"Clair Obscur: Expedition 33" achieves victory at The Game Awards 2025
Last night's Game Awards saw Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 taking home nine awards, including the prestigious Game of the Year. The title from Sandfall Interactive shone in several categories, winning Best Game Direction, Best Narrative, and Best Art Direction. Its composer, Lorien Testard, was also honored with the Best Score and Music award.
The game achieved additional recognition by winning Best Independent Game, Best Indie Debut, Best RPG, and Best Performance, celebrating Jennifer English's role as Maelle.
Other winners included Hades 2 by Supergiant Games for Best Action Game, while Team Cherry's Hollow Knight: Silksong secured Best Action/Adventure Game. Nintendo was awarded Best Family Game for Donkey Kong Bananza and Best Sports/Racing Game for Mario Kart World.
Compulsion Games' South of Midnight won the Games for Impact category, No Man’s Sky from Hello Games was acknowledged as the Best Ongoing Game, and Umamusume: Pretty Derby by Cygames Inc. took Best Mobile Game. Arc Raiders by Embark Studios emerged as the Best Multiplayer game.
Noteworthy announcements included a new installment in the Divinity series from Larian Studios, along with a sequel to Control (2019), called Control: Resonant, by Remedy Entertainment. Crystal Dynamics also unveiled two new Tomb Raider games.
In addition, Capcom provided an in-depth look at Resident Evil: Requiem. Upcoming titles from Arcanaut Studios and Fuse Games include two new Star Wars games, and the classic Mega Man is making a comeback.
For a complete list of all the announcements, refer to the full coverage here.
Here is the complete list of winners at The Game Awards 2025:
- Game of the Year: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Sandfall Interactive/Kepler Interactive)
- Best Game Direction: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Best Narrative: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Best Art Direction: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Best Score and Music: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 – Lorien Testard
- Best Audio Design: Battlefield 6 (Battlefield Studios/EA)
- Best Performance: Jennifer English – Maelle, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Innovation in Accessibility: Doom: The Dark Ages (id Software/Bethesda Softworks)
- Games for Impact: South of Midnight (Compulsion Games/Xbox Game Studios)
- Best Ongoing Game: No Man's Sky (Hello Games)
- Best Community Support: Baldur's Gate 3 (Larian Studios)
- Best Independent Game: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Best Debut Indie Game: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Best Mobile Game: Umamusume: Pretty Derby (Cygames Inc.)
- Best VR/AR: The Midnight Walk (MoonHood/Fast Travel Games)
- Best Action Game: Hades 2 (Supergiant Games)
- Best Action/Adventure Game: Hollow Knight: Silksong (Team Cherry)
- Best RPG: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Best Fighting: Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves (SNK Corporation)
- Best Family Game: Donkey Kong Bananza (Nintendo EPD/Nintendo)
- Best Sim/Strategy: Final Fantasy Tactics – The Ivalice Chronicles (Square Enix)
- Best Sports/Racing: Mario Kart World (Nintendo EPD/Nintendo)
- Best Multiplayer: Arc Raiders (Embark Studios)
- Best Adaptation: The Last of Us: Season 2 (HBO/PlayStation Productions)
- Most Anticipated Game: Grand Theft Auto 6 (Rockstar Games)
- Content Creator of the Year: Charles "MoistCr1TiKaL" White Jr.
- Players' Voice: Wuthering Waves (Kuro Games)
- Best Esports Game: Counter-Strike 2 (Valve)
- Best Esports Athlete: Jeong "Chovy" Ji-hoon (League of Legends)
- Best Esports Team: Team Vitality (Counter-Strike 2)