At this year's The Game Awards, if your game wasn't melodramatic, mechanically innovative, beautifully presented and aggressively French, it didn't stand a chance. The Game Awards 2025 ended on the evening of Thursday, December 11, with a record-breaking performance Chiaroscuro: Expedition 33 by Sandfall Interactive. The game received the most nominations and wins in the show's 12-year history.
But we know that's not why you're here. Between the awards show and the musical numbers, there were a ton of new gameplay trailers, announcements, and updates, and we've rounded them all up for you right here. The award winners are also present there.
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Prize winners
Best Family Game: Donkey Kong Bananza
Innovation in Accessibility: Doom: Dark Ages
Best eSports Game: Counter-Strike 2
Best eSports Player: Breeding
Best esports team: Team Vitality
Best Mobile Game: Umamasume: Beautiful Derby
Best Indie Game: Chiaroscuro: Expedition 33
Best Adaptation: The Last of Us Season 2
Best Action Game: Hades II
Best Performance: Jennifer English Chiaroscuro: Expedition 33
Impact games: South of Midnight
Best Continuing Game: No Man's Sky
Best Sound Design: Battlefield 6
Content Creator of the Year: WetCr1TiKal
Best Fighting Game: Fatal Fury: City of Wolves
Most anticipated game: Grand Craft Auto VI
Best Adventure Game: Hollow Knight: Silk Song
Best Art Direction: Chiaroscuro: Expedition 33
Best Simulator/Strategy: Final Fantasy Tactics: Chronicles of Ivalice
Best Debut Indie Game: Chiaroscuro: Expedition 33
Best Score and Music: Chiaroscuro: Expedition 33
Best Sports/Racing Game: World of Mario Kart
Best Community Support: Baldur's Gate 3
Best VR/AR game: Midnight Walk
Best RPG: Chiaroscuro: Expedition 33
Players' voice: Thunder waves
Best Story: Chiaroscuro: Expedition 33
Best Multiplayer Game: Arc Raiders
Best Game Direction: Chiaroscuro: Expedition 33
Game of the Year: Chiaroscuro: Expedition 33
Trailers
pragmatic from Capcom
Star Wars: Fate of the Old Republic from Arcanaut Studios and Lucasfilm Games
Divinity from Larian Studio
Chicken Foot Coven by Wildflower Interactive
ONTOS by Frictional Games
4: LOOP by Bad Robot Games
Resident Evil: Requiem from Capcom
Order of the Falling Star from Thekla
Exodus by Archetype Entertainment
CHARLOCK from Invoke Studios and Wizards of the Coast
Resonance control by Remedy Entertainment
Dragon Gang from studio Nagoshi
Street fighter peak movie
LEGO Batman: The Dark Knight Legacy from Warner Bros. Games
Tomb Raider: Catalyst from Crystal Dynamics
Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis by Crystal Dynamics and Flying Wild Hog
Invincible Vs. by Skybound Games
Diablo 4: Lord of Hate by Blizzard Entertainment
Deadpool is coming to Marvel Rivals
007 First Light – Lenny Kravitz Announcement
Saros by Housemarque
Warframe for some reason featuring Werner Herzog
Total War: Warhammer 40,000 from the Creative Assembly
Hitman World of Murder from IO Interactive
Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve from Bandai Namco
Galaxy Racer from Star Wars from Fuse and Lucasfilm Games
There are no words by Kong Orange and WiredFly
Phantom Blade Zero from S-GAME
Mega Man Dual Override from Capcom
Super Mario Galaxy movie trailer
Highgard by Wildlight Entertainment
Don't forget to check out our Developer Day: Review of The Game Awards 2025which included six world premieres, three release date announcements, and a whole bunch of amazing indie music. Women-led games And Latin American Games The awards displays were amazing too.
