Half a decade has passed since the PlayStation 5 era, and the console is packed with must-play games from almost every genre, with many more to come. While we’re still catching up, I’m excited to see what we’ll be able to play on PlayStation 6 upon launch.
Sony’s next-gen console will likely be an absolute powerhouse when it potentially arrives in 2027, but that won’t mean much if we’re still playing our PlayStation 5 games on it. And while there will always be gaps in gaming history that we can fill with last-gen games on a modern console, Sony likes to drop something substantial to usher in a modern generation.
Here are my predictions, with the caveat (of course) that nothing is guaranteed. And since GTA 6 is due out next year, I’m skipping the inevitable PS6 port.
Gran Turismo 8
Potential console buyers are often looking for a slick car-based racing game to showcase the better visual quality of the game on offer. Just look at the consoles on which racing games appeared; there was the Xbox 360 with Project Gotham Racing 3, the PS3 had MotorStorm, the Xbox One had Forza Motorsport 5, and the PS4 had Driveclub.
However, despite the lust for shiny cars, we haven’t had a Gran Turismo release on PlayStation. But with MotorStorm and Driveclub gone, is this a generation?
Gran Turismo 7 launched in 2022, which marked the series’ debut on PS5, and it continues to receive modern content thanks to DLC improvements. And yet, apart from a Hollywood adaptation and a pseudo-demo of a game called My First Gran Turismo, there have been no rumors of another game in the series.
After five years between Gran Turismo Sport and GT 7, is there a chance that the franchise will come back into view in 2027? After all, no one pays attention to detail like Polyphony Digital.
Call of Duty and Battlefield
It’s challenging to believe you have to go back to 2013 to find a year where both shooting juggernauts were on the same lineup.
Truth be told, it wasn’t a historic year for either: Call of Duty: Ghosts flopped and Activision never revisited its story or characters in any meaningful way, while Battlefield 4 was a fantastic game that launched in terrible shape.
However, things have certainly changed since then: Battlefield 1 gave way to Battlefield V, and then the much maligned (but not as bad as everyone says) Battlefield 2042.
Meanwhile, Call of Duty jumped between jetpacks, World War II, space, the Modern Warfare trilogy, and many modern Black Ops installments.
At the time of writing, EA’s Battlefield 6 could be said to have finally emerged from the shadow of its long-time rival, with gamers split over Black Ops 7’s multiplayer campaign. Still, it seems unlikely that Battlefield will become an annual franchise, but two years between releases could put a theoretical Battlefield 7 on PS6 in the release window.
Call of Duty, on the other hand, just doesn’t waste a year. Whether the PS6 arrives in 2026, 2027, or 2050, you can bet Call of Duty will be there.
New Horizon game
Horizon started life on PlayStation 4 when Guerilla Games abandoned the gray and brown Killzone series for something entirely more colorful, and it looks like fans are loving it.
Sony’s third-person action-adventure game uses the Decima engine for other titles, and while there will always be those eager to return to Killzone, it seems unlikely when Horizon is going to be made into a Hollywood movie, has a LEGO crossover game, and even an MMO game (which, interestingly, is intended for PC and mobile devices).
So will PS5 get Horizon 3? Another main installment would make sense given Forbidden West’s release in 2022, but leaked footage showed a potential multiplayer title that doesn’t appear to be tied to the MMO project.
Could the PS6 launch a Monster Hunter-style multiplayer game where you hunt huge metal monsters to transform their parts into modern weapons and armor? It would be a fascinating loop, as the Capcom series has shown, and I’d argue that Horizon’s combat is already a fantastic starting point.
Here’s hope.
Marvel’s Spider-Man 3 or Ratchet and Clank
Sports-wise, Insomniac Games is enjoying an incredible “purple patch.” The studio behind Spyro, Resistance, and Sunset Overdrive is clearly cheerful to balance its modern Marvel universe with its action-packed Ratchet and Clank platformer, and while we haven’t had a modern entry in the latter series since 2021’s excellent Rift Apart, Insomniac’s Wolverine will make its first release since Spider-Man 2 in 2023.
Can we expect further releases in 2026 and 2027? This cannot be ruled out. After all, the studio released Spider-Man in 2018, then remastered it and released the standalone title Miles Morales in 2020, and released Rift Apart in 2021.
Maintaining this rhythm won’t be uncomplicated, especially given the potential of modern hardware, but Insomniac is always at the forefront of Sony technology, as seen in its efforts on PS4 Pro, PS5, and PS5 Pro.
The question is not necessarily whether they will appear, but what the studio will show.
Bloodborne remake
It’s a matter of dreams, right? Bloodborne was released in 2015 as a PS4 exclusive after Sony tried to block the publishing rights to FromSoftware’s Dark Souls games, but no one has seen it since.
The game didn’t get a port to PS4 Pro, and while FromSoftware has moved on to titles like Dark Souls III, Sekiro: Shadow Dies Twice, and the generational Elden Ring, fans are still asking for more Bloodborne.
Ahead of the PlayStation 5’s full launch, rumors suggested that Bluepoint Games, the Sony-owned studio that has worked on remasters of games like Uncharted and remakes of FromSoftware’s Shadow of the Colossus and Demon’s Souls (the latter being a PS5 launch title), was working on another project that was rumored to be Bloodborne.
Although the studio has assured that it is working on something original, five years have passed since Demon’s Souls and Sony would have to keep its proverbial fingers in its ears not to hear the calls for Bloodborne – whether it be a sequel, a PC port or a remake.
Would Bloodborne Remake be a PS6 seller? It’s challenging to say, but considering how damn good the Demon’s Souls PS5 remake looked at launch, it’s sure to be impressive.
And while the PS6 may prove to be an costly piece of hardware when it finally hits the market, my colleague Jesse has made a compelling case for why it’s worth buying the PS6 anyway.
