STACK #249 July 2025

GAMING FEATURE

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WAY IN 2025 GAMES

We’ve had some huge game titles already in 2025, and great news is that there are plenty more to come.We’ve picked out 15 that we’re still expecting to see a release before year’s end that we reckon are well worth looking forward to. Words Amy Flower

BORDERLANDS 4 Release date: Sep 12, 2025

CRIMSON DESERT Release date: TBC, 2025

GEARS OF WAR E DAY Release date: TBC, 2025

Hold onto your loot, for all the wild shooter action is heading back our way, and its set to bring more mayhem – and open world to explore - than ever. Nabbing secret alien treasures is the name of this particular game, which will be aided by new vehicles and ways of getting about, including a very handy grappling hook. Plus, classic two-player couch co-op is coming back for another run.

Hold onto your loot, for all the wild shooter action is heading back our way, and its set to bring more mayhem – and open world to explore - than ever. Nabbing secret alien treasures is the name of this particular game, which will be aided by new vehicles and ways of getting about, including a very handy grappling hook. Plus, classic two-player couch co-op is coming back for another run.

Have you ever wondered where it all began for Marcus Fenix and Dom Santiago versus the Locust Horde? Well, we’ll be wondering no more as we head back in time to the events of Emergence Day, 14 years before the original Gears of War kicked off. We’re promised all the bug blasting action that we love, built from the ground up in Unreal Engine 5 for unprecedented gooey graphical goodness.

GHOST OF YŌTEI Release date: Oct 2, 2025

HELL IS US Release date: Sep 4, 2025

HYRULE WARRIORS AGE OF IMPRISONMENT Release date: TBC, 2025 Nintendo and Koei Tecmo join forces again for the latest hack and slash outing I the super-fun Hyrule Warriors series, this time for the new Switch 2. As you may have guessed, it’s another crossover game that sees The Legend of Zelda collide majestically with Dynasty Warriors. The story serves as a prequel to Tears of the Kingdom , and the game promises what may be the series’ most epic battles yet.

Ghost of Tsushima remains one of our favourite games of recent years, and we’re not alone in being super-keen for this standalone sequel. Set some 300 years after events of the first game, in Edo period Hokkaido, our Ghost for this outing is female warrior Atsu, who is hellbent on exacting revenge. She’ll be wielding new weaponry, in a whole new area of Japan centred around Mount Y ō tei.

Step into the boots of United Nations peacekeeping soldier Rémi, as he takes on supernatural beings known as Hollow Walkers while on a quest to discover the fate of his parents. Deus Ex art director Jonathan Jacques Belletete steps up to direct this third person, semi open world action-adventure, which will have us battling those hordes with various melee weapons, such as swords, polearms, and axes.

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