Dec. 12 (UPI) -- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 was the big winner and new Star Wars and Tomb Raider video games were announced at the 2025 Game Awards on Thursday.
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 had 12 nominations and left with nine awards, sweeping all of the major categories.
The role-playing game from French studio Sandfall Interactive and Kepler Interactive took home Game of the Year, Best Game Direction, Best Narrative, Best Art Direction, Best Score and Music, Best Performance for Jennifer English, Best Independent Game, Best Debut Indie Game and Best RPG.
Death Stranding 2: On the Beach, Donkey Kong Bananza, Hades 2, Hollow Knight: Silksong and Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 were also nominated for Game of the Year.
The show, hosted by Geoff Keighley, kicked things off by announcing Star Wars: Fate of the Old Republic, a new game set in the Old Republic timeline that brings back developer Casey Hudson, the former director of the Mass Effect trilogy and the original Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic from 2003.
