Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 The game is making history at the awards even before it goes live in December, breaking huge records. When it first came out, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Thanks to the combination of excellent gameplay, amazing performance, excellent graphics and score selection, and a heart-wrenching story, it immediately stole the hearts of many gamers. On paper, the game has it all, and when it was released in April of this year, many players called it the game of the year.
Flash-forward to today, November 17, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 The Game Awards has a GOTY nomination, and fans believe it will win regardless of its competition. The other nominees for Game of the Year are Death Stranding 2: On the Beach, Donkey Kong Banana, Hades 2, Hollow Knight: Silksongand Kingdom Come: Redemption 2. While the list is impressive and each game has its merits, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is sweeping away its competition by setting a new incredible record for the number of overall nominations.
Say hello to the new TGA record holder, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 has been Nominated for 10 categories And The Game Awards 2025 has a total of 12 nominations, the most in the event's history. These are:
- Game of the year
- Best Game Direction
- Excellent story
- Excellent art direction
- Best score and music
- Best audio design
- Excellent performance (3 out of 6 nominations)
- The best free game
- Best Debut Indie Game
- The best RPG
Specifically, for Best Performance at the TGA, nominations go to Ben Starr as Verso, Charlie Cox as Gustave, and Jennifer English as Maelle. It also broke another record, as there have never been three nominations for a single game in any category.
There are many cases of outstanding games being nominated for multiple categories in multiple TGA editions. Some examples are:
- Astro Bot and Final fantasy 7 rebirth In TGA 2024, with 7 nominations each, and Astro Bot GOTY Winner
- Baldur's Gate 3 At TGA 2023, with 9 nominations and a GOTY winner
- Alden Ring and God of War Ragnarok At TGA 2022, with 5 nominations and a GOTY winner Alden RingAnd nominated for 8 God of War Ragnarok
- The Last of Us Part 2 At TGA 2020, 11 nominations and a GOTY winner, which was the previous record holder before this year
- god of war and Red Dead Redemption 2 In TGA 2018, with 8 nominations each, and god of war GOTY Winner
Given the history of most nominated games at The Game Awards, there are also GOTY winners, which bodes well. Clair Obscur: Expedition 33It deserves the good publicity and praise it receives. It's great to see not only Gustave among the Best Performance nominees, but also Verso and Maelle. Charlie Cox's performance Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Phenomenal, but it's another brick in the wall that makes the game great.
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April 24, 2025
- ESRB
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Mature 17+ / Blood and gore, strong language, suggestive themes, violence
- developer(s)
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Sandfall Interactive
- publisher(s)
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Kepler Interactive
