One way or the other, the finish of the yr has returned, and it is time as soon as once more for a parade of award nominations and exhibits, together with this yr’s The Game Awards. Forward of its early December present, The Game Awards has launched an inventory of this yr’s nominees, revealing that everybody actually, actually, actually favored Clair Obscur: Expedition 33.
Expedition 33 has gathered up a whopping 12 nominations, the most ever collected by a single recreation in The Game Awards’ historical past. Along with Game of the 12 months, it is also up for Finest Path, Finest Narrative, Finest Artwork Path, Finest Rating and Music, Finest Audio, Finest Impartial Game, Finest Debut Impartial Game, Finest RPG, and three of its actors are nominated for Finest Efficiency.
Various different video games even have earned fairly a couple of nominations, comparable to Loss of life Stranding 2 (seven nominations) Hades II (six), Hole Knight: Silksong (5), and Ghost of Yōtei (seven).
The Game Awards ceremony will likely be broadcast digitally on December 11, 2025 at 5pm PT/8pm ET, once we’ll discover out all the winners in addition to see the common parade of online game trailers, commercials, musical friends, presumably Muppets, and extra.
Listed here are all the nominees for The Game Awards 2025:
Game of the 12 months
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Loss of life Stranding 2: On the Seaside
- Donkey Kong Bananza
- Hades II
- Hole Knight: Silksong
- Kingdom Come: Deliverance II
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Loss of life Stranding 2: On the Seaside
- Ghost of Yōtei
- Hades II
- Break up Fiction
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Loss of life Stranding 2: On the Seaside
- Ghost of Yōtei
- Kingdom Come: Deliverance II
- Silent Hill f
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Loss of life Stranding 2: On the Seaside
- Ghost of Yōtei
- Hades II
- Hole Knight: Silksong
- Christopher Larkin – Hole Knight: Silksong
- Darren Korb – Hades II
- Lorien Testard – Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Toma Otowa – Ghost of Yōtei
- Woodkid and Ludvig Forssell – Loss of life Stranding 2: On the Seaside
- Battlefield 6
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Loss of life Stranding 2: On the Seaside
- Ghost of Yōtei
- Silent Hill f
- Ben Starr – Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Charlie Cox – Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Erika Ishii – Ghost of Yōtei
- Jennifer English – Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Konatsu Kato – Silent Hill f
- Troy Baker – Indiana Jones and the Nice Circle
- Murderer’s Creed: Shadows
- Atomfall
- Doom: The Darkish Ages
- EA Sports activities FC 26
- South of Midnight
- Eat Me
- Despelote
- Misplaced Data: Bloom & Rage
- South of Midnight
- Wanderstop
- Remaining Fantasy XIV
- Fortnite
- Helldivers 2
- Marvel Rivals
- No Man’s Sky
- Baldur’s Gate 3
- Remaining Fantasy XIV
- Fortnite
- Helldivers 2
- No Man’s Sky
- Absolum
- Ball x Pit
- Blue Prince
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Hades II
- Hole Knight: Silksong
- Blue Prince
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Despelote
- Dispatch
- Megabonk
- Future: Rising
- Persona 5: The Phantom X
- Sonic Rumble
- Umamusume: Fairly Derby
- Wuthering Waves
- Alien: Rogue Incursion
- Arken Age
- Ghost City
- Marvel’s Deadpool VR
- The Midnight Stroll
- Battlefield 6
- Doom: The Darkish Ages
- Hades II
- Ninja Gaiden 4
- Shinobi: Artwork of Vengeance
- Loss of life Stranding 2: On the Seaside
- Ghost of Yōtei
- Hole Knight: Silksong
- Indiana Jones and the Nice Circle
- Break up Fiction
- Avowed
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Kingdom Come: Deliverance II
- Monster Hunter Wilds
- The Outer Worlds 2
- 2XKO
- Capcom Combating Assortment 2
- Deadly Fury: Metropolis of Wolves
- Mortal Kombat: Legacy Kollection
- Virtua Fighter 5 R.E.V.O World Stage
- Donkey Kong Bananza
- Lego Celebration!
- Lego Voyagers
- Mario Kart World
- Sonic Racing: Crossworlds
- Break up Fiction
- Remaining Fantasy Ways – The Ivalice Chronicles
- Jurassic World Evolution 3
- Sid Meier’s Civilization VII
- Tempest Rising
- The Alters
- Two Level Museum
- EA Sports activities FC 26
- F1 25
- Mario Kart World
- Rematch
- Sonic Racing: Crossworlds
- Arc Raiders
- Battlefield 6
- Elden Ring Nightreign
- Peak
- Break up Fiction
- A Minecraft Film
- Satan Could Cry
- Splinter Cell: Deathwatch
- The Final of Us: Season 2
- Till Daybreak
- 007 First Gentle
- Grand Theft Auto VI
- Marvel’s Wolverine
- Resident Evil Requiem
- The Witcher IV
- Caedrel
- Kai Cenat
- MoistCr1TiKaL
- Sakura Miko
- The Burnt Peanut
- Counter-Strike 2
- Dota 2
- League of Legends
- Cell Legends: Bang Bang
- Valorant
- brawk – Brock Somerhalder
- Chovy – Jeong Ji-Hoon
- f0rsakeN – Jason Susanto
- Kakeru – Kakeru Watanabe
- MenaRD – Saul Leonardo
- Zyw0o – Mathieu Herbaut
- Gen.G – League of Legends
- NRG – Valorant
- Group Falcons – Dota 2
- Group Liquid PH – Cell Legends: Bang Bang
- Group Vitality: Counter-Strike 2
(*12*)
Finest Game Path
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Finest Narrative
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Finest Artwork Path
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Finest Rating and Music
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Finest Audio Design
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Finest Efficiency
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Innovation in Accessibility
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Video games for Impression
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Finest Ongoing
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Finest Group Assist
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Finest Impartial Game
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Finest Debut Indie Game
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Finest Cell Game
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Finest VR/AR
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Finest Motion Game
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Finest Motion/Journey
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Finest RPG
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Finest Combating
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Finest Household
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Finest Sim/Technique
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Finest Sports activities/Racing
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Finest Multiplayer
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Finest Adaptation
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Most Anticipated Game
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Content material Creator of the 12 months
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Finest Esports Game
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Finest Esports Athlete
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Finest Esports Group
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