The The Game Awards 2025 ceremony made two things very clear: there was a major award and also a flood of announcements for the coming years. Everything happened during the event's official broadcast, with Geoff Keighley as master of ceremonies.
The main headline was the GOTY 2025: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 took home the top prize and ended up as the most awarded game.
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 se llevó el premio mayor
GOTY 2025: the big winner of the night
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 was chosen as Game of the Year and closed the ceremony with a huge haul. In addition to the GOTY, it won several of the most important categories announced during the ceremony.
The key awards won by Clair Obscur
Best Independent Game
Best Independent Debut
Best Art Direction
Best Soundtrack (Lorien Testard)
Best Narrative
Best Direction
Best Role-Playing Game
Best Performance (Jennifer English)
All confirmed winners at The Game Awards 2025
Family Game: Donkey Kong Bonanza
Innovation in Accessibility: Doom: The Dark Ages
Best eSports Game: Counter-Strike 2
Best Mobile Game: Umamusume Pretty Derby
Best Adaptation: The Last of Us (Season 2)
Best Action Game: Hades 2
Best Game for Impact: South of Midnight
Best Ongoing Game: No Man’s Sky
Best Audio Design: Battlefield 6
Best Fighting Game: Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves
Most Anticipated Game: Grand Theft Auto 6
Best Multiplayer: Arc Raiders
Best Sports/Racing: Mario Kart World
Best Community Support: Baldur’s Gate 3
Best VR: The Midnight Walk
Players' Choice: Wuthering Waves
Best Action-Adventure: Hollow Knight: Silksong
Best Strategy: Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles
All games announced and trailers revealed at the ceremony
These were the announcements and new trailers shown during the official broadcast of The Game Awards 2025:
The Free Shepherd (PS5/PC, 2027)
Decrepit (PC, 2026)
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Pragmata (April 24; also on Switch 2; demo on Steam)
Solasta II (March 12)
Bradley the Badger
Stupid Never Dies (PS5/PC, 2026)
Star Wars: Fate of the Old Republic
Divinity (new RPG from Larian Studios)
4:Loop (PS5/PC)
Coven of the Chicken Foot
Ontos
Resident Evil Requiem (trailer featuring Leon S. Kennedy)
Order of the Sinking Star
Exodus (early 2027)
Warlock (PC/PS5/Xbox, 2027)
Control Resonant (2026)
Gang of Dragon
LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight (May 29)
Tomb Raider Catalyst (2027) and Tomb Raider Legacy of Atlantis (2026)
