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French video game Clair Obscur sweeps LA Game Awards with record nine wins

The French video game Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 has swept the annual Game Awards in Los Angeles, dominating the ceremony with a record-breaking nine wins, including for best video game of the year.

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Final Fantasy creator Hironobu Sakaguchi shouts out Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 after its director said the JRPG icon "inspired me to become a game dev"

The JRPG-inspired game just swept up at The Game Awards 2025

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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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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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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 controversially wins Best Independent Game at The Game Awards, Sandfall devs dedicate it to indies "who put creativity first" and "push forward with limited resources"

Is Clair Obscur really "indie"?

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For the price of one Marvel's Spider-Man 2, you could make roughly 30 Clair Obscur: Expedition 33s, as developer reveals 2025's indie darling cost less than $10 million to make

I mean, it's one AAA quality turn-based RPG Michael. What could it cost?

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Destructoid’s 2025 Game of the Year – Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

Tomorrow comes.

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Assassin's Creed Syndicate and Journey composer says "rarely, if ever, has a team inspired me" like the Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 devs: "They make us all better"

Another industry legend with plenty of praise for Sandfall Interactive

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BAFTA Games Awards 2026 longlist: President Macron's favourite French game leads the pack

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 from indie studio Sandfall Interactive is nominated for 17 awards

Evening Standard

"The real reward in our heart is the emotional response": As Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 continues its GOTY domination, the devs and actors are still reeling from its success

Year in Review 2025 | The JRPG wasn't supposed to be "big," it was supposed to be "cool" – and 7 months later, it's officially both

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Microsoft confirms Clair Obscur: Expedition is Xbox Game Pass’s biggest third‑party launch of 2025

Microsoft has announced that Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, one of the most critically acclaimed video games of 2025, has become the biggest third-party launch title on Xbox Game Pass.

Windows Central

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 director doesn't think sales and awards success should change the studio: "What we want to do is exactly what we wanted to do when we started"

"We don't want to grow too much as a company"

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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 wins 7 titles at Golden Joystick Awards, tying with Baldur's Gate 3 – and Larian boss Swen Vincke approves: "Definitely deserved"

It's the era of the turn-based RPG, eh?

GamesRadar

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 wins its first Game of the Year at Golden Joystick Awards 2025

A huge achievement!

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Sandfall Interactive expresses shock as Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 matches Baldur's Gate 3's record-setting run at the 2025 Golden Joystick Awards: 'What the f**k is happening'

Sandfall Interactive's J'RPG took home seven awards, matching the record set by Larian in 2023.

GamesRadar

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is your Ultimate Game of the Year at the Golden Joystick Awards 2025, because of course it is

It's an astonishing sweep at the Joysticks for Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

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All the Golden Joystick Awards 2025 winners revealed

Clair Obscur and Sandfall Interactive win big with a record-equalling 7 awards

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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33's record-high nominations at The Game Awards proves what I've been saying for the past 8 months

Opinion | When it comes to balancing quirk and familiarity, Clair Obscur does it best

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What's Next For Clair Obscur Expedition 33: The Game That Dominated TGA 2025

Clair Obscur Expedition 33 is leading TGA 2025 with 12 nominations. What's the future like for this record breaking RPG by Sandfall Interactive?

GamesRadar

"It's really fateful" – Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth director on charting a new course for the JRPG series with a return to Nintendo, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, and outdoing AI

Interview | Square Enix's Naoki Hamaguchi answers all of our questions - then several more

GamesRadar

RPG fans stay winning: 2025 has been a critical hit for the genre, though I'm anticipating a GOTY bloodbath

Opinion | This year proved that no matter what type of RPG you crave, there's room for everyone

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I don't think I'm good enough at Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 to contend with the new update, so I'm heading back into the JRPG to face my biggest fear

Now Playing | I must earn extra Clair Obscur by finishing the Clair Obscur I already have at home

TechRadar

Surprise! A new Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 update is on the way, and it's set to test late-game players, and tempt the rest of us back to the somber world of Lumiere

Sandfall Interactive has announced that Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 will receive a post-launch update featuring new playable content.

GamesRadar

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 director wants the French RPG to be open to interpretation, but thinks "we failed as writers" if you don't connect to its cast as humans

Guillaume Broche nudges players in the right direction

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'Clair Obscur: Expedition 33' Secret Update Teases Story Twist Fans Didn't See Coming

Sandfall Interactive teases a free "Clair Obscur: Expedition 33" update packed with new bosses, environments, costumes, and hidden story secrets.

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