Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is officially The Game Awards 2025's big Game of the Year winner, and as well as being an enormous win for RPGs and smaller studios as a whole, it also means something rather amusing – former FPS pro Michael 'Shroud' Grzesiez will finally play it himself after previously rallying against it in favor of Arc Raiders.
Back in November, before The Game Awards 2025's nominees were announced, Shroud declared that "we gotta make sure" Arc Raiders "wins game of the year," adding: "Do not let that Expedition game win game of the year. Do not let it. Absolutely do not." As it happens, Arc Raiders didn't get nominated for the category at all, and Shroud didn't seem particularly happy about the nominees, dubbing it "another rigged year."
