Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 led the pack with 12 nominations, followed by Dispatch; the superhero narrative adventure game scored nine nods, including Best Game. Sucker Punch's action-adventure title Ghost of Yotei bagged eight nominations, while Kojima Production's Death Stranding 2: On the Beach was nominated in seven categories.
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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 swept The Game Awards 2025 last week with a record nine wins, including Game of the Year. While accepting the Game of the Year Trophy, director Guillaume Broche confirmed that Expedition 33 was getting new content as part of a major update on the same day. The "Thank You" update for Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is now available, bringing new content to the award-winning game.
Expedition 33's Verso's Drafts update adds a wave of new features worth returning for, including a new playable level, new enemies and bosses, an Endless Tower mode for testing players' battle acumen, a long-requested photo mode, new languages, and new music for the game's already stellar soundtrack. The update is also a godsend for handheld PC players, as it adds quality of life improvements for portable systems, resolution upscaling, and official Steam Deck verification.
Polymarket has opened up betting on The Game Awards 2025 and no one seems to have a doubt that Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 will take top honors at Geoff Keighley's showcase. The odds are so stacked in the French RPG's favor that a $100 bet on Hollow Knight: Silksong would net you over $1,000 if it actually ended up winning game of the year instead.
"A million copies and to date, one of the best-rated games in history: and yes, it's French! Congratulations to Sandfall Interactive and all the creators of Expedition 33."
