Overview
- The Ministry of Culture hosted a ceremony where 28 Sandfall Interactive team members were named Chevaliers of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres.
- Culture Minister Rachida Dati praised the game’s scale and public and critical impact, calling it a major moment for French video games and a lift for a sector facing headwinds.
- Sandfall said in a LinkedIn post that the distinction honors the studio, thanking its team and millions of players while hoping to inspire new creators.
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 set a 2025 Game Awards record with 13 nominations and nine wins, the most in the show’s history.
- The decades-old order rarely recognizes game creators, with past honorees including Michel Ancel, Shigeru Miyamoto, Frédérick Raynal, and Eiji Aonuma.