Predictions
Heartipedia’s own predictions: what we expect to happen next on the subjects we cover, reasoned from the facts each page cites and from trends we see. They are opinions, not sourced facts, and each one says so. A prediction’s words are never changed once made. When its check-by month has passed and the facts are known, we add the result under it, with the sources, whether we were right or wrong.
217 predictions made. Pages also carry 42 opinions under “What we think” (41 pages), which are views, not predictions, and are not scored.
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Steam players forgive FM27 within a month
We expect FM27's English Steam reviews to read Mostly Positive or better on Dec 10, 2026, a month after release. We think the free week did the filtering that Football Manager 26's launch never had.
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Nakheel announces it in 2026
We expect Nakheel to announce Palm Springs officially, with prices, before the end of December 2026.
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A new Steam record in launch week
We expect Path of Exile 2 to pass its all-time Steam peak of 578,569 concurrent players within a week of its free 1.0 launch on Dec 11, 2026.
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Back above 100,000 players after Nov 12
We expect Steam's concurrent player count for Slay the Spire 2 to pass 100,000 at least once in the week after the Nov 12, 2026 update.
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Nov 12 is about new modes, not the new character
We expect the Nov 12, 2026 beta to lead with Mega Crit's experimental game modes, playable alone and in co-op. We think the sixth character is not playable in that patch and reaches the beta branch only in 2027.
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Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War IV
A bigger launch than any recent Dawn of War
We think Dawn of War IV's peak on Steam in its launch week passes 40,000 players playing at once.
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The counter passes 30 million before launch
We expect the official pre-registration counter to pass 30 million before Jan 15, 2027.
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The Jan 15, 2027 date holds
We expect Ananta to launch on Jan 15, 2027 on PlayStation 5, PC, iOS and Android, with no delay on any of the four.
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The Complete Edition at $5.99 again this winter
We expect the Civilization IV Complete Edition to sell for $5.99 or less in the US during Steam's winter sale of 2026.
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2026 ends warmer than 2025
We expect 2026 to finish warmer than 2025 in the Copernicus record.
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The Amazon shadow-drops for pre-purchasers
We expect Blizzard to open pre-purchase of the Amazon Class Pack before the end of 2026 and let buyers play the Amazon the same day, months before her official release.
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December's new race goes up a mountain
Our prediction is that the permanent race route Playground promised for the Horizon Holidays series is a mountain or touge route outside Tokyo City, not a third Tokyo circuit.
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Expansion 1 takes the Festival to a warm island
We expect Forza Horizon 6's first expansion to be set on a subtropical island in the style of Okinawa, with beaches and coastal roads, rather than in another part of the Japanese mainland.
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The castle war gets cut back
We expect Conquerors of Wraeclast's shared faction war over castles to be the most criticized part of the full release, and GGG to scale it back or make it optional in a patch within six weeks of launch.
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Avengers: Doomsday keeps his last Professor X
We expect Avengers: Doomsday to open on its scheduled date of Dec 18, 2026, with Stewart's scenes as Professor X kept in the film.
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Shares end 2026 above the IPO price
We expect SpaceX shares (SPCX) to close their last trading day of 2026 above the $135 IPO price.
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Nothing goes to Mars in the 2026 window
We expect no Starship to be launched toward Mars during the late 2026 launch window.
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Early Access 2 adds new ways to drive predators off, not weapons
We expect Early Access 2 to give players at least one new tool or ability whose main use is to scare off or escape predators, such as a Biomod or a Frog chassis move. We think it adds no weapon that can kill a creature, and that Subnautica 2 reaches its full release without one.
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The random paid items are outfits and car looks, not characters
We expect the random items behind the App Store's loot box label to be cosmetic draws, such as outfit or vehicle-skin capsules, on sale from launch day. We think no character, and no item that makes a character stronger, will ever be sold at random.
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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4
A top-three seller of 2026 without Game Pass
We expect Modern Warfare 4 to rank among the three best-selling games of 2026 in the United States on Circana's full-year chart.
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Metro 2039 ships on Feb 4, 2027 with no further delay
We expect Metro 2039 to come out on Feb 4, 2027 on every announced platform at once, on the date Sony's State of Play announced. We think the one thing that could still move it is the war around the studio's Kyiv office, not the state of the game.
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A demo reaches home consoles and PC before launch
We expect Atlus to release a free downloadable demo of Persona 4 Revival outside Japan before Feb 18, 2027, covering the opening and Yukiko's Castle, the same slice its Japanese store tour uses.
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Shinjuku's secret is the Tojo name
We expect the "tremendous secret" of the 1965 Shinjuku chapter to be that Makoto Daito takes the name Tojo, so the crime family he founds becomes the Tojo Clan under his own new name. We think the game ends in Kamurocho with Makoto as the clan's first chairman.
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Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War IV
The first big patch is about pathfinding and the camera
We expect KING Art's first large patch after launch to fix infantry getting stuck on obstacles and to let players zoom the camera out further. We think it also adds a way to give orders while the game is paused in Skirmish against the computer.
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The Bawma mission arrives free, before the Switch 2 version
We expect IO Interactive to release the story content it teased in August, the alliance with Bawma that follows events in Mauritania, as a free update and not as paid DLC. We think it comes out before the Nintendo Switch 2 version on Mar 18, 2027, or on that day, so the new version launches with it.
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No agreement ending the war by March 2027
We expect no signed agreement formally ending the war between Iran and the United States before the end of March 2027.
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Eighteen million by February
We expect Nexon to report at least 18 million copies of Arc Raiders sold in its results for the last quarter of 2026.
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The US leaves the climate convention as planned
We expect the United States to complete its withdrawal from the UN climate convention in February 2027 without a court stopping it.
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Fable lands in the low to mid 80s
We expect Fable's Metacritic score on its main platform to land between 80 and 86.
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The Jack of Blades, not Isabel, is the final fight
We think the last enemy the Hero faces in Fable's main story is the Jack of Blades, with Isabel revealed as his instrument rather than the true villain.
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Ten million players after the PS5 launch
We expect Playground to announce more than 10 million Forza Horizon 6 players across all platforms by the end of March 2027, two months after the PlayStation 5 release.
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Artyom is heard, not seen
We expect Artyom, the hero of the first three games, to reach Metro 2039 only as a voice, on the radio or in a recording from outside Moscow, and never to appear in person.
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The best-reviewed Metro yet
We expect Metro 2039 to reach a PC Metascore of at least 85 on Metacritic, above every earlier main Metro game.
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The good ending spares Hunter
We expect Metro 2039 to keep two endings chosen by its hidden karma system, and we expect the better one to end with the Stranger turning Hunter back from what he has become rather than killing him.
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Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope
First science images by March 2027
We expect NASA to publish the Roman telescope's first science images before the end of March 2027.
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Critics land just below Golden
We expect Persona 4 Revival's PlayStation 5 Metascore to land between 86 and 90, below the Vita original's 93 but in the range of Golden's later ports.
