Tom RichardsonBBC Newsbeat
Image GroupClair Obscur: Expedition 33 has been named sport of the yr at this yr’s Recreation Awards.
The French-developed role-playing sport (RPG) cleaned up in 9 of the ten classes it was up for, with additional wins in greatest narrative, greatest music and greatest efficiency.
It fended off competitors from Demise Stranding 2, Nintendo platformer Donkey Kong Bananza, indie video games Hole Knight: Silksong and Hades 2, and medieval journey Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 to assert the highest prize.
Throughout the ceremony in Los Angeles, gamers additionally obtained their first glimpses of two new Tomb Raider video games, sequel Management Resonant and a brand new Star Wars role-playing sport.
Clair Obscur is about in a world the place a supernatural being often known as The Paintress prevents the inhabitants from rising previous a sure age.
The sport, which tells the story of a gaggle of adventurers on a quest to destroy The Paintress, was praised for its emotional narrative and use of old-school turn-based battles.
Gamers have been additionally received over by the story of developer Sandfall Interactive, fashioned by a gaggle of staff who left gaming giant Ubisoft to make their dream project.
Accepting the sport of the yr award, director Guillaume Broche – sporting a pink beret and striped t-shirt – mentioned the yr had been a “bizarre timeline” for the studio as he thanked his group.
He additionally prolonged because of the “unsung heroes” of the business – “the individuals who make tutorials on YouTube on the way to make a sport, as a result of we had no thought the way to make one earlier than”.
Sandfall InteractiveClair Obscur was the recent favorite going into the awards, and the most-nominated sport within the ceremony’s historical past with a complete of 12 nods.
Its composer Lorien Testard received the award for greatest rating and music.
It was the debut venture for the musician, who was found after he posted a set of do-it-yourself online game music to his SoundCloud account.
Clair Obscur additionally romped to victory in the perfect role-playing sport, greatest impartial sport and greatest debut indie sport classes.
Three of its nominations have been in a single class – greatest efficiency – and actress Jennifer English claimed the prize over co-stars Charlie Cox and Ben Starr for her position as Maelle.
The actress, who has usually spoken about having ADHD, devoted the award “to each neurodivergent individual watching”.
Clair Obscur solely missed out on two awards it was up for.
Battlefield 6 received greatest audio design, whereas open-world motion RPG Wuthering Waves was a stunning winner within the fan-voted Participant’s Voice class.
Finest Recreation rival Donkey Kong Bananza received the household sport award, and on-line shooter Arc Raiders received the perfect multiplayer prize.
Sequel Hole Knight: Silksong was named greatest action-adventure, whereas anime-inspired horse racing sport Umamusume: Fairly Derby was named greatest cell sport.
Staff CherryRegardless of being known as the “Oscars of gaming”, the Recreation Awards, hosted by its founder Geoff Keighley, is a combination of conventional ceremony and trailer showcase.
A few of the video games business’s greatest builders will give the primary have a look at upcoming main titles through the present, and it is thought that this is likely one of the primary causes many followers tune in.
One of many night time’s greatest bulletins was RPG Divinity from Larian Studios, the maker of 2023 sport of the yr Baldur’s Gate 3.
The developer had teased the reveal with a mysterious statue which first appeared within the Californian desert.
A remake of the unique Tomb Raider sport had additionally been leaked, however the announcement of a second, model new entry starring Lara Croft got here as a shock.
The forged of the brand new Road Fighter film adaptation, excluding rapper 50 Cent, launched its first trailer.
And followers additionally noticed new footage from the upcoming Resident Evil 9, confirming the looks of fan-favourite character Leon Kennedy, and PS5 shooter Saros.
NintendoThe Recreation Awards has been criticised prior to now for prioritising promoting over awards, with successful speeches being reduce quick and on-stage displays being absent in some classes.
There was reward of 2024’s present for going some method to handle criticisms, however builders have continued to name on organiser Geoff Keighley to raised acknowledge issues within the business, such because the excessive variety of job losses lately.
This yr, there have been complaints concerning the awards abandoning its Future Class scheme – an initiative based in 2020 to focus on “rising stars” in video video games.
It was final run in 2023, when present and former members of the group signed an open letter urging the awards to deal with the Israel-Gaza conflict.
Within the run-up to this yr’s nominations, after it was confirmed Future Class wouldn’t return, alumni accused the scheme of tokenism and never doing sufficient to assist them construct contacts.
Final yr, the ceremony gave out a brand new sport changer award to Amir Satvat, for his work to assist laid-off builders discover jobs.
BBC Newsbeat has approached organisers for remark.
