Feature: The Game Awards 2025 Predictions: PS5 Games, the Muppets, and Geoff Keighley’s Shoes

The Game Awards is so close, we can practically hear Geoff Keighley’s platitudes about the current state of the industry already.

It’s always a wild ride, watching the show as we do every year, despite things kicking off at half past midnight UK time. By the show’s end, we’re sleep-deprived, delirious, and questioning why we let Geoff talk us into this every December.

But the truth is that it’s fun to watch along live, see which dev teams get their flowers, and learn in real-time what new game announcements are going to keep everyone riled up over the next six to 12 months.

Having watched so many iterations of The Game Awards, we reckon we might be able to make some predictions as to how things will go down. If any of the following comes to pass, you personally owe us a custard cream.

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Geoff Keighley Humblebrags About Playing Something Early At Least Twice
Geoff Keighley is one of the most well-connected people in the business, and he’s not shy about pointing it out. At basically every show he’s hosted, he’ll introduce a new game, but will make sure everyone knows he’s already played it. He can’t help himself, and he’ll do it at least twice, we reckon. Little boast. Just to remind everyone who’s in charge.

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Geoff’s Shoes Will Be Predominantly Blue
If we’re talking about a Geoff show, we have to make a prediction on his shoes. The man always wheels out in some big ol’ kicks, presumably so he can roundhouse any stage invaders and make sure he leaves a mark. It’s tough to nail down what colour he’ll go with, but we’ve gone for blue, and we’re sticking with it.

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The Muppets Return, and This Time It’s Rowlf
The Muppets have made some sort of cameo appearance at The Game Awards for several years running, and as a man who you can easily imagine is a marionette come to life, Geoff clearly has an adoration for those fuzzy things.

This year, we’re placing our bets on Rowlf the dog; he’ll be stationed at a piano in the corner of the stage, and every so often throughout the show, we’ll cut to him, and he’ll perform some kind of comedic, musical interlude. Even if it doesn’t happen, we reckon it’s a great idea.

Someone Will Make a ‘Wrap It Up’ Joke Even Though That Was Two Years Ago
The Game Awards is certainly not without fault, but one of its most infamous missteps was the notice to guests and speakers to “wrap it up” if their speeches went on too long. We can lay some blame with Christopher Judge who, the year prior, literally broke a world record for the longest acceptance speech of all time. However, Geoff didn’t get away unscathed, and we reckon the jabs about wrapping it up are set to continue this year.

That Whole Statue Thing Will Be a Big Disappointment
Geoff teased us all with a mysterious statue in the Mojave desert, leaving fans to drive themselves mad attempting to work out what exactly it could be about. Guesses have included things like God of War, The Elder Scrolls, and even the much-rumoured Half-Life 3, but many of the more exciting theories have already been dashed.

If you ask us, we think this is either teeing up a totally new IP, or it’s an elaborate teaser for something quite underwhelming, like an Elder Scrolls Online expansion. It’s not every day you see a PR stunt like this, and sometimes it’s overcompensation for something that, on balance, is terribly uninteresting.

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Will Win Several Awards, Including GOTY, and the Support Studios That Helped Make It Won’t Get a Mention
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is the clear favourite at this year’s Game Awards, and the story of Sandfall Interactive and the game’s runaway success is perfect fodder. The studio comprises only 30 people, and Geoff will revel in the idea that this relatively small team made something different from the norm, and that it resonated so strongly with critics and players.

We think this underdog tale is so irresistible and so baked into the game’s identity that we won’t hear a word about the hundreds of external developers who helped make Expedition 33. The game credits numerous contractors and teams with support in vital areas like animation, quality assurance, porting, localisation, and plenty more. The game is fantastic, and it and the people behind it deserve recognition, but we have a feeling that many of the folks who helped get it to The Game Awards won’t get a nod.

Tarantino, Thurman, or Both
Geoff loves A-list celebrities almost as much as he loves the Muppets, so The Game Awards has always been packed with them. We’ve seen Al Pacino, Matthew McConaughey, Snoop Dogg, Timothée Chalamet, and many more shuffle onto the stage to utter something emotionless about games, and that trend will continue this year, without question.

The stars have already sort of aligned, with Quentin Tarantino and Uma Thurman having brought an all-new Kill Bill chapter to Fortnite. It’s already happened, of course, but what’s the harm in bringing one or both of them on to present an award and promote the Lost Chapter (and the new Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair) one more time? And you just know Geoff will be beaming as he introduces them. What little light is left in his soul will appear in his eyes, just for a moment.

An Actual Prediction About Actual Games
Sorry, this feature’s predictions haven’t really been much about games, have they? That feels a little off. Let’s fix that.

Here are some off-the-cuff predictions about some already-announced games that could show up during Geoff’s cavalcade of trailers:

Nioh 3
Onimusha: Way of the Sword
Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls
Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds DLC
Jurassic Park: Survival
Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora – From the Ashes
Code Vein 2
007 First Light
Light No Fire
Splitgate: Arena Reloaded

A Prediction About Imaginary Games
Alright, it’s time to think about some games that don’t yet officially exist, but might. Stuff we want to see. Things that’ll make our eyes open slightly wider. And, hey, maybe they’ll make their debut at this year’s Game Awards. If we nail any of these, you personally owe us a second custard cream.

New Burnout
New Ridge Racer
New Ace Combat
New Uncharted
New Bloodborne
New God of War
New WipEout
New FromSoft that isn’t Duskbloods
New Shenmue
New MotorStorm
New SSX
New Dead Space
New Silent Bomber

Are we doing this right? The answer is no, but if any of these do come true, you know who to thank.

Are you excited for The Game Awards 2025? What do you think will happen during Geoff’s show this year? Discuss in the comments section below.