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Hardcore before spring
We expect Forever's Hardcore ruleset to open to players before Mar 31, 2027.
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Seven million by the first anniversary
We expect Pearl Abyss to announce at least 7 million copies of Crimson Desert sold by the end of March 2027.
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Two million copies by spring
We expect Questing Goose Studio or tinyBuild to announce 2 million copies sold before the April 2027 update ships.
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A million sold within two months
We expect SEGA to announce that Stranger Than Heaven has sold at least 1 million copies by the end of March 2027.
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Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War IV
Jonah Orion leads the prologue, against Chaos
We think the Blood Ravens Story Prologue is led by Jonah Orion, and we expect its enemy on Aurelia to be Chaos, which would make the prologue the first playable look at the faction Aftermath adds.
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The spring update brings Expeditions back with an eighth map
We expect Embark's next major update to arrive in April 2027, about six months after Frozen Trail. We expect Expeditions to return in that update, not before it, and we expect it to add a new map.
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Generative AI passes 60% of the world
We expect Stanford's next AI Index to estimate that more than 60% of the world's population uses generative AI.
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Over 40 million copies by the end of March 2027
We expect Take-Two to report that Grand Theft Auto VI sold more than 40 million copies by Mar 31, 2027, the end of its fiscal year.
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An eleventh class in the first league after 1.0
We expect the first major update after the full release to add an eleventh class, one of the two still missing from the twelve GGG planned. We think it arrives in spring 2027, on the four-month rhythm Jonathan Rogers described.
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The Organ Trader arrives in April, not January
We expect the Organ Trader to be the second new starting scenario after the Junker, released with the April 2027 major update, and the Street Food Vendor to come later than both. We think the January 2027 update adds items, perks and machines to the existing nine scenarios rather than a new one.
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PvE returns, but only as a side queue
We expect Embark to keep a PvE option for good, as a separate queue limited to some maps or conditions, not a switch on every raid. We think it goes live with the spring 2027 update.
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The next heroes come by vote in spring 2027
Our prediction is that the next batch of six heroes starts arriving between April and June 2027, again released one at a time in an order players vote on in the Hideout.
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Cheaper than an expansion
We expect the Amazon Class Pack to cost $24.99 or less in the US.
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Back above a trillion dollars by mid-2027
We expect Forbes to put Musk's net worth above one trillion dollars again before July 1, 2027.
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A free boss rematch mode
We expect a free update to add a way to fight the game's bosses again on their own, as a rematch menu or a boss rush, by the end of June 2027.
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No general ceasefire by mid-2027
We expect no general ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine to be in force on June 30, 2027.
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Tempest Bayor's corrupted path becomes playable with Warsongs
We think the Warsongs Fable reaches players by the end of June 2027, and that it lets every Envoy take up the corrupted path Tempest Bayor follows, as a Pact of its own, not only face it in an enemy.
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No SpaceX and Tesla merger agreement by mid-2027
We think SpaceX and Tesla will not sign a merger agreement before July 1, 2027.
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An outside chief executive, from a Western studio, by mid-2027
We expect Krafton and Unknown Worlds to name the studio's new chief executive by the end of June 2027. We think the choice is a veteran of a North American or European game studio, not an executive from Krafton or one of its other studios.
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Past 70 million
We expect CD Projekt to report more than 70 million copies of The Witcher 3 sold by the end of June 2027.
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Six million by the first anniversary
We expect IO Interactive to announce at least 6 million copies sold by the end of June 2027.
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The Brawler arrives worldwide with Chapter 1, not alone
We expect the Brawler to reach Aion 2's global version together with Chapter 1's higher level cap and the regions Eltnen and Morheim, in one update, before the end of July 2027. We think NC will not release the class on its own ahead of that chapter.
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One more slip, past June 2027
We expect Chrono Odyssey not to be on sale anywhere by the end of June 2027, the end of the window Kakao Games gave in August 2026. We think the next date Kakao Games gives will fall in the second half of 2027 or later.
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Xbox arrives with cross-play, and PlayStation joins later
We expect the Xbox Series X|S version to launch in spring 2027 with cross-play between Xbox and PC from its first day. We think PlayStation 5 joins that cross-play only in a later update, after the Xbox launch.
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The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
The retro masks give Link his Nintendo 64 look
We expect the masks unlocked by the Young Link and Young Zelda amiibo to swap the remake's models for the low-polygon 1998 look, a cosmetic change with no effect on play. We think Nintendo releases both amiibo in the first half of 2027.
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Songs of the Past in the first half of 2027
We expect Songs of the Past to come out between January and June 2027, not in the fall.
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Global servers are merged within a year
We expect NC to merge or permanently link global Aion 2 servers before the end of September 2027, the first anniversary of the global launch.
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A sixth character built for co-op
Our prediction is that the sixth character is the first one designed around co-op: a climber whose own cards help or change allies, not only the multiplayer card set every character shares.
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A tenth of the launch crowd a year later
We expect Wardogs' highest Steam player count in September 2027 to be below 40,000, a tenth of its record of 400,196.
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Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War IV
Aftermath brings Chaos Space Marines
We expect the new faction of Aftermath, the paid expansion placed in summer 2027, to be the Chaos Space Marines. We think KING Art reveals it within weeks of the Blood Ravens Story Prologue's release, not before.
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Molten Core is the revamped iconic raid
We expect the "revamped iconic raid" on Forever's roadmap to be Molten Core, rebuilt with new mechanics rather than copied from 2004, and open to players by the end of September 2027.
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Still 20,000 Steam players two years in
We expect Battlefield 6 to still reach more than 20,000 concurrent players on Steam on its best day in October 2027, two years after launch.
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The first paid expansion leaves Embervale
We expect Keen to announce Enshrouded's first paid expansion before Oct 15, 2027, set in a new land outside Embervale. We think it brings a new enemy faction of its own and continues the story that the full release closed.
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Order of the Hero arrives before the end of October 2027
We expect Fable: Order of the Hero, the story expansion in the Premium Edition, to be playable by Oct 31, 2027, about eight months after launch.
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One million copies before the end of Square Enix's 2027 fiscal half
We expect Square Enix to announce that Final Fantasy Resonance has sold or shipped at least 1 million copies worldwide by Sep 30, 2027.
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Set pieces are Football Manager 28's headline
We think Football Manager 28's first feature deep dive is a rebuilt set-piece system: a new set-piece creator and set-piece coaches who matter more. We expect it to be sold as the touchline control this year's game started with Tactical Tweaks, carried to corners and free kicks.
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The Crimson Rift returns as scheduled PvP
We expect the Crimson Rift, promised in XL Games' 2024 developer diary and not mentioned since, to come back during Early Access as a scheduled event in PvP channels with a reward for winning. Our prediction is that it is the first structured PvP the game gets, before any arena.
