After a chilled 2024, here's some red hot predictions for gaming in 2025

AI-powered NPCs, Nintendo wanders into VR and more fascinating predictions from writers and experts.

Astro Bot is celebrating the end of the year with a brand new Christmas level.

There’s a world in which you could consider 2024 unremarkable for the gaming industry. Like most other years, there were mass redundancies, launch delays and stuff-ups — that's sadly become the norm. There were also breakout successes and major points of hype too. Each major player had their time in the sun. But coming off a exhilarating 2023, with more blockbuster title launches than any other year, 2024 seemed rather sedate by comparison.

We started the year with Xbox annoying its rusted-on fans by revealing that its 'exclusive games' going forward would be ported onto other consoles. The year finished on a similar note, with Microsoft declaring that almost every device is in fact an Xbox and can play its games. A bold claim that will likely be tested over the coming months.