Claire Obscure: Expedition 33 dominated The Game Awards last night, taking home nine wins, including Game of the Year.
Turn-based role-playing game from Sandfall Interactive. was nominated for 12 awardswinning awards for Best Game Direction, Best Story and Best Art Direction, while the game's composer Lorien Testard took home the award for Best Music and Music.
Claire Obscure also won Best Independent Film and Best Indie Debut, as well as Best Role-Playing and Best Performance for Jennifer English's portrayal of Maille.
Supergiant Games' Hades 2 was named Best Action Game, while Team Cherry's Hollow Knight: Silksong was named Best Action/Adventure Game.
Nintendo took home two awards: Donkey Kong Bananza won Best Family Game and Mario Kart World won Best Sports/Racing Game.
Elsewhere, Compulsion Games' South of Midnight won Games for Impact, Hello Games' No Man's Sky won Best Current Game, Cygames Inc.'s Umamusume: Pretty Derby. won best mobile game, and Embark Studios' Arc Raiders won best multiplayer.
Several major announcements were made during yesterday's ceremony, including a new Divinity game from Larian Studios, a sequel to 2019's Control (titled Control: Resonant) from Remedy Entertainment, and two new Tomb Raider games from Crystal Dynamics.
There was also a closer look at Capcom's Resident Evil: Requiem, two upcoming Star Wars games from Arcanaut Studios and Fuse Games, and the return of Mega Man.
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Here's the full list of The Game Awards 2025 winners:
- Game of the Year: Claire Obscurus: Expedition 33 (Sandfall Interactive/Kepler Interactive)
- Best Game Direction: Chiaroscuro: Expedition 33
- Best Narrative: Chiaroscuro: Expedition 33
- Best Art Direction: Chiaroscuro: Expedition 33
- Best Soundtrack and Music: Claire Obscurus: Expedition 33 – Composer Lorien Testard
- Best Audio Design: Battlefield 6 (Battlefield Studios/EA)
- Best Performance: Jennifer English – Mael, Claire Obscurus: Expedition 33
- Innovation in Accessibility: Doom: The Dark Ages (id Software/Bethesda Softworks)
- Games for influence: South of Midnight (Compulsion Games/Xbox Game Studios)
- Best Continuing Game: No Man's Sky (Hello Games)
- Best Community Support: Baldur's Gate 3 (Larian Studios)
- Best Independent Game: Chiaroscuro: Expedition 33
- Best Debut Indie Game: Chiaroscuro: Expedition 33
- Best Mobile Game: Umamusume: Pretty Derby (Cygames Inc.)
- Best VR/AR: Midnight Walk (MoonHood/Fast Travel Games)
- Best Action Game: Hades 2 (Supergiant Games)
- Best Action/Adventure Game: Hollow Knight: Silksong (Team Cherry)
- Best RPG: Chiaroscuro: Expedition 33
- Best Fighting Game: Fatal Fury: City of Wolves (SNK Corporation)
- Best Family Game: Donkey Kong Bananza (Nintendo EPD/Nintendo)
- Best Simulator/Strategy: Final Fantasy Tactics – Chronicles of Ivalice (Square Enix)
- Best Sport/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: Thunder Waves (Kuro Games)
- Best eSports Game: Counter-Strike 2 (Valve)
- Best esports athlete: Jung “Chovy” Ji Hoon (League of Legends)
- Best esports team: Team Vitality (Counter-Strike 2)