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Amazon names IO Interactive as the developer of a second Bond game
We expect a second Bond game from IO Interactive to be officially announced by the end of 2027, with Amazon MGM Studios as a partner. We think it continues the story of this young Bond rather than starting over with a new one.
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The game joins PlayStation Plus Extra or Game Pass
We expect IO Interactive's Bond game to be added to PlayStation Plus Extra or Xbox Game Pass before the end of 2027.
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China gets Aion 2 on mobile as well as PC
We think Aion 2's Chinese version, published by Shengqu Games, opens a public test in mainland China before the end of 2027, and we expect it to include mobile from the start, as the Korean version does, unlike the PC-only global version.
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Wynn opens in 2027
We expect Wynn Al Marjan Island to open to guests before the end of 2027, within a quarter of its September 2027 target.
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A Project Mugen face comes back
Our prediction is that at least one character from the 2023 Project Mugen trailers, cut from the official roster since, returns as a playable ally in a 2027 update.
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No Xbox version through 2027
We expect no Xbox or Nintendo Switch 2 version of Ananta to be announced before the end of 2027.
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A Chinese release with Tencent
We expect Arc Raiders to launch commercially in mainland China, operated with Tencent, before the end of 2027.
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Embark's next game is set in the Rust Belt
We expect at least one of Embark's two unannounced games to be revealed before the end of 2027 and to be set in Arc Raiders' world. We think it will not be another extraction shooter.
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Consoles wait for the full release
We expect no PlayStation 5 or Xbox Series X|S version of ArcheAge Chronicles to come out before 2028. We think the console versions arrive with the full release or after it, not during Early Access.
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Ships and a sea trade run before 1.0
We expect XL Games to announce ships for ArcheAge Chronicles before its full release, with a trade run that crosses water between two regions of Auroria. We think naval combat in PvP channels comes with them, as the risky half of that route.
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No federal AI law in the United States
We expect the United States to pass no federal law regulating AI systems by risk, as the EU AI Act does, before the end of 2027.
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The EU delays its high-risk rules again
We expect the European Union to push back the AI Act's rules for high-risk systems again before Dec 2, 2027, the first date they are now due.
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No new Battlefield announced before 2028
We think EA will not announce the next mainline Battlefield before the end of 2027, and will sell new seasons of Battlefield 6 instead.
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RedSec becomes its own game
We expect EA to spin RedSec, Battlefield 6's free battle royale, off into its own store listing with its own name before the end of 2027.
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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4
DMZ gets a second map
We expect DMZ to get a second full map of its own, not another zone reached through Hajin, before the end of 2027. We think it will be built from one of the campaign's other settings, most likely Mumbai or New York.
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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4
Kill Block comes to Warzone
We expect a Kill Block map or mode, built from the same movable sections, to appear in Warzone, in Resurgence or a limited-time playlist, by the end of 2027.
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A cheaper ad-free plan between Go and Plus
We expect OpenAI to sell an ad-free plan priced below $20 a month in the United States, either as a new tier or as an ad-free option on Go, by the end of 2027.
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Ads move into Work and shopping, never into Plus
We expect ChatGPT's ads to reach a second surface beyond the answer in Chat, such as sponsored suggestions inside Work tasks or in shopping results, by the end of 2027, while Plus and every higher plan stay free of ads.
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The next retirement is the Classic desktop app
We expect OpenAI to announce a shutdown date for the ChatGPT Classic desktop app before the end of 2027, and to keep retiring at least one other named ChatGPT feature a year.
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Work replaces Chat as the app's front door
We expect OpenAI to make Work the mode a new ChatGPT conversation opens in for paid users, or to merge Chat and Work into a single box that decides for itself whether a request is a quick answer or a longer job, before the end of 2027.
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A standard edition at $49.99 or less
We expect the standard edition of Chrono Odyssey to cost $49.99 or less in the United States. We think the extra money comes from a pricier edition with cosmetics, on top of the battle pass.
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PC first, consoles after
We think Chrono Odyssey launches on PC before it reaches PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S, despite Kakao Games' stated goal of a launch on every platform at once.
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The Assassin and a new opening in the second test
We expect the next public test of Chrono Odyssey to make the Assassin playable alongside the Swordsman, Ranger and Berserker of the 2025 beta. Our prediction is that the same test also shows the rewritten story's opening, on a different premise from the one the beta opened with.
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A Steam Deck rating stays out of reach
We expect Civilization III Complete to have no "Playable" or "Verified" Steam Deck rating at the end of 2027.
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C3X wonders become districts on the map
We expect the fan mod that patches Conquests to publish, before the end of 2027, a version that lets wonders be built as their own districts on tiles outside the city center, the way Civilization VI places them. We think it will ship as an option, off by default, like the districts system it extends.
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Civilization VII's next expansion brings back a price for sprawl
We expect Civilization VII's first paid expansion to add a cost that grows with an empire's size and its distance from the capital, a modern form of Civilization III's corruption. We think Firaxis will present it as a choice between a tall and a wide empire rather than as a penalty.
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Free again, in a giveaway or a subscription
We expect Civilization IV, the Complete Edition or Beyond the Sword to be given away free or added to a game subscription such as Amazon Prime, the Epic Games Store or PC Game Pass before the end of 2027.
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Claude 6 launches as a public model and a restricted twin
We expect Anthropic's first Claude 6 model to arrive before the end of 2027 as a pair, a public Fable model and a Mythos model with some safeguards lifted for vetted organizations only, as with both Fable releases before it.
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Images come from someone else's model
We expect the Claude apps to start generating pictures before the end of 2027 by handing the request to another company's image model, not one Anthropic trains itself.
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The agent comes to the Free plan
We expect Anthropic to give Free users a limited version of the agent mode that came from Cowork, where Claude works through a longer task and keeps going in the cloud, before the end of 2027.
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The next Opus costs $3 or less
We expect the next Opus model after Opus 5.5 to cost $3 or less per million input tokens on the Claude API.
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A co-op mode starts with the Garden of Trials
We expect the first multiplayer of any kind in Crimson Desert to be a co-op boss challenge, built on the Garden of Trials or the boss rematches, rather than a shared open world. We think Pearl Abyss shows it, at least as a test, before the end of 2027.
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Crimson Desert joins a subscription catalog
We expect Crimson Desert to be added to PlayStation Plus Extra or Xbox Game Pass before the end of 2027.
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The Switch 2 version ships as a complete edition with the DLC
We expect Crimson Desert to come to Nintendo Switch 2 as a single edition that includes Charting the Unknown, not as the base game with the DLC sold later. We expect Nintendo to announce it in a Nintendo Direct before it goes on sale.
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150 goals for Portugal
We expect Ronaldo to score his 150th goal for Portugal before the end of 2027.
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He captains Portugal in the next Nations League
We expect Ronaldo to captain Portugal in at least one match of the next UEFA Nations League.
