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Chris Tapsell @ Eurogamer.net · 01/06/2025 11:38 EDT

2025 will be a make-or-break year for triple-A video games as we know them

Cast your eyes across the 2025 video game release schedule and you might notice a bit of a trend. There are triple-A games here. In fact, there are a lot of triple-A video games here. After a desperately barren year for them in 2024 - plenty of good games and surprisingly successful games; very few big, expensive ventures you'd hang your hat on - in 2025, the triple-A blockbuster is well and truly back. Read more

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