Most Anticipated Games Launching In 2025

Key Takeaways

• Xbox Series X|S has a promising lineup in 2025, with anticipated titles like South of Midnight and Assassin’s Creed Shadows.
• Fable, with its mix of whimsical humor and fantasy, aims to capture the essence of the beloved RPG series.
• The landscape of games in 2025, including Fable and Doom: The Dark Ages, offers a mix of nostalgia and excitement for gamers.

Whether you’re looking for games to keep an eye out for when they come to Xbox Game Pass or just want to know which games are coming to your console of choice, we’ve gathered all the best games to look forward to on Xbox Series X|S in 2025.

There’s a real mix of games coming to Xbox in 2025, from the highly-anticipated strategy game Sid Meier’s Civilization 7 to a new entry in the Assassin’s Creed series, Assassin’s Creed Shadows. Here’s what our editorial staff are most looking forward to on Xbox Series X|S in 2025. (Spoiler – there’s a few of us excited about Fable…)

6 South Of Midnight

Meg Pellicco, Executive Editor

While I could repeatedly remind everyone that my most anticipated game of 2025 is Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii, I figured it was best to show a little range. What better way to do that than by highlighting a new title that has caught my eye.

We haven’t seen too much of this new action adventure from Compulsion Games (Contrast, We Happy Few), but what we have seen has definitely piqued my interest. Sold as a “dark modern folktake”, protagonist Hazel finds themselves dealing with all things magical, mythical, and monstrous, and I’m here for it.

5 Fable

Stacey Henley, Editor-In-Chief

There are some games that I can’t wait to play in 2025 because I know I’m going to love them. There are some games that I can’t wait to play in 2025 because I’m not sure if they’ll even be any good. Fable, impossibly, is both.

So long as we all agree not to count The Journey as a real thing, I love all the Fable games, and this year’s Thank Goodness You’re Here proved silly British humour still has a place in video games. Fable will be daft and I’ll have a great time with it. But after so many years away, developmental turmoil, and the collective burden of expectations weighing ever heavier on each passing Xbox release, it feels like Fable has a mighty big point to prove.

4 South Of Midnight

George Foster, Executive Editor

If even half of the games that Xbox claims are coming in 2025 actually arrive next year, it has a heck of a good lineup. While I have my doubts about Fable and Gears of War: Judgement Day actually landing, there’s one game I’m both more confident in and incredibly excited about – South of Midnight.

I wasn’t super hot on Compulsion Games’ last title, We Happy Few, but South of Midnight looks to scratch my third-person action adventure itch with a beautiful stop motion-esque art style, interesting Southern setting, and charming cast of characters. Let’s just hope it doesn’t get the Hi-Fi Rush treatment…

3 Fable

Hilton Webster, Staff Writer

I grew up on Fable. It was, funnily enough, one of my earliest introductions to RPGs when I had actually started developing a taste of my own, and it set the benchmark for me on what a good blend of humour and fantasy could be. Plus, it felt wonderful to actually be able to own a home. That’s the real fantasy here.

For the latest Fable, I don’t really know how I feel about it. The landscape has changed so much since Fable 3, and the uniquely bizarre elements of Fable are what made it stand out in the first place. I loved getting to be an evil landlord, I adored being able to just randomly start a family. There’s nothing like Fable except Fable, so I really hope the new Fable feels like the old Fable. I need some genuinely good humour in a game again.

2 Doom: The Dark Ages

Helen Ashcroft, Evergreen Editor

My youngest son has fully entered an era of rabidly consuming first-person shooters. After being forced to play Fortnite, Valorant, and worse, Call of Duty over the past year I’ve been biding my time and waiting my turn. In 2025, my moment will come.

Doom: The Dark Ages will hit shelves, ready to serve as his introduction to one of the very best FPS protagonists that has ever wielded a gun. None of this battle royale nonsense. I’m just looking for fast-paced action, guns and gore, and if Doom doesn’t deliver I’ll be very disappointed.

1 Fable

Andrew Scariati, Staff Writer

Some games resonate with us because they’re relatable or hold some nostalgic place in our hearts. However, Fable’s most notable achievement has been finding the space to do both, telling a fantasy tale that hones in on decisions that can shape the world around you.

Blend this serious concept with the off-the-wall, tongue-in-cheek absurdity that you’d expect from a Monty Python skit, and you have Fable’s essence.

While we await the newest entry that’s been waiting in the wings for over ten years, all we can do is hope with stars in our eyes that this reboot returns us to the Fable formula we grew to love over a decade ago.