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Still playing at the end of 2027
We expect Ronaldo to still be playing professional football at the end of 2027.
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A third mode built around a different goal
We expect Deadlock's next big update to add a third public mode beside Standard and Street Brawl that changes the goal rather than shortening the match, such as an attack-and-defend round or a cooperative mode against computer-controlled enemies.
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Still invite-only at the end of 2027
We expect Deadlock to still require a friend's invite on Dec 31, 2027, with no public release before 2028.
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A second Class Pack before Diablo V
We expect Blizzard to announce a second Diablo IV Class Pack, after the Amazon, before the end of 2027.
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The Necromancer is the next class shown
We expect the Necromancer to be the next Diablo V class Blizzard reveals, before the end of 2027. We think the Barbarian is held back as a launch-season surprise.
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More than 700 lawsuits
We expect the count of lawsuits challenging his second administration's actions to pass 700 before the end of 2027.
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Keen-made adventures in Adventure Sharing
We expect Keen to publish official adventures of its own, built with Sparkworks and featured in the Adventure Sharing menu, before the end of 2027. We think Keen also adds a featured or curated list of player-made adventures to that menu in the same period.
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A dog comes back after launch
Our prediction is that Fable gets a dog companion before the end of 2027, in Order of the Hero or a free update.
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A free update adds New Game Plus and an early encounter switch
We expect Final Fantasy Resonance's first content update to add New Game Plus, carrying Visions and their mastered abilities into a new run. We think the same update lets players turn random encounters off long before the very late point the game now asks for.
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Brave Exvius's second season gets its own HD-2D game
We expect Square Enix to announce a follow-up to Final Fantasy Resonance that adapts Brave Exvius's second season, as a new game rather than DLC for this one. We think it is shown before the end of 2027, with Rain, Lasswell and Fina back and new Visions added.
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Resonance comes to phones, sold once with no gacha
We expect Square Enix to announce an iOS and Android version of Final Fantasy Resonance by the end of 2027, a single paid game with nothing to pull for.
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Football Manager 28 gets a free week too, and so does a rival
We expect Sports Interactive to repeat the free Launch Preview for Football Manager 28 in the fall of 2027, open to every PC and Mac player before launch. We think at least one other publisher of a yearly sports game copies the idea by the end of 2027.
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Shuffle Draft gets a FIFAe competition
We expect Shuffle Draft to get an official competitive layer run with FIFAe during 2027: a ranked ladder, a FIFAe tournament, or both. We think an esports partner did not sign up for a mode that is only private lobbies and evenings with friends.
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Expansion 2 is Hot Wheels in Japan
We think the second expansion is a Hot Wheels expansion, a world of orange track built above or beside the map, released in the second half of 2027.
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Israel still holds ground past the Yellow Line
We expect Israeli forces to still hold territory beyond the Yellow Line at the end of 2027.
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Reconstruction starts where Israel holds the ground
We think the first large rebuilding paid for by the Board of Peace's program will happen in areas under Israeli control, not in areas Hamas controls.
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The stabilization force stays under half strength
We expect fewer than 10,000 soldiers of the international stabilization force, half of the planned 20,000, to be deployed in Gaza at the end of 2027.
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God of War (2018) past 30 million
We expect Sony or Santa Monica Studio to say that God of War (2018) has sold more than 30 million units by the end of 2027.
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GTA Online on Grand Theft Auto V gets its last big update in 2027
We expect Rockstar to say in 2027 that GTA Online on Grand Theft Auto V will get no more major content updates, within months of the new online mode going live.
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The online mode arrives as a free update, set in Leonida, in 2027
We expect Rockstar to release Grand Theft Auto VI's online mode in 2027 as a free update for owners of the game, set in Leonida rather than in a new map. We think its first big update after that will be a cooperative heist, the format GTA Online has leaned on for years.
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Classic becomes the preset most players pick
We think the Classic Playstyle will become the Remake's default view for most of its veteran players, and that Ubisoft will make it the preset the game suggests on first launch before release.
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Second half of 2027, after the feature cycles
We expect the Remake to come out between July and December 2027, not in the first half of the year.
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International Lunar Research Station
Chang'e 7 launches in 2027
We expect Chang'e 7 to launch before the end of 2027.
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Eight million copies by the end of 2027
We expect PLAION, Warhorse or Embracer to announce that Kingdom Come: Deliverance II has sold 8 million copies by the end of 2027.
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Into a subscription catalog
Our prediction is that Kingdom Come: Deliverance II joins the Xbox Game Pass or PlayStation Plus catalog before the end of 2027.
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The first game follows Henry to Switch 2
We expect Deep Silver to announce the first Kingdom Come: Deliverance for Nintendo Switch 2 before the end of 2027, sold alone and with the sequel as a Saga Edition.
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Curiosity and Perseverance both still driving at the end of 2027
We expect both Curiosity and Perseverance to still be working on Mars at the end of 2027.
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Perseverance's samples stay on Mars for now
We think no mission to bring Perseverance's samples back to Earth will be funded to fly before the end of 2027.
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The Story Expansion follows someone other than the Stranger
We expect the 2027 Story Expansion sold with the Deluxe Edition to be a self-contained chapter led by a different character, not more of the Stranger's own story. We think it tells the Novoreich's rise, or a Sevastopolskaya story, from the side of someone who lived through it.
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VIPER misses late 2027
We expect VIPER to miss its planned delivery to the lunar south pole in late 2027.
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Path of Exile 2 on Nintendo Switch 2
Our prediction is that GGG announces a Nintendo Switch 2 version of Path of Exile 2 before the end of 2027.
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The original English voices come back as an option
We think the recast will be the loudest argument at launch, and our prediction is that Atlus answers it by adding Persona 4 Golden's English voice track as an option, as a patch or paid add-on, by the end of 2027.
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A paid story expansion, with Mó Yuan playable
We expect S-Game to announce a paid story expansion for Phantom Blade Zero by the end of 2027. We think it will let players control Donnie Yen's Mó Yuan, at least in part, in a story set before Soul's 66 days.
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Xbox Series X|S follows after the PlayStation year
We expect a version for Xbox Series X|S to be announced in 2027 and released no earlier than November 2027.
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A Switch 2 version, announced in 2027
We think tinyBuild announces a console version of Probably Stolen during 2027, with Nintendo Switch 2 first. Our prediction is that it is announced after the April 2027 update, so that it launches with the Junker and the other new content.
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The story expansion adds a third way to win
We think the main storyline expansion, which the studio says will affect the station and the ending, adds a new winning ending that is not a buyout, such as siding with the Revolution or a faction taking the station. We expect it after April 2027, as the first update of the second half of the year.
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A winnable Architect at 1.0, in 2027
We expect Slay the Spire 2 to leave Early Access in 2027, and we think its true ending turns the Architect, who now kills every climber, into a final fight that can be won.
