In 2024, the gaming industry made enough progress and generated more revenue than last year’s, 2023 ($196 billion) and 2024 ($455 billion). Hence, this revenue has set some new standard for the year 2025. Multiple new games are going to be launched for which fans are very much excited. 2024 has also set new standards and built hopes among gamers and gaming communities.
With the easy accessibility of games, all thanks to video game translation services, games have reached areas where once there was no scope of games. Professional gamers have risen up from those places further strengthening the gaming industry.
Hence, with the launch of new games there are high expectations from the industry and guess what the global gaming industry is going to fulfill those expectations as well.
This year is going to be truly the year of games where gamers will witness new games and immense gaming events. In this read, we are going to explore these new games and gaming events as well as the permanent role of translation in the industry.
2025 – The Year of Entertainment Industry
Yes, video games are the ones generating greater revenue and contributing more to the entertainment industry. Revenue generated by the music and movie industry is not that huge as the gaming one. It is mainly because of the graphics of games that now beat that of movies as well as the gameplay that allows gamers to instantly connect with the games. And then comes the freedom of roaming in an open world with endless possibilities.
This year the gaming industry is going to release games that are both mind-blowing and mind-boggling at the same time. However, the overall entertainment industry is also going to level up. For instance, you must be aware of the South Korean thriller web series “Squid Game”, its season 3 is coming, “Superman”, Ariana Grande’s “Wicked”, Tom Cruise’s “Mission Impossible – The Final Reckoning” and many more.
But still, the entertainment industry is not just famous because of these new movies and web series, rather the news of “GTA VI” is the one dominating them all. “Final Fantasy VII Rebirth”, “Spider-Man 2”, “Assassin’s Creed Shadows”, “Monster Hunter Wilds”, “Doom: The Dark Ages”, “Dune: Awakening”, “Elden Ring: NightReign” and many others.
Gaming Industry 2025
In the above paragraph, we have mentioned a few games that have taken center-stage, despite being just the start of the new year. Imagine the hype after the release of the most awaited game of the century probably, GTA VI. Rockstar Games has done such well marketing and advertising of their game that gamers are just at the edge of losing their patience to play this mind-blowing game. Despite the layoffs and shutdown of many games and gaming companies, gaming will reign the industry this year.
There are many allegations on the 2024 games that kind of create an impact on upcoming games. But these games successfully shattered these allegations, making new records. For instance, Black Myth: Wukong was labeled as a game promoting sexism by many critics. However, the game broke these allegations and no one thought about these allegations when buying the game.
Other than the release of new games, gaming events are also going outnumbered in 2025. This increased number of gaming events creates more opportunities for gamers to not only connect with fellow gamers but also hone their skills. Professional gamers get to earn more revenue and an extensive fanbase. Other than that, gaming companies try their level best to create top-notch games that have the chance of being featured in these events. Big organizations like Coca-Cola, Red Bull, etc, sponsor these events.
Games have become extremely mainstream and if there is any possibility left of games being more global, it will be achieved in 2025. Not only do these events give recognition to games and gamers but they also make them eligible for awards. These awards are the symbol of acknowledgment from the world audiences that games are so much more than just a free time activity, as was thought in the past.
Addition of Gaming Translation
This year gaming translation will be inculcated as a permanent part of the gaming industry. A game localization agency is the one responsible for setting this image of games where they are understandable to a large group of audience. And this understanding is not only linguistically but also culturally. Hence, these new games that are going to launch will have translated and localized versions where global audiences can understand them and enjoy the immersive gaming experiences.
Final Words!
To sum up, 2025 will undoubtedly be the year of video games with the launch of new games like GTA VI and Elden Ring. Other than that, the inculcation of gaming translation as a permanent member of the industry has also shaped trends in the upcoming years.
