Introducing 2026 prediction rules

Kirk, Maddy, and Jason go back through 2025's predictions to see who won the annual bet, then make some new predictions for the year to come!

One More Thing:

Kirk: The Rose Field (Phillip Pullman)

Maddy: The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy

Jason: That’s Not How It Happened (Craig Thomas)

PREDICTIONS: 

JASON:

Game: Chrono Trigger

1. Grand Theft Auto VI will have an in-game interactive version of Tiktok
2. Persona 6 will be announced
3. Xbox will announce that first-party games will no longer be day 1 on Game Pass
4. Steam Machine will slip to June or later
5. Another Elden Ring DLC or sequel will be announced
6. Danganronpa 2X2 will secretly be Danganronpa 4
7. Another Zelda remake will be announced
8. One of this year's GOTY candidates at The Game Awards will be 2D (or HD-2D)
9. Final Fantasy XIV will be overhauled again
10. Marathon will peak at less than 10,000 concurrents on Steam

BONUS: EA will sell or shut down BioWare / EA will announce BioWare 2

KIRK

Game: The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess

1. Square will announce… Final Fantasy VII Return
2. GTA VI will feature a character based on Charlie Kirk
3. All three consoles - Xbox, PlayStation, and Switch - will get a price increase
4. A Roblox game will be nominated for a Game Award
5. Valve will announce a new non-VR Half-Life Game
6. Sony will announce a new PlayStation Portable
7. In Fable, you will be able to plant an acorn and have it grow into a tree
8. Team Cherry will make The Knight playable in Silksong
9. Xbox game pass will come to PlayStation or Switch
10. Nintendo will announce a Star Fox movie

BONUS: Epic will add Joe Biden to Fortnite

MADDY
GAME: Bioshock

1. In Grand Theft Auto 6, Lucia will be revealed to be queer / not only attracted to men
2. Leon Kennedy is going to turn out to be Grace’s dad in Resident Evil Requiem
3. A triple-A game advertisement will brag that the game doesn’t use generative AI
4. Laura Kinney, aka X-23, will have a cameo in the Wolverine game
5. The Switch 2 will get a $50 price increase
6. Phil Spencer will step down as CEO
7. Halo will come to Switch
8. FF7 Remake part 3 will get a release date
9. Waluigi will be in the Mario movie sequel
10. Luigi’s Mansion 4 will be announced

BONUS: Nintendo will announce a Metroid film

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