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Woe, Game Awards 2025 has come and gone.
The latest installment in the annual awards show flew by, with a number of massive games nominated across the board while building towards the final reveal for which title is taking Game of the Year. I kept track of all the winners as they were announced, so take a look.
While many games were honored throughout the night, developer Sandfall Interactive's debut title Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 swept many of the awards, with the developers launching the previously-promised update for the game at the conclusion of the ceremony.
Game of the Year
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 - Winner
- Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
- Donkey Kong Bananza
- Hades 2
- Hollow Knight: Silksong
- Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2
Best Game Direction
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 - Winner
- Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
- Ghost of Yotei
- Hades 2
- Split Fiction
Best Narrative
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 - Winner
- Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
- Ghost of Yotei
- Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2
- Silent Hill f
Best Art Direction
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 - Winner
- Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
- Ghost of Yotei
- Hades 2
- Hollow Knight: Silksong
Best Score and Music
- Christopher Larkin for Hollow Knight: Silkson
- Darren Korb for Hades 2
- Lorien Testard for Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 - Winner
- Toma Otowa for Ghost of Yotei
- Woodkid & Ludvig Forsell for Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
Best Audio Design
- Battlefield 6 - Winner
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
- Ghost of Yotei
- Silent Hill f
Best Performance
- Ben Starr as Verso in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Charlie Cox as Gustave in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Erika Ishii as Atsu in Ghost of Yotei
- Jennifer English as Maelle in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 - Winner
- Konatsu Kato as Hinako in Silent Hill f
- Troy Baker as Indiana Jones in Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
Innovation in Accessibility
- Assassin's Creed Shadows
- Atomfall
- DOOM: The Dark Ages - Winner
- EA Sports FC 26
- South of Midnight
Games for Impact
- Consume Me
- Despelote
- Lost Records: Bloom & Rage
- South of Midnight - Winner
- Wanderstop
Best Ongoing
- Final Fantasy XIV
- Fortnite
- Helldivers 2
- Marvel Rivals
- No Man's Sky - Winner
Best Community Support
- Baldur's Gate 3 - Winner
- Final Fantasy XIV
- Fortnite
- Helldivers 2
- No Man's Sky
Best Independent Game
- Absolum
- Ball x Pit
- Blue Prince
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 - Winner
- Hades 2
- Hollow Knight: Silksong
Best Debut Indie Game
- Blue Prince
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 - Winner
- Despelote
- Dispatch
Best Mobile Game
- Destiny Rising
- Persona 5: The Phantom X
- Sonic Rumble
- Umamasume: Pretty Derby - Winner
- Wuthering Waves
Best VR/AR
- Alien: Rogue Incursion
- Arken Age
- Ghost Town
- Marvel's Deadpool VR
- The Midnight Walk - Winner
Best Action Game
- Battlefield 6
- DOOM: The Dark Ages
- Hades 2 - Winner
- Ninja Gaiden 4
- Shinobi: Art of Vengeance
Best Action/Adventure
- Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
- Ghost of Yotei
- Hollow Knight: Silksong - Winner
- Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
- Split Fiction
Best Role-Playing Game
- Avowed
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 - Winner
- Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2
- Monster Hunter Wilds
- The Outer Worlds 2
Best Family
- Donkey Kong Bananza - Winner
- LEGO Party!
- LEGO Voyagers
- Mario Kart World
- Sonic Racing CrossWorlds
- Split Fiction
Best Fighting
- 2XKO
- Capcom Fighting Collection 2
- Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves - Winner
- Mortal Kombat: Legacy Kollection
- Virtua Fighter 5 R.E.V.O. World Stage
Best Sim/Strategy
- The Alters
- Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles - Winner
- Jurassic World Evolution 3
- Sid Meier's Civilization VII
- Tempest Rising
- Two Point Museum
Best Sports/Racing
- EA Sports FC 26
- F1 25
- Mario Kart World - Winner
- Rematch
- Sonic Racing CrossWorlds
Best Multiplayer
- ARC Raiders - Winner
- Battlefield 6
- Elden Ring: Nightreign
- PEAK
- Split Fiction
Best Adaptation
- A Minecraft Movie
- Devil May Cry
- Splinter Cell: Deathwatch
- The Last of Us Season 2 - Winner
- Until Dawn
Most Anticipated Game
- 007 First Light
- Grand Theft Auto 6 - Winner
- Marvel's Wolverine
- Resident Evil Requiem
- The Witcher 4
Content Creator of the Year
- Caedral
- Kai Cenat
- MoistCr1TiKaL - Winner
- Sakura Miko
- The Burnt Peanut
Best Esports Game
- Counter-Strike 2 - Winner
- DOTA 2
- League of Legends
- Mobile Legends Bang Bang
- Valorant
Best Esports Athlete
- Brawk
- Chovy - Winner
- Forsaken
- Kekaru
- Menard
- Zywoo
Best Esports Team
- GEN.G
- NRG
- Team Falcons
- Team Liquid PH
- Team Vitality - Winner
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