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French action-adventure game Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 took home the top prize \u2014 game of the year \u2014 at The Game Awards in Los Angeles on Thursday night.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The indie video game cleaned up at the awards, taking home nine total awards, including for best game direction, best narrative and best independent game, after being nominated for a whopping 12.<\/p>\n
The game by Sandfall and Kepler Interactive is a role-playing game that follows a group of characters in a dark fantasy world as they try to put an end to a curse that annually kills anyone at or above a certain age.<\/p>\n
The game\u2019s director, Guillaume Broche, thanked his team, and creators who make tutorials on YouTube, as he accepted the award for best game this year.<\/p>\n
\u201cA massive thank you to the players for all your covers, all your fan art, your endless arguing about which ending is a good one,\u201d Broche told the audience. \u201cYou changed our lives, you changed the studio\u2019s lives, and it’s really wonderful.\u201d<\/p>\n
Among the other winners:<\/p>\n
Battlefield 6 for best audio design. Mario Kart World for best sports\/racing game. Grand Theft Auto 6 \u00a0(the release of which has been delayed repeatedly and is now expected in May 2026<\/a>) for most anticipated game.The second season of The Last of Us took home best adaptation, for HBO\u2019s TV series based on the game.\u00a0 Along with the big wins came some big announcements for new games, too.<\/p>\n Viewers got a first look at the next game in the Tomb Raider series, and makers Amazon Game Studios and Crystal Dynamics announced a new reimagining of the iconic character Lara Croft\u2019s first adventure with the game Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis.<\/p>\n Star Wars fans also got trailers for Fate of the Old Republic and Galactic Racer \u2014 two new games based on the film characters, the first of which is highly anticipated as the follow-up to the Knights of the Old Republic game.<\/p>\n![\"a](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1765558748_951_default.jpg\")
U.S. singer Amy Lee of the rock band Evanescence performs during The Game Awards Thursday. The awards ceremony features musical performances, celebrity drop-ins and game announcements. (Michael Tran\/AFP\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n