Game Awards 2025 Nominees Are , And—surprise—clair Obscur:...

Can you feel it? The distant thunder of the oncoming takes?

With less than a month to go before Geoff Keighley's combination accolade blitz and advertising bombardment, The Game Awards has just announced its 2025 slate of nominees, determined by a yearly panel of critics, journalists, and industry personalities. And it is, without a doubt, the most French set of TGA nominations to date.

If you've been involved in any conversation this year about JRPGs, turn-based combat, dev studio sizes, parrying, or the profound absurdity of French culture, it should come as no surprise that Sandfall Interactive's Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is TGA 2025's most-nominated game. Including its Game of the Year nomination, Clair Obscur is in contention for 10 awards—three more than Death Stranding 2.

And you know how much they love Kojima over at Geoff's house, so that's saying a lot.

While Clair Obscur might be boasting the most nominations, it'll still have to outvote the likes of Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 and the sheer cultural force of Hollow Knight: Silksong. If I know anything about Silksong fans, it's their ability to channel manic energy into a website.

If you want to weigh in for the TGAs yourself before the show airs on December 11, head to the TGA site to cast your votes. You'll have some tough questions to ask yourself—like "how is 'Game of the Year' different from 'Best Game Direction'?" or "which of the three separate Clair Obscur vocal performers who make up half of the Best Performance nominees deserves it most?" or "I guess we're still not doing the Future Class, then?"

That's assuming the TGA site stops buckling under the weight of eager voters, of course. If you could use a backup, here's the full rundown of the TGA 2025 nominations:

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