually don't feel so wild after such a stacked year. On that note, let's start with my first TGA 2025 prediction…