This research study set-out to explore projections for the futures of gamified and game-based learning in higher education, in order to examine the futures orientation of these visions, and implications thereof, and to uncover the dimensions of futures consciousness that emerged within this futures studies exercise. The participants in this study, experienced academic and industry professionals within and beyond Ireland, used futures studies approaches to hone their visions for the integration of gamified and game-based learning in higher education. Within these processes, the participants engaged in critique of the past and present, and examined possibilities for the future integration of game-based learning and gamified learning in higher education. This qualitative study was framed as a Futures Study, and as such the data collection processes leaned on the approaches and tools employed within futures thinking exercises. In this regard, a hybrid-Delphi survey approach was used to gather the participant insights on the future possibilities for the integration of gamified and game-based learning in higher education. Furthermore, focus-group workshops were used to deepen these visions, and afforded opportunities to discuss implications for present practices in higher education. The findings revealed multiple visions for the futures of gamified and game-based learning in higher education, and evidence of elements of futures consciousness that were mapped within the newly formed Futures Consciousness frame. Overall, the futures orientations within these visions were quite closely related to the present context in terms of what exists in the form of emerging technologies in higher education, with a dearth of speculative imaginings on technologies of the future. The recommendations include to engage in further futures studies research to deepen understandings of the impact of other futures thinking processes on the development of futures consciousness, and to expand the profile of participants to include more diverse stakeholders within and beyond higher education.