US EditionThe Big Winners at This Year's Game Awards
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 won multiple major awards including game direction, art direction, narrative, performance, and audio at The Game Awards 2025, reflecting broad industry recognition.
- On Thursday, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 won Game of the Year at The Game Awards, held at the Peacock Theater in downtown Los Angeles, crediting Sandfall Interactive and Kepler Interactive.
- Entering the ceremony, Clair Obscur arrived as the clear frontrunner with a record number of nominations, facing key competitors Death Stranding 2: On The Beach, Hades II, Hollow Knight: Silksong, Kingdom Come: Deliverance II, and Donkey Kong Bananza.
- On craft rounds, Clair Obscur secured Best Game Direction and Best Art Direction plus Best Narrative and multiple Best Performance credits for Ben Starr, Charlie Cox, and Jennifer English.
- The first prize of the night went to Donkey Kong Bananza as Best Family, announced early in the show, while Variety updated The Game Awards winners list live during the ceremony.
- Collectively, the sweep across categories suggests broad industry and jury recognition for Clair Obscur, whose dominant nominations made an upset unlikely at The Game Awards.
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'Clair Obscur: Expedition 33' wins Game of the Year at the 2025 Game Awards | Video Games | The Game Awards
The title of Sandfall Interactive, acclaimed by audience and critics, has received 12 nominations and 9 prizes, including the game of the year
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At the annual Game awards ceremony, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 won a record nine awards, the most in history.
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 was the main protagonist of The Game Awards 2025, winning nine awards at the ceremony held at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles.
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