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GTA 6 delayed again, AI impacts hardware, and Half-Life 3: Analyst predictions for 2026
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GTA 6 delayed again, AI impacts hardware, and Half-Life 3: Analyst predictions for 2026 | Year in Review
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Our annual invitation for industry experts to peer into the crystal ball - and to judge their predictions from last year
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by Jon Hicks Editorial Director
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Every year, we turn to a panel of trusted analysts to ask them what they expect to see in the industry in the year ahead, and ask them to assess their predictions from the previous year.
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This year we've spoken to Kantan Games' Dr. Serkan Toto, Ampere Analysis' Piers Harding-Rolls and Newzoo's Emmanuel (Manu) Rosier, and investor and co-chair of the UK Games Council, Nick Button-Brown.
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GTA 6 will dominate the industry Partially correct. Who would have thought that GTA 6 would be delayed twice?
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Nintendo Switch 2 may struggle to outperform its predecessor Too early to call. The Switch 2 launched strongly on first-party titles, but still lacks a defining system-seller capable of materially expanding the audience. Without that inflection point, surpassing the original Switch’s exceptional trajectory remains unlikely.