{"id":442097,"date":"2025-12-12T09:44:13","date_gmt":"2025-12-12T09:44:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/442097\/"},"modified":"2025-12-12T09:44:13","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T09:44:13","slug":"clair-obscur-expedition-33-wins-game-of-the-year-2026-game-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/442097\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Clair Obscur: Expedition 33’ Wins Game of the Year: 2026 Game Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tOui! Oui! It\u2019s time to break out the baguettes. Sandfall and Kepler Interactive\u2019s French action adventure game Clair Obscur: Expedition 33<\/a> staked claim on the Game of the Year prize at the 12th Game Awards, which were handed out Thursday at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 also garnered wins for Best Independent Game, Best Narrative and Best Art Direction. Jennifer English also won Best Performance for her role as Maelle in the game.<\/p>\n

\n\tClair Obscur: Expedition 33 came into the ceremony with 12 total nominations, a record breaking stat in the history of the awards show, and left with 9.<\/p>\n

\n\tOther winners included Donkey Kong Bananza<\/a> for Best Family Game, Hades II won Best Action Game, South of Midnight for Games For Impact, Hollow Knight: Silksong<\/a> for Best Action\/Adventure, while HBO\u2019s The Last of Us Season 2 took home Best Adaption.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tIn a mission to always outdo themselves from the year prior, the tech-based awards show did not skimp on the star power or surprises. Several top studios and indie game developers made splashy announcements for their upcoming titles: Lucasfilm kicked off the slew of big-ticket surprises, unveiling Star Wars: Fate of the Old Republic, developed by Casey Hudson, former director of the Mass Effect trilogy and Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic. Larian Studios, home of 2023\u2019s Game of the Year winner Baldur\u2019s Gate 3, revealed their next haunting roleplay title, Divinity. Day 4 Night Studio\u2019s revealed Bradley the Badger, a comedy action adventure starring Evan Peters, while Capcom\u2019s highly anticipated horror title Resident Evil Requiem confirmed the decades-long return of fan favorite, Leon Kennedy.<\/p>\n

\n\tAnother high-concept reveal came from Amazon Game Studios and Crystal Dynamics, with two new Lara Croft titles. The first, in 2026, is Tomb Raider<\/a>: Legacy of Atlantis, a reimagining of the 1996 game that sees the adventurer fighting for her life against dinosaurs and diving over steep waterfalls to find the lost city. The second, coming in 2027, is Tomb Raider Catalyst, set amid a mystical disaster that sends Lara to Northern India to uncover ancient secrets guarded by powerful, mysterious forces. Alix Wilton Regan (Cyberpunk 2077) takes over the voice of Lara Croft from Camilla Luddington, who led the last two Square Enix-developed Tomb Raider games, Rise of the Tomb Raider and Shadow of the Tomb Raider in 2015 and 2018, respectively.<\/p>\n

\n\tStar presenters included the cast of 2026\u2019s Street Fighter<\/a>, Noah Centino, Jason Momoa, Orville Peck, David Dastmalchian and Callina Liang, who debuted a first look teaser from the film, along with handing out the award for Best Ongoing Game to No Man\u2019s Sky. Jeffrey Wright and his son Elijah presented the Best Action Game to Hades II, and Gemma Chan brought out musician Lenny Kravitz to talk about their upcoming roles in Amazon Games\u2019 007 First Light. Other stars present were Milla Jovovich, J.J. Abrams, Tricia Helfer and David Harbour. The show also featured a special live performance from Evanescence. The Game Awards<\/a> Orchestra, conducted by BAFTA and Emmy-nominated composer Lorne Balfe, performed scores from the year\u2019s Game of the Year nominees and more.<\/p>\n

\n\tHere are the winners of the 2025 Game Awards.<\/p>\n

\n\tGAME OF THE YEAR<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tClair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Sandfall Interactive\/Kepler Interactive)<\/p>\n

\n\tBEST GAME DIRECTION<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tClair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Sandfall Interactive\/Kepler Interactive)<\/p>\n

\n\tBEST NARRATIVE<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tClair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Sandfall Interactive\/Kepler Interactive)<\/p>\n

