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Famitsu asks 191 Japanese developers and celebrities their Game of the Year, and lo and behold, J'RPG Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 wins out

Ghost of Yotei, Urban Myth Demolition Center, Donkey Kong Bananza, and Mario Kart World make up the rest of the top 5

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‘It’s good to have limitations’: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33's creative director says Sandfall Interactive's next game won’t on a bigger scale despite huge success

Sandfall Interactive's CEO and creative director, Guillaume Broche, has said the studio won't be expanding the scale of its next game, despite Clair Obscur: Expedition 33's success, because it loves "making games more than we love managing."

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After pushing for Arc Raiders to win GOTY over Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, former FPS pro Shroud admits the J'RPG is actually pretty good after finally playing it

"It’s going to only get better," too

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The Indie Game Awards disqualifies Expedition 33 for AI usage and puts itself in a weird position — was it a fair move or an ambiguous definition of what is acceptable?

Clair Obscur’s disqualification raises uncomfortable questions about transparency, economic pressure, and whether zero-tolerance AI rules can realistically scale.

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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 lead says the secret of the J'RPG's success is to "not care too much about the players" – "if you care about your game, it means you care about the players ultimately"

"The best way for me to care about people is to make something that is sincere"

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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33's controversial GOTY wins at The Indie Game Awards retracted after the RPG's use of generative AI

"When it was submitted for consideration, a representative of Sandfall Interactive agreed that no gen AI was used"

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"We love making games more than we love managing": Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 lead says "it's good to have limitations," so the RPG studio won't "scale up" for any future projects

"It's not tempting for us"

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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 director says the award-sweeping hit is "very different from traditional JRPGs": "Currently, in France there's a movement to make FRPGs"

Sandfall Interactive had "absolutely no intention" making a JRPG

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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 director says the J'RPG has "very Japanese" gameplay, which makes it possible to play "without taking a single hit": "Even if I'm told it's impossible, I want to keep trying"

Unleash the no-hit runs

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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 update nerfs the "hardest boss" of Verso's Drafts - a little red lifebuoy that made a diving minigame impossibly difficult

Sandfall Entertainment is clearly having some fun

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A month after championing Arc Raiders for GOTY over Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, former FPS pro Shroud considers quitting the game over cheaters: "I don't care"

Arc Raiders might have a cheating problem

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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 player boosts Maelle’s damage by over 1 billion during the game’s toughest boss with new post-update build: “The Queen of damage is back”

Friendship with Stendhal has ended, Burning Canvas is my new best friend

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Gamers Push Back At Clair Obscur Winning 'Best Indie' At The Game Awards 2025

The gaming community is debating whether Clair Obscur truly qualifies as an indie game, with players questioning its funding, scope and studio backing.

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French President Emmanuel Macron gives a second public shout-out to Clair Obscur after its Game Awards sweep: 'A source of great pride for Montpellier and for France'

The J'RPG is taking another victory lap in the public eye after its historic night.

Windows Central

The Best Games of 2025 — The Windows Central team ranks our favorite titles across Xbox and Windows PC

The Windows Central team has come together to vote and rank on our favorite games of 2025 launching on Xbox and PC, with a few honorable mentions on top!

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After begging people to "not let" Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 win Game of the Year, Arc Raiders advocate and ex-FPS pro Shroud finally plans to play the RPG after its Game Awards sweep

Maybe he'll become a huge fan

TechRadar

The Game Awards 2025 winners list – Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 makes history as it takes home 9 awards, including Game of the Year

In case you missed it, here's the complete list of winners from The Game Awards 2025.

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Baldur's Gate 3 director congratulates Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 devs after they win more at The Game Awards than Larian's RPG did in 2023: "What a sweep!"

Larian Studios took home a lot of statues in 2023

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Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 devs say "we have officially been robbed" as Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 beats the historical RPG to multiple awards

Warhorse Studios isn't taking its losses well

The Guardian - UK

The Game Awards 2025: the full list of winners

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International Business Times UK

Game Awards 2025 Winners Reveal Clair Obscur as GOTY — Fan Passion Ignites Online

The Game Awards 2025 culminated 11 December, with Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 emerging as the victor. Game creators Sandfall Interactive bagged key major awards, and fans can't be happier.

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Game Awards 2025 live — all the reveals, announcements, trailers and all the winners

The Game Awards 2025 is set to be the biggest night in gaming, with the best of the year honored and brand new games revealed.

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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 takes home an absurd 9 wins at The Game Awards, more than Baldur's Gate 3 in 2023

This year's Game Awards GOTY (and almost everything else) is the popular French RPG Clair Obscur: Expedition 33.

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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 wins Game of the Year, 8 more categories at The Game Awards 2025

A historic night for the French indie gem.

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