The Game Awards are coming up which means I am once again preparing for a night of pure delusion. This is the annual tradition where I forget what reality is and convince myself that Geoff Keighley is about to grant every wish I have ever had like some industry Santa who definitely does not give a shit about my personal hopes and dreams.
None of the things on this list will happen. Not a chance. These are the gaming equivalent of manifesting a mansion, a yacht and a six pack by simply thinking really hard. But screw it. Let me dream.
Bloodborne 2
Look. I know. You know. The universe knows. Bloodborne 2 is not happening. It is the gaming community’s collective hallucination at this point. If someone showed up with proof that it existed I would assume they were the ones who needed help.
Yet every time the lights dim and a PlayStation logo fades in I sit forward like a gullible prick thinking this is it. This is where it finally happens. It never is. And the worst part is I will do it again next year.
Sekiro 2
Sekiro ended cleanly. The story wrapped up. The combat was perfection in a bottle. It does not need a sequel. Which is exactly why I want one.
I want more deflecting. I want more bosses that absolutely batter my ego. I want to die another hundred times in a beautifully choreographed sword fight that makes me question every decision I have ever made.
Miyazaki is probably somewhere laughing while I cling to this hopeless dream.
Dark Souls 4
People say Elden Ring is the future. That FromSoftware has moved on. Great for them. I still want Dark Souls 4.
Give me a brooding world that hates me. Give me a swamp that poisons me for simply existing. Give me an NPC questline that ends with someone dying horribly and me wondering if it was my fault. I want the full miserable experience again.
Final Fantasy 17
Final Fantasy XVI was divisive. Final Fantasy VII Rebirth was emotional carnage. And yet here I am asking for Final Fantasy 17 before Square Enix even knows what it wants to eat for lunch tomorrow.
I do not care what it is. Turn based. Real time. A musical. A farming sim. Just hit me with that logo reveal and I will hype it like it cured a disease.
Resident Evil Outbreak Remake
This is one I will shout about until Capcom either makes it or personally tells me to piss off.
Outbreak deserves a remake. Modern co op. Modern netcode. Actual communication that is not limited to shouting HELP like a panicked toddler. It could be amazing.
Capcom. You are already remaking half your franchise anyway. Just add Outbreak to the pile. And look…. alot of people haven’t played it so it’s the perfect time to give the back story to requiem
DMC: Devil May Cry 2
Hear me out. I want a sequel to the Ninja Theory DmC reboot. Yes. That one. The one that made half the fanbase foam at the mouth.
Was it perfect? No. Did it have the absolute coolest combat animations? Yes. Would a second game go stupidly hard? Also yes.
Let Dante swear again you cowards.
Silent Hill 3make
Konami is already knee deep in remakes so they might as well go all in and drop a Silent Hill 3 remake announcement. Imagine a new modern version of that absolute psychological gut punch of a game. The atmosphere. The soundtrack. The trauma. Inject it straight into my soul.
I know Silent Hill 2 remake is not even out yet. Do I look like a man concerned with logic?
Kojima strolls on stage and announces he is all fucking made up with Konami
This would be the moment that breaks the internet. Picture it. Kojima walks out with his sunglasses on. Geoff looks like he is about to faint. And then Kojima says the most magical, impossible sentence in gaming history.
“I am made up with Konami. We are making Silent Hills.”
The crowd erupts. The earth splits open. Twitter dies instantly. Norman Reedus materialises on stage like a WWE entrance and everyone pretends PT was not trauma disguised as marketing.
It will never happen. But oh my god imagine if it did.
None of this will happen. Not a single bloody item on this list. But I will be watching The Game Awards with the same chaotic optimism anyway because what is gaming without a bit of heartbreak and delusion.
If even one of these things comes true I will simply ascend.