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Mounted combat from the Omen Wolf's back
We expect Soulframe to let Envoys fight from the back of the Omen Wolf before the end of 2027. We think it arrives as a Preludes update of its own, with attacks built for the mount rather than ordinary weapons used from the saddle.
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Playable on Steam in 2027, announced at TennoCon
We expect Soulframe to become playable through Steam during 2027, and we think Digital Extremes announces it on stage at TennoCon 2027.
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Cursor is sold under the Grok name
We expect SpaceX to put Cursor, the coding tool it agreed to buy, under its xAI brand, selling it as part of Grok or with Grok inside it by default, before the end of 2027.
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Orbital refueling is shown by the end of 2027
We expect Starship to transfer propellant between two vehicles in Earth orbit before the end of 2027.
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More Zero Company is announced by the end of 2027
We expect Electronic Arts to announce paid story content or a sequel for Star Wars Zero Company before the end of 2027.
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A Nintendo Switch 2 version is announced
We expect SEGA to announce a Nintendo Switch 2 version of Stranger Than Heaven before the end of 2027, with no PlayStation 4 or Xbox One version.
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Subnautica beyond games
We expect Krafton to announce a Subnautica project outside video games, a film, a series or an animated show, before the end of 2027.
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Ten million sold by the end of 2027
We expect Krafton or Unknown Worlds to report that Subnautica 2 has sold more than 10 million copies by the end of 2027.
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The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
No Master Quest and no hard mode
We expect Nintendo to add neither Master Quest nor a hard mode to the Switch 2 remake, free or paid, by the end of 2027.
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More collections by the end of 2027
We expect Emaar's page for The Valley to list at least 26 collections by the end of 2027, up from 24.
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The next launch is in The Valley West
We expect Emaar's next new collection in The Valley to be in The Valley West, the phase it began promoting in 2024.
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Songs of the Past hands the series to Ciri
We expect Songs of the Past to end with a nod to Ciri's life as a witcher, a letter, a message or an epilogue scene that points toward The Witcher 4, while Ciri never appears as a playable character. We think the expansion will not settle which of the base game's endings is canon.
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125 million games sold
We expect Crystal Dynamics or Amazon to announce that the series has passed 125 million games sold by the end of 2027.
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Catalyst slips to 2028
We expect Amazon Game Studios or Crystal Dynamics to officially move Tomb Raider: Catalyst to 2028 before the end of 2027.
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The Legend trilogy gets its Remastered collection
We expect a remastered collection of Tomb Raider: Legend, Anniversary and Underworld to be announced before the end of 2027, in the format of Aspyr's two earlier collections.
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A paid expansion after 1.0
We expect Iron Gate to announce a paid expansion or a new region for Valheim before the end of 2027.
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Reviews stay above 90% positive
We expect Valheim's Steam user reviews to still be more than 90% positive at the end of 2027.
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Out of early access before 2028
We expect Wardogs to leave early access with a full release before the end of 2027.
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Human page views keep falling
We expect the Wikimedia Foundation to report fewer human page views in 2027 than in 2025.
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A second new race, and the Skyborne for everyone
We expect Blizzard to announce a second new playable race for Forever before the end of 2027, and we think that when it does, the Skyborne will become playable with a subscription alone.
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Forever on Xbox
We think Blizzard will announce World of Warcraft: Forever for Xbox consoles before the end of 2027, the first time any version of World of Warcraft has been announced for a console.
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Another country bans accounts for children
We expect at least one more country to bring in a ban on social media accounts for children under sixteen that covers YouTube before the end of 2027.
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Teen design changes after the addiction verdict
We expect YouTube to change how its service works for teenagers, such as limiting endless Shorts or autoplay, and to say the change answers the addiction cases, before the end of 2027.
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YouTube passes 17% of US TV viewing
We expect Nielsen to measure YouTube at more than 17% of all US television viewing time in at least one month of 2027.
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2027 sets a new record
We expect 2027 to be the warmest year measured, beating 2024.
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No Steam peak above 1.0's before 2028
We expect no day before Jan 1, 2028 to beat the 1.0 Steam peak of 113,542 concurrent players, not even the launch of the first paid expansion.
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The Prime Video series waits for 2028
We expect Prime Video's God of War series not to premiere before January 2028. We think Amazon will hold its first season until it can promise the second soon after.
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Ten million copies by the end of 2027
We expect S-Game to announce at least 10 million copies sold across all platforms by Dec 31, 2027.
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No console version before 2028
We think Soulframe will not be playable on any PlayStation, Xbox or Nintendo console before Jan 1, 2028. Our prediction is that the first console version is announced together with a full release, not as part of Preludes.
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Golden's whole story ships in the box
We expect every story addition Persona 4 Golden made, the winter epilogue and its extra dungeon included, to be in Persona 4 Revival's base game on Feb 18, 2027. We expect no paid story add-on for Revival to be announced in its first year, so its paid extras stay costumes, Personas and music.
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Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era
1.0 comes late in 2027, not on the first anniversary
We expect Olden Era to leave Early Access between October 2027 and March 2028, well after the one year Unfrozen planned. We think the underground layer arrives first, in a large update of its own in the first half of 2027.
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Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era
$49.99 by the full release
We expect the Steam price to rise from $39.99 to $49.99 no later than the day 1.0 comes out.
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The next Kingdom Come leaves CryEngine
We think the new Kingdom Come adventure will not run on CryEngine. We expect Warhorse to build it on Unreal Engine 5, and to say so when the game is revealed.
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Console versions announced with the 1.0 date
We expect Mega Crit to announce console versions, Nintendo Switch 2 among them, at the same time as the date of the full release, not before.
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The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
The best-selling version of Ocarina of Time
We expect Nintendo to report the Switch 2 remake above 7.6 million copies by the end of March 2028, which would make it the best-selling version of the game, ahead of the Nintendo 64 original and the 3DS remake.
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The PC version launches with the online mode on day one
We expect a PC version to be announced in 2027 and to reach Steam and the Rockstar Games Launcher on the same day, with the online mode included from its first day rather than added later.
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Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era
The Hive's master gets a name, and a mission plays the Hive
We expect the campaign's final two acts to name the Hive's demonic master and to put the player in command of the Hive for at least one mission. We think the campaign ends with every other faction allied against him.
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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4
No Modern Warfare 5
We think Activision will not announce a game called Modern Warfare 5 before November 2028. We expect Infinity Ward's next game to start a new subseries or a new numbered reboot instead.
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No offline mode, ever
We think Diablo IV will never get an offline mode, not even on Nintendo Switch 2, before Diablo V comes out.
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The Netflix film tells one era, not fifty years
We expect the Netflix live-action film, once its story is announced, to cover a single era of Makoto Daito's life, most likely the 1929 Kure years when he becomes the Red Oni, rather than the game's whole fifty years.
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The Witcher 4 slips out of 2028
We expect CD Projekt to move The Witcher 4's release out of 2028 and into 2029 or later.
