We’re over midway by 2025 already, which implies it’s time to test in on all of Sony’s PlayStation Studios to see what they’re making and what video games are coming to your PS5 within the months and years to return. Whereas the console has acquired some nice exclusives in 2025, together with the critically acclaimed Dying Stranding 2, none of Sony’s first-party studios have launched a brand new sport this calendar yr other than the annual inevitability that’s MLB The Present.
So, absolutely which means loads of PlayStation’s studios have video games popping out quickly, or on the very least have secrets and techniques up their sleeves, proper? Properly, that’s precisely what we’re going to check out right here. What are the builders behind PlayStation’s highly-respected library to this point? And the way lengthy will it’s earlier than we get to each see and play their initiatives? So let’s dig into what every studio is doing, and after we can realistically anticipate to see new video games from them.
Naughty Canine
Naughty Canine’s consideration is now firmly on Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet, a space-faring sport with retro 80s vibes. After leaving the way forward for The Final of Us HBO present within the palms of Craig Mazin, studio head and inventive director Neil Druckmann is now working full steam forward along with his staff on the Uncharted studio’s first new collection since 2013. However other than a cinematic-heavy trailer ultimately yr’s Sport Awards, we’ve seen little or no of this sci-fi story.
What we do know is that it stars Tati Gabrielle as Jordan A. Mun, a bounty hunter who will get stranded on a planet when on the path of a legal syndicate known as the “5 Aces”. It’s additionally rumoured to have a deeper fight system than any earlier Naughty Canine sport, with the reveal trailer giving us a tiny glimpse of its lightsaber-esque gameplay. Oh, and the music is being composed by 9 Inch Nails’ Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross. That’s by no means not an excellent factor. May this be Sony’s massive 2026 PS5 sport? We are able to actually hope, however we might like to see some gameplay earlier than making such assumptions.
It might seem that this isn’t the one iron Naughty Canine has within the hearth, although, with Druckmann teasing that the studio has a second, unannounced sport in growth. May this be The Final of Us Half 3? Uncharted 5? One thing utterly completely different? Tell us what you assume within the feedback.
Santa Monica Studio
Santa Monica Studio launched God of Battle Ragnarok to very large success in late 2022 and adopted up with the surprisingly prolonged free Valhalla DLC in December 2023. What’s subsequent for the studio stays a thriller, though we do know Cory Barlog – who led growth of 2018’s God of Battle – moved on to helm a brand new challenge in 2021 after leaving Eric Williams to fill Ragnarok’s director seat. Little to nothing is thought about that new challenge, however given it has been in growth for various years already, it wouldn’t be past unreasonable to anticipate to see it revealed this yr.
As for a brand new God of Battle sport, nicely, we probably can’t anticipate that as rapidly. Regardless of the hole between Ragnarok and its predecessor being solely 4 years, the tip of Kratos’ Norse saga indicators a brand new path for the collection, which, naturally, means it’ll require much more work from the bottom up. We are able to hope, in fact, however don’t anticipate to see everybody’s favorite offended dad any time quickly. That mentioned, we wouldn’t say no to a remake of the unique trilogy…
Insomniac Video games
Insomniac is arguably Sony’s most prolific studio, having launched both a Spider-Man or Ratchet and Clank sport each couple of years for nearly a decade now. Its most up-to-date launch was in 2023 with the massively profitable Marvel’s Spider-Man 2, and so – primarily based on sample – you’d be forgiven for anticipating a brand new Insomniac sport in 2025. However in a worrying signal of the delicate state of the video games trade, even a sport of Spider-Man 2’s magnitude couldn’t forestall layoffs from occurring final yr. That capped off what turned out to be a doubly damaging couple of months for the developer, following an enormous knowledge breach and subsequent theft.
The information theft revealed that the studio’s extremely anticipated Wolverine sport shouldn’t be anticipated till 2026 on the earliest, but additionally {that a} Venom sport might arrive earlier than it. Both manner, it’s extremely unlikely Insomniac might be springing any shock video games this yr, and after all of the studio has gone by lately, I feel it is truthful to permit it as a lot of a break as anybody.
Sucker Punch Productions
Sucker Punch is following up 2020’s Ghost of Tsushima with Ghost of Yotei, scheduled for an October 2, 2025 launch. As showcased in a current State of Play stream, the standalone sequel takes us to Hokkaido on a revenge quest to cope with the “Yotei Six” — the murderers of protagonist Atsu’s household. With a non-linear quest construction and extra diverse arsenal, it is wanting set to be a real evolution of Tsushima’s open-world foundations.
Guerrilla Video games
Guerrilla adopted up 2022’s Horizon: Forbidden West with the Burning Shores DLC one yr later because it continued to construct out Aloy’s story. With the West Coast-set sequel ending on a cliffhanger, it’s not a stretch to anticipate the Amsterdam-based studio to be engaged on the third a part of the trilogy subsequent. We wouldn’t anticipate any information on that one quickly, nonetheless – the event time between Zero Daybreak and Forbidden West was 5 years, so we’re probably a short while away from seeing Aloy and her metallic dinosaur associates once more.
What we’re reportedly extra prone to see first is a reside service Horizon sport that’s at the moment within the works, starring “a brand new solid of characters and a novel stylized look”. Maybe that is one thing we will hope to see extra of sooner reasonably than later, though this yr could also be a stretch, with Sony maybe reassessing their reside service future following the failure of Harmony and the troubles dealing with Marathon.
Housemarque
Finnish developer Housemarque is following up 2021’s Returnal with Saros, one other sci-fi motion sport. Starring Rahul Kohli as Arjun Devraj, gamers might be taken to a misplaced off-world colony on the planet Carcosa with the intention to examine its mysteries. An evolution of Returnal’s roguelike rhythm, it is set to ship Housemarque’s trademark difficult shooter fight when it arrives on PS5 someday in 2026.
