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Get ready for Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3 + 4, Death Stranding 2: On the Beach and System Shock 2: 25th Anniversary Remaster, coming in June and July.

Level up your gaming with the best titles in June and July, including Death Stranding 2: On the Beach, Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3 + 4 and System Shock 2: 25th Anniversary Remaster

By Charlotte Briggs, Feature Writer

Published
18 June 2025

Death Stranding 2: On the Beach, Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3 + 4, System Shock 2: 25th Anniversary Remaster, Donkey Kong Bananza and Shadow Labyrinth are just some of the incredible video games coming your way over the next couple of months.

Whether you have a PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch or Nintendo Switch 2, you’re a PC gamer or you have a console from a previous generation, you’ll find something you’ll love in our round up of the best new video game picks.

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Here’s all you need to know about the best game releases in June and July 2025.


Date Everything!

Available now on PC, PS5, Xbox Series X/S and Nintendo Switch

If you’re fed up of endlessly scrolling on dating apps then let us direct you towards one of the most bizarre yet fascinating game releases of 2025. Introducing Date Everything! – an indie dating simulator which allows you to, er, date everything in a house filled with inanimate objects, all from the comfort of your sofa. It’s been lauded as “the Avengers of voice actors” thanks to an impressive cast including gaming royalty Troy Baker, Laura Bailey and Ashley Johnson, so log on and discover if sparks will fly between you and the smoke alarm (we’ll see ourselves out).

Raidou Remastered: The Mystery Of The Soulless Army

Available now on Nintendo Switch 2 and from Thursday 19 June on PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox Series X/S and Nintendo Switch

This supernatural RPG classic from 2006 has been given a makeover and we can’t wait to get our hands on it. Set in an alternative reality during the Japanese Taisho era, the retelling of Devil Summoner: Raidou Kuzunoha vs The Soulless Army has enhanced features for modern consoles, revamped visuals and audio, expanded 3D environments and an overhauled battle system. Immerse yourself fully in a sleuthing adventure across 1930s Tokyo and the haunting Dark Realm for a thrilling gaming experience.

System Shock 2: 25th Anniversary Remaster

Available on PC, PS5 and Xbox Series X/S from Thursday 26 June

This is a story that begins in 1999 with the release of System Shock 2, a multi-award-winning sci-fi horror that pioneered the FPS and RPG genres and would go on to inspire a generation of games. Now, 25 years later, you can relive this classic as if for the first time thanks to modern improvements and major visual upgrades. Roam the halls of the starship Von Braun where you battle hybrid mutants and deadly mutants to reach the villainous AI SHODAN, all while enjoying enhanced original gameplay with new gamepad support, expanded localisation and an updated co-op multiplayer mode.

Death Stranding 2: On the Beach

Available on PS5 from Thursday 26 June

It’s set to be one of the biggest releases of 2025 and at last Hideo Kojima’s eagerly anticipated second chapter in the Death Stranding saga is within reach. It’s eleven months since the first game’s events as you resume the role of Sam Porter Bridges (played by The Walking Dead’s Norman Reedus), tasked with delivering cargo to scattered survivors across a post-apocalyptic open-world environment. Expect dangerous human and unworldly enemies, difficult terrains ravaged by natural disasters, more tactical and action-based combat, and all-new features to aid you on your mission from stealth tactics to traversal tools and gadgets including gravity gloves.

Tamagotchi Plaza

Available on Nintendo Switch and Nintendo Switch 2 from Friday 27 June

Long gone are the days where Tamagotchis were digital pets that lived inside your pockets (although with the stresses of primary school, we could never keep ours alive for more than a week). Luckily for our little virtual friends, their home has now evolved into a slice of paradise known as Tamagotchi Planet, which is where their latest adventure takes place. In Tamagotchi Plaza your mission is to grow local businesses from the dentist to the tea shop, all while serving cutesy clientele across the charming Tamahiko Town. Plus, you can share the fun with your friends with shop-themed couch co-op mini games. Kawaii!

EA Sports College Football 26

Deluxe Edition available on PS5 and Xbox Series X/S from Monday 7 July and Standard Edition available on PS5 and Xbox Series X/S from Thursday 10 July

Gaming enthusiasts know EA Sports College Football 26 has a lot to live up to after its predecessor became the best-selling sports video game in history. So, what’s the latest addition bringing to the gridiron field this year? As well as a massive playbook expansion with over 2,700 new plays, thousands of real college athletes and over 300 real-world coaches to choose from, plus all 136 of the FBS teams (the top levels of the college game), expanded abilities and improved gameplay mechanics, you can bet that this is going to be the most authentic college football experience yet.

Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3 + 4

Available on PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch from Friday 11 July

Get ready to kickflip, ollie and grind your way across new parks (including an abandoned waterpark!) in the remake of gnarly classics Pro Skater 3 and Pro Skater 4. With the largest skater roster in the franchise’s history – including returning favourites Bam Margera, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ Michelangelo and Hawk himself, as well as new skateboarding stars Rayssa Leal and Yuto Horigome – you can explore original and new maps while performing gravity-defying tricks in 4K resolution. Plus, for more thrills you can purchase the Digital Deluxe Edition to unlock Doom Slayer and The Revenant as playable skaters. Neat!

Donkey Kong Bananza

Available on Nintendo Switch 2 from Thursday 17 July

The Nintendo Switch 2 finally arrived last month – and that means a slew of thrilling new games are set to join its roster this year. One example is Donkey Kong Bananza – the first major instalment in the iconic Donkey Kong franchise for over a decade. Players take control of our titular gorilla to complete missions, solve puzzles and fight enemies, while smashing everything in your path along the way (obv) to retrieve Golden Bananas that have been stolen by a villainous gang of apes in this action-packed 3D adventure. Bring. It. On.

Shadow Labyrinth

Available on PC, PS5, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch and Nintendo Switch 2 from Friday 18 July

Everyone loves the adorable little ghost-chomper PAC-MAN. Which is what makes this genre-twisting alternate take to the PAC-MAN world so unsettling. In the 2D action platformer players take control of “Swordsman No. 8” where, upon waking on a mysterious alien planet, you join forces with floating yellow orb PUCK and “become the instrument of its will”. Eek. Together you’ll discover new powers and you consume your enemies to become the ultimate apex predator, while unearthing the secrets of an age-old intergalactic conflict.


June 2025 video game release dates

  • Mario Kart World (Nintendo Switch 2) – 5 June

  • The Legend Of Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom (Nintendo Switch 2) – 5 June

  • The Legend Of Zelda: Breath Of The Wild (Nintendo Switch 2) – 5 June

  • Cyberpunk 2077 Ultimate Edition (Nintendo Switch 2) – 5 June

  • Split Fiction (Nintendo Switch 2) – 5 June

  • Fortnite (Nintendo Switch 2) – 5 June

  • Civilization VII (Nintendo Switch 2) – 5 June

  • Kunitsu-Gami: Path Of The Goddess (Nintendo Switch 2) – 5 June

  • Street Fighter 6 Standard Edition (Nintendo Switch 2) – 5 June

  • Hogwarts Legacy (Nintendo Switch 2) – 5 June

  • Sonic X Shadow Generations (Nintendo Switch 2) – 5 June

  • Tour De France 2025 (PC, PS5, Xbox Series X/S) – 5 June

  • MindsEye (PS5, Xbox Series X/S, PC) – 10 June

  • Five Nights At Freddy’s: Secret Of The Mimic (PC, PS5) – 13 June

  • TRON: Catalyst (PC, PlayStation, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch) – 17 June

July 2025 video game releases dates

  • Mecha BREAK (Xbox Series X/S, PC) – 2 July

  • Missile Command Delta (PC, PS5, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch) – 8 July

  • Patapon 1+2 Replay (PS5, Nintendo Switch, PC) – 11 July

  • Edens Zero (PC, PS5, Xbox Series X/S) – 15th July

  • The Wandering Village (Nintendo Switch 2) – 17 July

  • The Drifter (PC) – 17 July

  • Super Mario Party Jamboree + Jamboree TV (Nintendo Switch 2) – 24 July

  • WUCHANG: Fallen Feathers (PC, PS5, Xbox Series X/S) – 24 July

  • Killing Floor 3 (PC, PS5, Xbox Series X/S) – 24 July

  • No Sleep For Kaname Date – From AI: The Somnium Files (PC, Nintendo Switch, Nintendo Switch 2) – 25 July

  • Wild Hearts S (Nintendo Switch 2) – 25 July

  • Relicbound (PC) – 28 July

  • Grounded 2 (PC, Xbox Series X/S) – 29 July

  • Tales Of The Shire (PC, Nintendo Switch, PS4, Xbox Series X/S) – 29 July

  • Ninja Gaiden Ragebound (PC, PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch) – 31 July

  • Code Violet (PS5) – July TBC


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