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No official remaster, but a fan-made one that plays to the end
We expect 2K and Firaxis to announce no remaster, remake or console version of Civilization III before 2029. We think the closest thing to a remaster will instead be the open-source fan remake, and we expect one of its releases to play a full game from the first turn to a space race victory by the end of 2028.
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Beyond the Sword's final patch stays final
We expect no new official patch or content update for Civilization IV, Warlords, Beyond the Sword or Colonization before the end of 2028. We think the Beyond the Sword patch of June 2009 will still be the game's last version, with the later move to Steamworks the only exception.
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Free to play, paid for by cosmetics
We expect Deadlock to launch free to play, earning from cosmetics and hero customization rather than a price to buy the game.
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SpaceX and Tesla become one company by 2029
We expect SpaceX and Tesla to combine into a single company before the end of 2028, with Musk as its chief executive.
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A new Farscape is announced by 2028
We expect a new Farscape series or film to be announced before the end of 2028.
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The trilogy remake comes from a partner studio, on PS5 and PC at once
We think the remake of the Greek trilogy is being built mainly by a studio other than Santa Monica, with Santa Monica guiding it, and we expect it to launch on PlayStation 5 and PC on the same day.
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No story expansion, but a new Red Dead revealed by 2028
We think Rockstar will release no paid single-player story expansion for Grand Theft Auto VI, and will instead reveal its next game, a new Red Dead, before the end of 2028.
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Horn of the Abyss balance becomes a Remake option
We expect Heroes of Might and Magic III Remake to offer a Horn of the Abyss balance setting, a switch that changes unit and hero numbers to the fan add-on's, either at launch or in its first year. We think no Horn of the Abyss town comes with it at launch.
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Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era
The first paid expansion: a seventh faction and the sea
We expect Olden Era's first paid downloadable content to be a seventh faction released after the full release, and we think it brings naval play with it: ships, water maps and sea creatures together, sold as one expansion.
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Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era
Xbox consoles before PlayStation
We expect Olden Era to be announced for Xbox Series X and S within a year of the full release, before any PlayStation or Nintendo version. We think it plays with a controller there but launches with mouse support on day one.
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A Star Trek ship or academy named for him
We expect Paramount to give a ship, a station or an academy in a new Star Trek production a name honoring Stewart or Picard before the end of 2028.
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The first crewed Moon landing slips past 2028
We expect the first crewed Artemis landing, aboard a Starship lander, not to happen in 2028. Our prediction is that it comes in 2029 or later.
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Full release in 2028, with a PlayStation 5 version on the same day
We expect Subnautica 2 to leave Early Access in 2028, at the short end of Unknown Worlds' estimate, and we think it reaches PlayStation 5 on the day of its full release, not before.
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Tesla Roadster (second generation)
No customer has a Roadster by the end of 2028
We expect no second-generation Roadster to be delivered to a paying customer before the end of 2028.
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The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
Majora's Mask is the next remake, on Nintendo Switch 2
We expect Nintendo to announce a remake of Majora's Mask for Nintendo Switch 2 by the end of 2028. We think it reuses the Ocarina of Time remake's models, controls and Castle Town.
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A new Emaar community further down the road
We expect Emaar to launch a new master community of its own on the Dubai-Al Ain Road, beyond The Valley, before the end of 2028.
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Tomb Raider II is remade next
Our prediction is that a remake of Tomb Raider II, built on Legacy of Atlantis's technology, is announced before the end of 2028.
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Consoles at the full release
We expect Wardogs to come to PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S when it leaves early access.
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Most second-term tariffs outlast the term
We expect most of the tariffs Trump imposed in his second term to still be in force on Jan 20, 2029.
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No nuclear deal with Iran in this term
We expect Trump's administration not to sign a nuclear agreement with Iran before his term ends.
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No return to government
We expect Musk to take no formal role in the federal government again before Trump's term ends in January 2029.
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A class that wields Diablo's own terror
We think Diablo V will launch with a new class that draws on the Terror Realm itself, turning the Heir's bond with Diablo into a playable power, much as the Plague Knight turns disease into strength. Our prediction is that Blizzard reveals it last, close to launch, because it gives away part of the story.
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Day one on every Microsoft and Sony box, and on Game Pass
We expect Diablo V to launch on Windows, PlayStation and Xbox on the same day, and on Xbox Game Pass from its first day. We think Nintendo gets it on day one too.
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The Heir carries Diablo in the blood
We think Diablo V's story will reveal that the Heir's bond with Diablo is one of descent: the Heir comes from a bloodline Diablo once used as a vessel, which is why the Lord of Terror cannot simply destroy them.
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A paid game with seasons, not free to play
We expect Diablo V to be sold as a paid game with seasons and a premium Battle Pass from its first months, the model of Diablo IV, and not to be free to play. We think Blizzard will also sell Class Packs for it after launch rather than promise yearly expansions.
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Two heroes in the next Kratos game
We expect the Kratos-led game that follows Laufey to make Faye playable for part of it, alongside Kratos, the first main God of War game with two playable leads. We think Atreus appears in it but is not playable.
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The first paid expansion is a new town
We expect the Remake's first paid expansion to be built around a tenth town, and we think it will be one of Horn of the Abyss's towns, made with the HotA Crew.
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Iron Gate's next game is co-op survival again
We think Iron Gate's next game, whenever it is announced, will be another co-op survival game in a mythic setting rather than something new for the studio.
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International Lunar Research Station
Chinese astronauts on the Moon by the end of 2030
We expect China to land its first astronauts on the Moon before the end of 2030.
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No permanent crew on the Moon by the end of 2032
We think the United States will not have people living on the Moon continuously by the end of 2032.
What others predicted
Predictions made on video by creators, experts or a page's own subject, in their words and linked at the second, with our view and the result once it is known: 8 right, 1 partly right, 4 wrong, 28 open. These are not ours and are not in our tally.
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Ser Medieval: the Vitality Staff right after the Gladius
"They are internally testing the vitality staff. We know that the Gladius is going to be the first one coming, but that one's probably going to be right after." (YouTube's automatic captions)
Our view: We think he is right that the Mage's third weapon comes second, since XL Games adds them one class at a time and a weapon already in testing is the closest to ready.
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Anders: the roadmap in December
"So expect it soon after launch. I expect December." (YouTube's automatic captions)
Our view: We think he is right, because XL Games already tied its first update to December and needs a public plan to answer its Mixed launch reviews.
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HokiHoshi: a holiday circuit in the stadium
"Probably going to be a holiday themed circuit in the stadium is my guess" (YouTube's automatic captions)
Our view: We think he is right about the holiday theme but wrong about the stadium, since our own call is a mountain route outside Tokyo City.
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Clayts: modders bring back stadium images
"I'm sure somebody clever will bring that back at some point." (YouTube's automatic captions)
Our view: We think he is right within a few months of launch, once the editors and modding tools for FM27 are out.
