2026 Predictions

The DLC video game podcast is a weekly show hosted by Jeff Cannata and Christian Spicer. They cover gaming news, new releases, and have a guest on each week to share other perspectives. At the beginning of each year, the two hosts go over their major predictions in gaming for the coming year.

Starting in 2024 they invited their friend & third chair of DLC Lana Bachynski to join them in their predictions extravaganza. They pick a number of Bold predictions. Which are their maybe unlikely predictions, but still possible. And then they really go bananas with their Cool Ranch predictions. Which are completely off the wall predictions of what will happen in the coming year. Some might even say they've gone too far. In these episodes they also review their past predictions to determine if they were core-rect or if they got rekt.

This is a fan made, non-affiliated site displaying their current predictions, past predictions, and fun stats since they started doing these predictions in 2015.

Jeff "Cannasticator" Cannata

Profile image of Jeff Cannata, one of the two hosts of DLC.

Bold

  1. 1. 
    Nintendo announced at least one more retro peripheral for Switch 2
  2. 2. 
    A SKU of the Steam Box/Steam Machine that is over $1,000 US
  3. 3. 
    GTA 6 will not launch with multiplayer
  4. 4. 
    Bluepoint Games will reveal their next game which is a new game for an original IP
  5. 5. 
    Prince of Persia Sands of Time remake comes out 2026

Cool Ranch

  1. 1. 
    Xbox stops making consoles. Focuses on being a software company
  2. 2. 
    By end of year, Switch 2 will not have sold as much as Switch 1 in the same duration
  3. 3. 
    Sony will put a first-party game on a rival console
  4. 4. 
    Microsoft resurrects a deep-cut franchise from the Activision backlog. and announces it as a game
  5. 5. 
    The DLC podcast goes over 1,000 patrons this year

Christian "Spicetradamus" Spicer

Profile image of Christian Spicer, one of the two hosts of DLC.

Bold

  1. 1. 
    New Microsoft console detailed. In the living room console
  2. 2. 
    Sony handheld specs detailed in 2026
  3. 3. 
    Xbox gamepass tiers get re-named and/or reorganized
  4. 4. 
    A new 3D mario is teased/announced, but not released nor dated for 2026
  5. 5. 
    Duskbloods from From Software does makes its 2026 release

Cool Ranch

  1. 1. 
    Nintendo introduces cloud gaming, not including cloud saves
  2. 2. 
    New main-line Halo game announced in 2026
  3. 3. 
    No Meta Quest 4 in 2026
  4. 4. 
    Matt Booty, Phil Spencer, or Sarah Bond leave Xbox Gaming
  5. 5. 
    Insomniac's Wolverine has a second playable character. Such as Deathstroke or Sabertooth

Lana "Crystal Ballchynski" Bachynski

Profile image of Lana Bachynski, the third chair of DLC.

Bold

  1. 1. 
    Tango Gameworks has a game announcement, a little teaser or something
  2. 2. 
    Chronotrigger remake/remaster
  3. 3. 
    From Software new game announcement
  4. 4. 
    A new game announced for a book series that has yet to have a game
  5. 5. 
    A big-ass Blizzcon announcement that goes beyond its usual expansion or new character announcements

Cool Ranch

  1. 1. 
    The Game Awards narrows their definition of the indie game category
  2. 2. 
    Switch 2 game with a-typical controls becomes big. Ring Fit as an example.
  3. 3. 
    A game made with AI as a primary selling point, is released from a main publisher.
  4. 4. 
    GTA 6 does not win game of the year at The Game Awards
  5. 5. 
    Babysteps is publically heralded as improving mental health

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