Article 723ZD Everything announced and all the winners at The Game Awards 2025

Everything announced and all the winners at The Game Awards 2025

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Jessica Conditt
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This year at The Game Awards, if your game wasn't melodramatic, mechanically innovative, beautifully presented and aggressively French, it didn't stand a chance. The Game Awards 2025 wrapped up on the evening of Thursday, December 11 with a record-breaking showing by Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 from Sandfall Interactive. The game received the most nominations and wins in the show's 12-year history.

But, we know that's not really why you're here. Between the award presentations and musical numbers, there were heaps of new game trailers, announcements and updates, and we've collected them all for you right here. The award winners are also there.

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Best family game: Donkey Kong Bananza

Innovation in accessibility: Doom: The Dark Ages

Best esports game: Counter-Strike 2

Best esports athlete: Chovy

Best esports team: Team Vitality

Best mobile game: Umamasume: Pretty Derby

Best indie game: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

Best adaptation: The Last of Us season 2

Best action game: Hades II

Best performance: Jennifer English, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

Games for impact: South of Midnight

Best ongoing game: No Man's Sky

Best audio design: Battlefield 6

Content creator of the year: MoistCr1TiKaL

Best fighting game: Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves

Most anticipated game: Grand Theft Auto VI

Best action/adventure game: Hollow Knight: Silksong

Best art direction: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

Best sim/strategy game: Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles

Best debut indie game: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

Best score and music: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

Best sports/racing game: Mario Kart World

Best community support: Baldur's Gate 3

Best VR/AR game: The Midnight Walk

Best RPG: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

Players' voice: Wuthering Waves

Best narrative: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

Best multiplayer game: Arc Raiders

Best game direction: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

Game of the year: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

TrailersPragmata by CapcomStar Wars: Fate of the Old Republic by Arcanaut Studios and Lucasfilm GamesDivinity by Larian StudiosCoven of the Chicken Foot by Wildflower InteractiveONTOS by Frictional Games4:LOOP by Bad Robot GamesResident Evil Requiem by CapcomOrder of the Sinking Star by TheklaExodus by Archetype EntertainmentWARLOCK by Invoke Studios and Wizards of the CoastControl Resonant by Remedy EnterainmentGang of Dragon by Nagoshi StudioStreet Fighter movie sneak peakLEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight by Warner Bros. GamesTomb Raider: Catalyst by Crystal DynamicsTomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis by Crystal Dynamics and Flying Wild HogInvincible VS by Skybound GamesDiablo 4: Lord of Hatred by Blizzard EntertainmentDeadpool is coming to Marvel Rivals007 First Light - Lenny Kravitz AnnouncementSaros by HousemarqueWarframe featuring Werner Herzog for some reasonTotal War: Warhammer 40,000 by Creative AssemblyHitman World of Assassination by IO InteractiveAce Combat 8: Wings of Theve by Bandai NamcoStar Wars Galactic Racer by Fuse and Lucasfilm GamesOut of Words by Kong Orange and WiredFlyPhantom Blade Zero by S-GAMEMega Man Dual Override by CapcomSuper Mario Galaxy movie trailerHighguard by Wildlight Entertainment

Don't forget to check out our Day of the Devs: The Game Awards 2025 roundup, which included six world premieres, three release date announcements and a whole bunch of awesome indie goodness. The Women-Led Games and Latin American Games showcases tied to the awards were also downright delightful.

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