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Davidvinc RPGs: the unannounced game is a Final Fantasy IX remake
"I think I know what it is. I think it's the Final Fantasy 9 remake that has now been put on ice." (YouTube's automatic captions)
Our view: We think a Final Fantasy IX remake is coming, but we expect it in full 3D from a large team, not as an HD-2D game in Resonance's style.
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WorkTheSpace: a day-one patch
"There will be some kind of day one patch to I assume fix some issues that will pop up with so many people playing this game now." (YouTube's automatic captions)
Our view: We think he is right, and the studio has as good as confirmed it: its Nov 2 post promises an update to support the full launch, then a first post-launch update aimed at the match engine.
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Zealand: FM26 was the beta
"We're getting FM27 and kind of the way I predicted it. FM26 was basically a really long beta test for Football Manager in Unity, and now it seems like we're getting a more complete game." (YouTube's automatic captions)
Our view: We think the critics' early scores bear him out, and that Steam's players will decide whether a beta should have cost full price.
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Fextralife: his game of the year
"this game is probably going to be my personal game of the year." (YouTube's automatic captions)
Our view: We think he holds to it in his year-end picks, because the combat he praised is what the reviews of the full game praised too.
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Gart: one or two major updates from a public release
"I honestly think at this point we're one or two major updates away from this game becoming public." (YouTube's captions)
Our view: We think Gart is early: at Valve's pace of five to eight months an update, two more updates reach late 2027 at best, and Valve's own list of unfinished work is longer than two updates.
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Fubgun: free to play makes playing several accounts at once worse
"And this will also get drastically worse once the game does come out in freeto play in December." (YouTube's automatic captions)
Our view: We think he is right, because a free second account removes the only cost of taking the bonus currency a party earns, and we expect GGG to cut that bonus within a league or two of 1.0.
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MrSupplyDrops: over 100 heroes within a few years
"this game will probably end up having over a 100 heroes within the next few years if I had to guess." (YouTube's captions)
Our view: We think it takes longer than a few years: Valve added 22 heroes between January 2025 and October 2026, and at that pace 100 heroes is more than five years away.
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Anders: Hard mode a few weeks after launch
"There's also no hard mode conquest at launch. These should show up a few weeks in once the average player's combat power catches up." (YouTube's automatic captions)
Our view: We think he read NC's global pacing well, and that Korea's dungeons will keep arriving in Korea's order.
Result (): Right. NC's patch notes of Oct 27 (PDT) added Hard mode to the Expeditions Urugugu Canyon and Vakron Sky Island at item level 2,700, three weeks after the launch (NC on Steam).
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The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
IGN: a Majora's Mask remake in a couple of years
"seeing Sakon the thief run through town just made me think it's inevitable that we'll see a Majora's Mask remake with these assets in a couple of years" (YouTube's automatic captions)
Our view: We think IGN is right about the assets and a little early on the timing; our own call is an announcement by the end of 2028.
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Frags of War: Horn of the Abyss stays out of the Remake
"unfortunately, that doesn't look like it will be brought over to remake. That would be just too big of an undertaking for a relatively small team, at least for now." (YouTube's automatic captions)
Our view: We think he is right about the towns at launch, but that Horn of the Abyss balance can reach the Remake as an option, as we predict above.
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Neon Knight: quiet groundwork for The Witcher 4
"I do still think there will be some sort of groundwork laid for the next game, maybe subtly" (YouTube's automatic captions)
Our view: We think he is right, and that the groundwork will be a mention of Ciri, not an appearance.
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The Scarlet Seeker: "very promising"
"So, very promising." (YouTube's automatic captions)
Our view: We think it was a good call from one starting scenario, made before anyone knew how many people would play.
Result (): Right. The game sold 350,000 copies in its first 24 hours and 1 million by Nov 6, 2026, with 96% of nearly 3,000 Steam reviews positive by Oct 30 (Questing Goose Studio and tinyBuild, Questing Goose Studio and tinyBuild).
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Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era
Heroes Take Turns: new factions as a later expansion
"A new faction is the kind of thing that can define a major update or expansion later."
Our view: We think the channel is right, and we expect that expansion to bring naval play with it.
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Blitzwinger: online and a PC version come later
"obviously as time goes on, that will be a major update and then they'll also release the PC version." (YouTube's automatic captions)
Our view: We think he is right on both, and that the PC version will wait for the online mode rather than come first.
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Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War IV
Dawn Of War Central: Chaos in Aftermath, Jonah Orion in the prologue
"I think overall that it will be the chaos that comes to Dawn of War 4 and that Jonah Orion will be leading the Blood Ravens in the prologue DLC." (the video's captions)
Our view: We think the channel is right on both counts, for the reasons in our own predictions above.
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WiseFish: the Stranger is really Hunter
"I think it's fair to say that there is enough evidence within this trailer and the last that the protagonist must be Hunter." (YouTube's automatic captions)
Our view: We think he is wrong, because 4A and Deep Silver name Hunter as the Fuhrer and the Stranger as a different former Spartan, and a twist that large would undo their whole campaign.
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WolfheartFPS: Isabel can be talked round
"she clearly wasn't always like that. So, maybe there's some choice consequence involved with her where we the players can convince her of taking a new path" (YouTube's automatic captions)
Our view: We think he may be right: it fits our own prediction that the Jack of Blades, not Isabel, is the last enemy.
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DavidCast JRPGs: Persona 6 in September 2027
"I'm really going to double dip double down on my prediction that I did before, and I'm just going to say it's 2027 September. So, the anniversary date for 30th anniversary of Persona, I think is what they're going for." (YouTube's automatic captions)
Our view: We think Persona 6 comes later, in 2028, because Atlus is busy with Revival's Switch 2 version until May 2027 and has shown no Persona 6 gameplay with a date.
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FatBrett: Kratos matters in Laufey
"I suspect he is going to be a significant part of the story." (YouTube's automatic captions)
Our view: We think he is right that Kratos matters to Laufey's plot, but we expect him in a few short scenes, since the studio sells it as Faye's game.
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gameranx: bigger than Hearts of Stone
"My hunch is that Songs of the Past is probably going to be bigger than that." (YouTube's automatic captions; "that" is an expansion on the scale of Hearts of Stone.)
Our view: We think it was a safe call, since a studio does not name a third expansion eleven years on to make it smaller than the first.
Result (): Right. At gamescom in August 2026 CD Projekt Red's level design lead Miles Tost introduced Letten as a fully realized open world comparable in scope to Blood and Wine, the larger of the two earlier expansions, which CD Projekt Red announced in 2015 at about 20 hours against Hearts of Stone's 10.
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Matty Slop: a crowded February
"I do not think Fable will be standing head and shoulders above everyone else like it's the only big RPG there." (YouTube's automatic captions)
Our view: We think he is right, since our own call is a score in the low to mid 80s, enough to do well on Game Pass and Steam but not to dominate the month.
