Overview
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 secured Game of the Year plus eight more prizes, including Best Game Direction, Narrative, Art Direction, Score & Music, RPG, Independent Game, Debut Indie, and Performance for Jennifer English.
- With nine total wins, the title became the most-awarded game in the history of The Game Awards, according to post-show tallies.
- The victory spotlights Sandfall Interactive, a small Montpellier-based studio whose first release advanced from critical favorite to industry standard-bearer.
- Following the ceremony, Sandfall issued a free update for Clair Obscur that adds new outfits, music, dungeons, and enemies.
- The Los Angeles event, hosted by Geoff Keighley, streamed globally on YouTube, Twitch, TikTok, Steam and Prime Video and featured world premieres including Control Resonant, new Tomb Raider projects, Capcom’s Pragmata and Mega Man Dual Override.