Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 leads Game Awards 2025 nominations

The nominees for The Game Awards 2025 have been revealed, with Sandfall Interactive’s Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 sweeping ten classes together with Game of the Yr.

General, the turn-based RPG was nominated for 12 awards, together with three within the efficiency class for Ben Starr, Charlie Cox, and Jennifer English.

Clair Obscur was additionally nominated for Greatest Game Path, Greatest Narrative, Greatest Artwork Path, Greatest Rating and Music, Greatest Audio Design, Greatest Unbiased Game, Greatest Indie Debut, and Greatest RPG.

Loss of life Stranding 2: On the Seaside and Ghost of Yōtei each acquired eight nominations, with Loss of life Stranding 2 additionally showing within the Game of the Yr class.

Each titles have been nominated within the Greatest Game Path, Greatest Narrative, Greatest Artwork Path, Greatest Rating and Music, Greatest Audio Design, and Greatest Motion/Journey Game classes.

Ghost of Yōtei’s Erika Ishii additionally acquired a nomination for her portrayal of Atsu within the Greatest Efficiency class.

Indie hits Hades 2 and Hole Knight: Silksong have been nominated for six and 5 awards respectively, each showing within the Game of the Yr class.

Taking a look at publishers, Sony Interactive Leisure had probably the most nominations at 18, adopted by Kepler Interactive at 14 nominations. Sega acquired seven nominations, whereas Nintendo had 4 nominations.

The Game Awards 2025 will happen on Thursday, December 11 on the Peacock Theatre in Los Angeles. It is going to be broadcast from 5pm PT/8pm ET on Amazon Prime and Twitch.

Ultimately yr’s ceremony, Group Asobi’s Astro Bot received 4 awards together with Game of the Yr.

Studio Zen’s Metaphor: ReFantazio and LocalThunk’s Balatro each received throughout three classes, with Balatro successful Greatest Unbiased Game, Greatest Debut Indie Game, and Greatest Cell Game.

Here is the complete listing of nominees for the Game Awards 2025:

Game of the Yr

• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Sandfall Interactive/Kepler Interactive)
• Loss of life Stranding 2: On the Seaside (Kojima Productions/Sony Interactive Leisure)
• Donkey Kong Bananza (Nintendo EPD/Nintendo)
• Hades 2 (Supergiant Video games)
• Hole Knight: Silksong (Group Cherry)
• Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 (Warhorse Studios/Deep Silver)

Greatest Game Path

• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
• Loss of life Stranding 2: On The Seaside
• Ghost of Yōtei (Sucker Punch Productions/Sony Interactive Leisure)
• Hades 2
• Cut up Fiction (Hazelight Studios/EA)

Greatest Narrative

• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
• Loss of life Stranding 2: On The Seaside
• Ghost of Yōtei
• Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2
• Silent Hill F (NeoBards Leisure/Konami)

Greatest Artwork Path

• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
• Loss of life Stranding 2: On The Seaside
• Ghost of Yōtei
• Hades 2
• Hole Knight: Silksong

Greatest Rating and Music

• Hole Knight: Silksong – Composer Christopher Larkin
• Hades 2 – Composer Darren Korb
• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 – Composer Lorien Testard
• Ghost of Yōtei – Composer Toma Otowa
• Loss of life Stranding 2: On the Seaside – Composers Woodkid and Ludvig Forssell

Greatest Audio Design

• Battlefield 6 (Battlefield Studios/EA)
• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
• Loss of life Stranding 2: On the Seaside
• Ghost of Yōtei
• Silent Hill F

Greatest Efficiency

• Ben Starr – Verso, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
• Charlie Cox – Gustave, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
• Erika Ishii – Atsu, Ghost of Yōtei
• Jennifer English – Maelle, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
• Konatsu Kato – Hinako Shimizu, Silent Hill F
• Troy Baker – Indiana Jones, Indiana Jones and the Nice Circle

Innovation in Accessibility

• Murderer’s Creed Shadows (Ubisoft)
• Atomfall (Insurrection)
• Doom: The Darkish Ages (id Software program/Bethesda Softworks)
• EA Sports activities FC 26 (EA Canada/EA Romania/EA)
• South of Midnight (Compulsion Video games/Xbox Game Studios)

Video games for Influence

• Eat Me (Jenny Jiao Hsia/AP Thomson/Hexacutable)
• Despelote (Julián Cordero/Sebastián Valbuena/Panic)
• Misplaced Information: Bloom & Rage (Don’t Nod Montreal/Don’t Nod)
• South of Midnight
• Wanderstop (Ivy Street/Annapurna Interactive)

Greatest Ongoing Game

• Closing Fantasy 14 (Sq. Enix)
• Fortnite (Epic Video games)
• Helldivers 2 (Arrowhead Game Studios/Sony Interactive Leisure)
• Marvel Rivals (NetEase Video games)
• No Man’s Sky (Hi there Video games)

Greatest Group Assist

• Baldur’s Gate 3 (Larian Studios)
• Closing Fantasy 14
• Fortnite
• Helldivers 2
• No Man’s Sky