Haven Studios
Initially due for launch this yr, Haven Studios’ multiplayer shooter Fairgames is now anticipated within the Spring of 2026. It’s not been easy crusing for one more of Sony’s deliberate reside service choices, with Jade Raymond — who solely based the studio in 2021 — leaving the challenge earlier this yr. Work continues to be ongoing on the net heist sport, although, however with little to nothing seen of it because the 2023 cinematic trailer reveal, we’re left ready to see what its gameplay really appears to be like like.
Bend Studio
Bend has been fairly quiet because the launch of Days Gone manner again in 2019, other than giving us a remaster a few months again. However in 2022, a couple of slithers of element have been revealed about what the Oregon studio is at the moment engaged on. It shared that its new sport will “construct upon the open-world programs of Days Gone” however received’t be introduced till “the time is correct”. Other than understanding it received’t be a continuation of Deacon St. John’s story, we actually know nothing.
It’s been a rocky yr for the developer to this point, with experiences {that a} live-service sport it had been engaged on had been scrapped by Sony, in addition to layoffs impacting 30% of the staff because it transitions to its subsequent challenge. Whether or not this new sport the decreased headcount is engaged on has something to do with these particulars revealed three years in the past, or if the studio is beginning once more from scratch, is unknown. Both manner, we wouldn’t anticipate to listen to something quickly.
Media Molecule
Media Molecule spent many of the previous decade engaged on Goals, the sport creation and curation challenge that was launched in 2020. However because of important layoffs on the studio in 2024, reside help for the sport has now ended, with MM’s present goal being to make sure “Goals transitions right into a self-sustaining platform”. There has since been no information on what the developer’s subsequent challenge might be.
Workforce Asobi
Workforce Asobi gave us one among 2024’s greatest video games with the charmingly artistic platformer Astro Bot. An ode to PlayStation historical past, it received many awards and cemented itself as one of many PS5’s highest choices. Since then, the Japanese studio has continued to help it with common updates and ranges as lately as this summer time. However what subsequent? Properly, we wouldn’t be shocked to see one other Astro sport on the best way, given the crucial and business success of final yr’s hit. There’s actually no scarcity of obscure PlayStation characters left to sprinkle by extra of these vibrant ranges.
Bluepoint Video games
Following the success of each the Shadow of the Colossus and Demon’s Souls remakes, Sony acquired Bluepoint Video games as a first-party studio in 2021. We don’t know what its first challenge since becoming a member of the PlayStation Studios household is, although, however we do know that the developer has expressed its want to create an unique sport, reasonably than reimagining one other traditional. Maybe we may see a reveal quickly, however seeing as Sony confirmed {that a} reside service sport, which was reportedly set within the God of Battle universe, was cancelled on the studio earlier this yr, it appears unlikely.
Polyphony Digital
Polyphony has been making Gran Turismo for 25 years now, so it might actually be a shock to see it veer from that path within the close to future. GT7 got here out round three and half years in the past now, which means possibly the time is approaching for the reveal of the studio’s subsequent racing sim.
San Diego Studio
Equally, San Diego is nicely established because the MLB The Present studio. This yr’s entry solely dropped in March, so we will anticipate to see one other subsequent Spring if historical past is something to go by.
Firesprite
Firesprite most lately developed Horizon: Name of the Mountain for PSVR 2, following the studio’s new-found deal with VR video games. What’s subsequent is anybody’s guess, nonetheless. A brand new VR sport could be the educated guess, however given Sony’s lack of dedication to creating video games for its second-generation headset, it wouldn’t be a shock to see the UK studio pivot to one thing extra conventional.
Current experiences discussing layoffs and unrest on the developer prompt that Firesprite was engaged on a live-service Twisted Steel sport, which has since been canceled. It’s at the moment believed that the studio is now engaged on a brand new sport known as Challenge Heartbreak. Particulars are skinny on what that is, although, and so we do not know of after we can anticipate to see it.
teamLFG
Shaped earlier this yr as a part of PlayStation Studios, teamLFG was spun out of Bungie to create a brand new team-based motion sport that attracts inspiration from combating video games, platformers, MOBAs, life sims, and “frog-type video games”. As to what a frog-type sport is, your guess is pretty much as good as ours, however the challenge has been described as letting gamers “inhabit a lighthearted, comedic world set in a brand-new, mythic, science-fantasy universe”. This one doesn’t appear too far alongside the manufacturing pipeline, although, so we aren’t anticipating to listen to extra anytime quickly.
Darkish Outlaw Video games
One other new PlayStation studio for 2025, Darkish Outlaw Video games is led by Name of Responsibility veteran Jason Blundell. Little or no else is thought about this staff or what they’re engaged on, although.
That’s every part we learn about upcoming first-party PlayStation video games, and the reality is that only a few launch dates look to be arising rapidly. In fact, this could and certain will change quickly, and with GTA 6 looming on the horizon in 2026, it does make sense that many publishers are ready for Rockstar to unleash their powerhouse earlier than they make their very own strikes. That mentioned, that doesn’t forestall 2025 from nonetheless wanting comparatively empty relating to PS5 exclusives. Let’s hope that the outlook will look loads brighter quickly, not just for gamers ready for brand new video games to play, however for the builders who work so onerous to ship them to us.
Simon Cardy is a Senior Editor at IGN who can primarily be discovered skulking round open world video games, indulging in Korean cinema, or despairing on the state of Tottenham Hotspur and the New York Jets. Observe him on Bluesky at @cardy.bsky.social.