This week we’ve been celebrating Eurogamer’s 25th anniversary by looking back at some of the games and the people that have shaped our past quarter century. We’ve also been recommending our favourite games you can play right now, with The Eurogamer 100. Now, however, we invite you for a look at the future of video games – written not by us, but the people who are actually going to be building it.
Where will the world of video games be in another 25 years? It’s a topic that seems intrinsically linked to where the will be in 25 years. The prevalence of AI, the growth of cloud systems and the continued improvement in VR/AR technology all loom large – but there’s also real positivity here for the the future of our favourite medium as it continues to mature.
A huge thank you to everyone who contributed!
Jake Solomon, XCOM designer
“I’ll be 70 something? Jesus Christ. I still think there will be single-player games – major things like RPGs. There will be social experiences, but any type of predatory or opportunistic monetisation just never works in the long term. You’ll still see the games that we love to play, story-based, single-player games. I guess I would argue for: ‘games won’t be that different 25 years from now’.