Greatest Unbiased Game

• Absolum (Guard Crush Video games/Supamonks/Dotemu)
• Ball x Pit (Kenny Solar/Devolver Digital)
• Blue Prince (Dogubomb/Uncooked Fury)
• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
• Hades 2
• Hole Knight: Silksong

Greatest Debut Indie Game

• Blue Prince
• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
• Despelote
• Dispatch (AdHoc Studio)
• Megabonk (Vedinad)

Greatest Cell Game

• Future: Rising
• Persona 5: The Phantom X (Black Wings Game Studio/Sega)
• Sonic Rumble (Rovio Leisure/Sega)
• Umamusume: Fairly Derby (Cygames Inc.)
• Wuthering Waves (Kuro Video games)

Greatest VR/AR

• Alien: Rogue Incursion (Survios)
• Arken Age (VitruviusVR)
• Ghost City (Fireproof Video games)
• Marvel’s Deadpool VR (Twisted Pixel Video games/Oculus Studios)
• The Midnight Stroll (MoonHood/Quick Journey Video games)

Greatest Motion Game

• Battlefield 6
• Doom: The Darkish Ages
• Hades 2
• Ninja Gaiden 4 (Platinum Video games/Group Ninja/Xbox Game Studios)
• Shinobi: Artwork of Vengeance (Lizardcube/Sega)

Greatest Motion/Journey Game

• Loss of life Stranding 2: On the Seaside
• Ghost of Yōtei
• Indiana Jones and the Nice Circle (MachineGames/Bethesda Softworks)
• Hole Knight: Silksong
• Cut up Fiction

Greatest RPG

• Avowed (Obsidian Leisure/Xbox Game Studios)
• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
• Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2
• The Outer Worlds 2 (Obsidian Leisure/Xbox Game Studios)
• Monster Hunter Wilds (Capcom)

Greatest Combating

• 2XKO (Riot Video games)
• Capcom Combating Assortment 2 (Capcom)
• Deadly Fury: Metropolis of the Wolves (SNK Company)
• Mortal Kombat: Legacy Kollection (Digital Eclipse/Atari)
• Virtua Fighter 5 R.E.V.O. World Stage (Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio/Sega)

Greatest Household Game

• Donkey Kong Bananza
• Lego Social gathering (SMG Studio/Fictions)
• Lego Voyagers (Mild Brick Studios/Annapurna Interactive)
• Mario Kart World (Nintendo EPD/Nintendo)
• Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds (Sonic Group/Sega)
• Cut up Fiction

Greatest Sim/Technique

• The Alters (11 Bit Studios)
• Closing Fantasy Techniques – The Ivalice Chronicles (Sq. Enix)
• Jurassic World Evolution 3 (Frontier Developments)
• Sid Meier’s Civilization 7(Firaxis Video games/2K)
• Tempest Rising (Slipgate Ironworks/3D Realms)
• Two Level Museum (Two Level Studios/Sega)

Greatest Sports activities/Racing

• EA Sports activities FC 26
• F1 25 (Codemasters/EA)
• Mario Kart World
• Rematch (Sloclap/Kepler Interactive)
• Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds

Greatest Multiplayer

• Arc Raiders (Embark Studios)
• Battlefield 6 (Digital Arts)
• Elden Ring: Nightreign (FromSoftware/Bandai Namco Leisure)
• Peak (Aggro Crab/Landfall)
• Cut up Fiction

Greatest Adaptation

• A Minecraft Film (Legendary Footage/Mojang/Warner Bros)
• Satan Might Cry (Studio Mir/Capcom/Netflix)
• The Final of Us: Season 2 (HBO/PlayStation Productions)
• Splinter Cell: Deathwatch (Fost Studio/Ubisoft/Netflix)
• Till Daybreak (Display screen Gems/PlayStation Productions)

Most Anticipated Game

• 007 First Mild (IO Interactive)
• Grand Theft Auto 6 (Rockstar Video games)
• Marvel’s Wolverine (Insomniac Video games/Sony Interactive Leisure)
• Resident Evil Requiem (Capcom)
• The Witcher 4 (CD Projekt Crimson)

Content material Creator of the Yr

• Marc Robert “Caedrel” Lamont
• Kai Cenat
• Charles “MoistCr1TiKaL” White Jr.
• Sakura Miko (VTuber, Hololive Manufacturing)
• The Burnt Peanut

Greatest Esports Game

• Counter-Strike 2 (Valve)
• DOTA 2 (Valve)
• League of Legends (Riot)
• Cell Legends: Bang Bang (Moonton)
• Valorant (Riot)

Greatest Esports Athlete

• Brock “brawk” Somerhalder (Valorant)
• Jeong “Chovy” Ji-hoon (League of Legends)
• Jason “f0rsakeN” Susanto (Valorant)
• Kakeru “Kakeru” Watanabe (Avenue Fighter)
• Saul “MenaRD” Leonardo (Avenue Fighter)
• Mathieu “Zyw0o” Herbaut (Counter-Strike 2)

Greatest Esports Group

• Gen.G (League of Legends)
• NRG (Valorant)
• Group Falcons (DOTA 2)
• Group Liquid PH (Cell Legends: Bang Bang)
• Group Vitality (Counter-Strike 2)