Overview
- At the Game Developers Choice Awards in San Francisco, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 won five trophies, including Game of the Year, Best Debut, Best Visual Art, Best Audio, and Best Narrative.
- BAFTA named Clair Obscur in a leading 12 categories, spanning Best Game, narrative, design, artistic and audio achievement, and both performance fields, making it the most-nominated debut in BAFTA Games Awards history.
- The BAFTA Best Game shortlist features Arc Raiders, Blue Prince, Clair Obscur, Dispatch, Ghost of Yōtei, and Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, with winners to be announced on April 17.
- Dispatch secured nine BAFTA nominations as a breakout contender, while Ghost of Yōtei earned eight, Indiana Jones and the Great Circle took six, and Arc Raiders received five.
- Death Stranding 2: On the Beach collected seven BAFTA nominations but not Best Game, even as it won GDC’s Best Technology and led the G.A.N.G. Awards in audio alongside strong craft recognition.