\n\tBEST ART DIRECTION<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tClair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Sandfall Interactive\/Kepler Interactive)<\/p>\n

\n\tBEST SCORE AND MUSIC, LEVELED UP BY SPOTIFY<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tLorien Testard, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33<\/p>\n

\n\tBEST AUDIO DESIGN<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tBattlefield 6 (Battlefield Studios\/EA)<\/p>\n

\n\tBEST PERFORMANCE<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tJennifer English, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33<\/p>\n

\n\tINNOVATION IN ACCESSIBILITY<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tDoom: The Dark Ages (id Software\/Bethesda Softworks)<\/p>\n

\n\tGAMES FOR IMPACT<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tSouth of Midnight (Compulsion Games\/Xbox Game Studios)<\/p>\n

\n\tBEST ONGOING GAME<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tNo Man\u2019s Sky (Hello Games)<\/p>\n

\n\tBEST COMMUNITY SUPPORT<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tBaldur\u2019s Gate 3 (Larian Studios)<\/p>\n

\n\tBEST INDEPENDENT GAME<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tClair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Sandfall Interactive)<\/p>\n

\n\tBEST DEBUT INDIE GAME<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tClair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Sandfall Interactive\/Kepler Interactive)<\/p>\n

\n\tBEST MOBILE GAME<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tUmamusume: Pretty Derby (Cygames Inc.)<\/p>\n

\n\tBEST VR\/AR\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tThe Midnight Walk (MoonHood\/Fast Travel Games)<\/p>\n

\n\tBEST ACTION\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tHades II (Supergiant Games)<\/p>\n

\n\tBEST ACTION\/ADVENTURE\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tHollow Knight: Silksong (Team Cherry)<\/p>\n

\n\tBEST RPG<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tClair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Sandfall Interactive\/Kepler Interactive)<\/p>\n

\n\tBEST FIGHTING<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tFatal Fury: City of the Wolves (SNK Corporation)<\/p>\n

\n\tBEST FAMILY\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tDonkey Kong Bananza (Nintendo EPD\/Nintendo)<\/p>\n

\n\tBEST SIM\/STRATEGY<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tFINAL FANTASY TACTICS \u2013 The Ivalice Chronicles (Square Enix)<\/p>\n

\n\tBEST SPORTS\/RACING<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tMario Kart World (Nintendo EPD\/Nintendo)<\/p>\n

\n\tBEST MULTIPLAYER<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tArc Raiders (Embark Studios)<\/p>\n

\n\tBEST ADAPTATION<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tThe Last of Us: Season 2 (HBO\/PlayStation Productions)<\/p>\n

\n\tMOST ANTICIPATED GAME<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tGrand Theft Auto VI (Rockstar Games)<\/p>\n

\n\tCONTENT CREATOR OF THE YEAR\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tMoistCr1TiKaL<\/p>\n

\n\tBEST ESPORTS GAME<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tCounter-Strike 2 (Valve)<\/p>\n

\n\tBEST ESPORTS ATHLETE<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tChovy \u2013 Jeong Ji-hoon (League of Legends)<\/p>\n

\n\tBEST ESPORTS TEAM<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tTeam Vitality \u2013 Counter-Strike 2<\/p>\n

\n\tPLAYERS\u2019 VOICE<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tWuthering Waves (Kuro Games)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Oui! Oui! It\u2019s time to break out the baguettes. Sandfall and Kepler Interactive\u2019s French action adventure game Clair…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":442098,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[8954,203845,44119,203846,203847,116576,203848,9843,158,199163,185041,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-442097","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-technology","8":"tag-clair-obscur-expedition-33","9":"tag-death-stranding-2-on-the-beach","10":"tag-donkey-kong-bananza","11":"tag-game-awards-2026","12":"tag-ghost-of-yu014dtei","13":"tag-hollow-knight-silksong","14":"tag-split-fiction","15":"tag-street-fighter","16":"tag-technology","17":"tag-the-game-awards","18":"tag-tomb-raider","19":"tag-united-states","20":"tag-unitedstates","21":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115705955388347545","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/442097","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=442097"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/442097\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/442098"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=442097"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=442097"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=442097"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}