Bloomberg Linea — “Clair Obscur: Expedition 33” won the show at The Game Awards held on December 11 in Los Angeles, California, becoming the most awarded video game of the night.
French video game wins nine awards, including Game of the Yeartherefore, this Friday attracts the attention of the industry and those who seek to delve into its origins.
The idea of ”Clair Obscur: Expedition 33″ is there William Broshformer associate producer and head of narrative at Ubisoft Entertainment on AAA games, meaning the company’s most important and high-budget video games.
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Brosh left Ubisoft in 2020 and decided to start his own company, Sandfall Interactivededicated to the production of video games for the next generation of PC and consoles.
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is Broche’s first video game inspired by sagas such as Final Fantasy and Atelier.
Although it was only released until April 24th for PlayStation 5, Xbox, Steam and the Epic Games Store, the truth is that Brosch has dedicated himself to it all the time in Montpellier, France, since the year of the pandemic.
“Focusing on single-player games, we want to tell incredible stories with fascinating characters in beautiful fantasy worlds”says Sandfall Interactive about its products.
“Clair Obscur: Expedition 33,” which involved at least 30 people, was funded by Kepler Interactive, a video game production company and creative studio based in London.
“The video game is published by Kepler Interactive, a global publisher and developer based on a unique co-ownership model”dice Sandfall Interactive.
In this context, the “Game of the Year” belongs to both French and English firms.
Winners of The Game Awards 2025
Here are the winners in the main categories of The Game Awards:
- Game of the Year: “Clair Obscure: Expedition 33”
- Best Game Director: “Clair Obscure: Expedition 33”
- Best Story: “Clair Obscure: Expedition 33”
- Best Art Direction: “Clair Obscure: Expedition 33”
- Best Soundtrack and Music: “Clair Obscure: Expedition 33”
- Best Indie Game: “Clair Obscure: Expedition 33”
- Best Indie Debut: “Clair Obscure: Expedition 33”
- Best RPG: “Clair Obscure: Expedition 33”
- Best Audio Design: “Battlefield 6”
- Best Performance: Jennifer English – “Clair Obscur: Expedition 33”
- Games for Impact: “South of North”
- Accessibility Innovations: “Doom: The Dark Ages”
- Best Developed Game: “No Man’s Sky”
- Better community support: Baldur’s Gate 3
- Best Multiplayer: Ark Raiders
- Best Family Game: “Donkey Kong Bananza”
- Best Simulation/Strategy Game: “Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles”
- Best Sports/Racing Game: Mario Kart World
- Best Fighting Game: Fatal Fury: City of Wolves
- Best Action Game: “Hades II”
- Best Action/Adventure Game: “Hollow Knight: Silksong”
- Best Mobile Game: “Umamusume: The Beautiful Derby”
- Best eSports game: Counter Strike 2
- Best eSportsman: Breeding
- Best esports team: Team viability
- Content Creator of the Year: Moist Cr1TiKaL
- The most anticipated game: “Grand Theft Auto VI”
- Player Voice: Storm waves.
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