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Force Gaming: another beta in summer 2026
"I do believe they're targeting some more beta testing sometime this summer." (YouTube's automatic captions)
Our view: We think he read Kakao Games' February 2026 promise of repeated testing as a schedule, when no date had ever been given.
Result (): Wrong. No public test of Chrono Odyssey took place in summer 2026: Chrono Studio's next announcement after May 7 was Developer's Notes #6 on September 22, 2026, which covered PC optimization and named no test date. The only public test is still the closed beta of June 20 to 22, 2025.
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Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era
GamerZakh: a pirate faction from Regna
"it's a high likelihood that they're going to be a faction added. not confirmed, but it would fit." (YouTube's automatic captions)
Our view: We think a seafaring faction fits Olden Era's first expansion, though Unfrozen has hinted at nothing specific.
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Gokudoni: Takashi becomes the acting Tojo chairman of Yakuza 0
"He may also wind up being the Takashi that we met as the acting Tojo chairman in Yakuza 0" (YouTube's automatic captions)
Our view: We think the link is plausible, since Takashi is Makoto's protégé and the story runs to 1965, but we doubt RGG Studio will spell it out in a game it refuses to call a series entry.
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WiseFish: the Dark Ones are on the Stranger's side
"I think they are actually the ones trying to reach out to the stranger to help them fight back against the Novoright and Hunter." (YouTube's automatic captions)
Our view: We think he is right, since the Dark Ones' voices joining the Fuhrer's chant in the Gamescom trailer reads to us as a warning, not an alliance with Hunter.
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HackTheMinotaur 2: playing across platforms at launch
"we can reasonably assume it will be easy to play with other players on different platforms considering we can host our own games." (YouTube's automatic captions)
Our view: We think cross-play comes, but later than he assumed, and first between PC and Xbox.
Result (): Wrong. Keen's launch FAQ of Oct 13, 2026 says Enshrouded "will not be cross-platform at launch" and that Keen has "no current estimate" for it (Keen Games); 1.0 launched on PC and PlayStation 5 on Oct 15 without it.
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HackTheMinotaur 2: the sky islands open at 1.0
"But that could change in autumn with the 1.0 release to Enshrouded, giving players a new area to explore." (YouTube's automatic captions)
Our view: We think he read the roadmap art correctly, and that a roadmap picture from Keen is worth taking literally.
Result (): Right. Keen's launch announcement of Oct 14, 2026 describes Cinder's Cradle, added with 1.0 on Oct 15, as "a new biome of floating islands" (Keen Games), and its changelog says the Ancients lifted the earth there into a realm of floating islands (Keen Games).
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Grobs: as big as Throne and Liberty in the West
"I still think that this game has a decent foundation to become not the best MMO RPG we will have ever seen, but it could have an equal success as Thrron Liberty in the West." (YouTube's automatic captions)
Our view: We think he was right about the launch and that the lasting half of his call, a Western audience that holds like Throne and Liberty's, is still open.
Result (): Partly right. On its global launch day Aion 2 peaked at 397,905 concurrent players on Steam, 61,605 more than Throne and Liberty's Steam peak (Inven Global), but its Steam reviews stood at Mixed, 50% positive in English, a month later (Steam).
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Luke Stephens: Henry's story is over
"I don't think they're going to do another game with Henry next. I think Henry's story is probably largely over." (YouTube's automatic captions)
Our view: We think he is right, because Warhorse announced only "a new Kingdom Come adventure" and has never presented it as Henry's next chapter.
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Maf Otaku Defined: Makoto forms his own family, the Tojo Clan
"I'm certain that there's going to be a major plot in the story where Mako decided on forming his own Yakuza family, which leads to the Tojo clan." (YouTube's automatic captions)
Our view: We think the May 2026 broadcast, which opened with Makoto founding his own crime family, has already proved him half right, and that the Shinjuku chapter finishes the job.
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Norovo: the Bulwark would take a couple of years
"I would be very surprised if they go as far as releasing the [Bulwark] town as soon as new year 2026. I'm guessing it will be at least a couple of years." (YouTube's automatic captions)
Our view: We think it shows how much faster the HotA Crew now works than in the twelve years between its first and second towns.
Result (): Wrong. Horn of the Abyss 1.8.0 added the Bulwark on Dec 31, 2025, in time for New Year 2026 (HotA Crew; CD-Action).
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Rhykker: the Paladin in the second expansion
"I am 99% sure that the new class is going to be something like a paladin" (YouTube's automatic captions)
Our view: We think it was the safest call he could make, because the Paladin was the class players had asked for longest, and he was right to make it with confidence.
Result (): Right. Blizzard announced Lord of Hatred at The Game Awards on Dec 11, 2025 and made the Paladin playable that night for anyone who pre-purchased it; the expansion came out on Apr 28, 2026 with the Paladin and the Warlock. He guessed the class might be called the Templar instead; Blizzard kept the name Paladin.
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Suede: OpenCiv3 will stop needing Civilization III
"currently the project does not come with custom assets and you need to have civ3 installed to run it but this will change" (YouTube's automatic captions)
Our view: We think he read the project correctly, though its own art is still placeholders.
Result (): Right. OpenCiv3's Dutch 2 release of Oct 31, 2026 offers a standalone mode with placeholder graphics for players without a copy of Civilization III (OpenCiv3 on GitHub).
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Suede: Civilization VII is coming soon
"c7's coming out soon and I have an open mind" (YouTube's automatic captions)
Our view: We think he was right on the date, and that Civilization III's own players stayed with the 2001 game regardless.
Result (): Right. 2K and Firaxis released Civilization VII worldwide on Feb 11, 2025, a little over three months after his video (Take-Two).
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Towelliee: BlizzCon every three years or so
"No, I don't think BlizzCon will be a Microsoft event. I just don't think it'll happen as often. I think it'll be like once every like 3 years." (YouTube's automatic captions)
Our view: We think he read Microsoft's ownership of Blizzard correctly: a yearly show that announces no new game is hard to justify to a larger parent.
Result (): Right. Blizzard set the next BlizzCon for Sep 12 and 13, 2026, in Anaheim, the first since BlizzCon 2023 and three years after it, Gematsu reported.
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Geoffrey Hinton: AI reasons better than us by 2028
"In 5 years time I think it may well be able to reason better than us." (YouTube's automatic captions)
Our view: We think he will be judged partly right: by 2028 AI systems will beat most people on written reasoning tests while still failing at things people find easy.
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Musk: a self-driving Tesla from LA to New York by the end of 2017
"I think we're still on track for being able to go cross-country from LA to New York by the end of the year, fully autonomous."
Our view: We think his dates for self-driving are best read as goals rather than schedules, and the Roadster's delays on this site follow the same pattern.
Result (): Wrong. No fully autonomous coast-to-coast drive happened in 2017; in February 2018 Tesla said the deadline had passed and Musk gave a new one, Bloomberg reported.