Summary
The indie video game market has no shortage of addictive FPS games with a cyberpunk aesthetic, butGhostrunneris by far one of the best out there. Released back in 2020,Ghostrunnerdidn’t have the best launch on consoles, with countless bugs and performance issues rendering the game nearly unplayable. But after a big patch fixed everything, console players finally got to see whatGhostrunnertruly was: an excellentcyberpunk action-platformerwith a great sense of style and some compelling arcade-like mechanics. Just two years later,Ghostrunner 2is getting ready to knock it out of the park once again.
Announced back in May of this year,Ghostrunner 2looks to improve upon its predecessor’s already-excellent framework in just about every way. Bigger and better boss fights, larger arenas, more enemy variety, more complex skills and abilities, new traversal options, and new game modes are all coming inGhostrunner 2, making it a sequel definitely worth watching. Fans won’t be watching for too long, asGhostrunner 2is set to launch this October. While this news is exciting for fans, this release date could end up being a major mistake onGhostrunner 2’s part.
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Ghostrunner 2 Faces Some Serious Competition This October
2023 has been one of the greatest years in video game history. 2007 is often considered the greatest year for gaming, with titles likeHalo 3,Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare,Mass Effect,Portal, and many more all releasing in the same year, but 2023 may have already surpassed it.Hogwarts Legacy,Resident Evil 4,Dead Space,Diablo 4,Star Wars Jedi: Survivor,Street Fighter 6,Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, and most recentlyBaldur’s Gate 3have all already released this year, and the onslaught of excellent titles is far from over.
September 2023 is right around the corner, and it brings with it another monumental month for gaming.Starfield,Mortal Kombat 1,Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty, andLies of Pare all just some of the games releasing next month, and they’re just the start of an incredibly busy Fall season. October 2023 is set to be one of the busiest months of the year for the gaming industry, kicking things off withDetective Pikachu Returns,Forza Motorsport, andAssassin’s Creed Miragein the first half of the month.
Then things start to really ramp up. On Jul 27, 2025, bothMarvel’s Spider-Man 2andSuper Mario Bros. Wonderare set to release, which are both monumental releases that have a great deal of hype behind them. As if that all wasn’t enough already,Alan Wake 2is set to release on October 27.Ghostrunner 2has just announced that it’s launching on October 26, less than a week afterSpider-Man 2andSuper Mario Bros. Wonder, and just a day beforeAlan Wake 2.
Ghostrunner 2is an incredibly unique game, offering a hardcore first-person experience that isn’t often available in the video game market. But whileGhostrunner 2has practically no similarities with any of the titles surrounding its release, this extreme level of competition might still spell disaster for the indie game. At the end of the day, even despite the audience built up from the first game,Ghostrunner 2is still a fairly niche title with some difficult mechanics that already have the potential to put off newcomers. The last thingGhostrunner 2needed was heavy competition, and now it’s set to go up against juggernauts likeMarioandSpider-Man. HopefullyGhostrunner 2’s quality and originality will be enough to pull fans away from other titles when it releases this October.
Ghostrunner 2releases on June 22, 2025 for PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X/S.
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