The BAFTA Game Awards, which were awarded at a magnificent ceremony held in London, once again confirmed the absolute winner of 2025. BAFTA Game Awards, which is held every year and is the last of the “Big Five” award ceremonies of the gaming world, announced the winners at the ceremony held on Friday, April 17. Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, by Sandfall Interactive, broke a historical record by leaving the night with the “Best Game” award.
With this victory, the production made history as the second game to win all the main major awards in the gaming world in the same season; Only Baldur’s Gate 3 had achieved this success before. The Unstoppable Rise of Clair Obscur Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 cover “Clair Obscur: Expedition 33” won the “Best Game” award, as well as the “Best Game” award, which was the biggest award of the ceremony. In addition, the success of the game was not limited to technical and design areas only; Jennifer English, who played the character of Maelle, was awarded the “Best Actor in a Leading Role” award for her impressive performance.
Jennifer English had previously received great acclaim for her character Shadowheart in Baldur’s Gate 3. Entering the night with 12 nominations, Clair Obscur attracted attention with four different nominations, especially in the acting categories. In the list where the competition was quite fierce, “Dispatch” was included with 9 nominations, “Ghost of Yōtei” with 8 nominations, “Death Stranding 2” with 7 nominations and “Indiana Jones and the Great Circle” with 6 nominations.
However, Clair Obscur proved to be arguably the best of the season, leaving its rivals behind. The Spectacular Finale of the Awards Season With the announcement of the BAFTA winners, the awards marathon for productions released in 2025 (and released at the end of 2024, as in the case of Indiana Jones) has officially ended. Clair Obscur had already made it clear that it was the favorite of the season with the 9 awards it won at The Game Awards ceremony last December.
The only element of excitement in the final stage of the race was whether the British Academy would make a “contrary” choice as usual. The BAFTA jury has been known to make choices contrary to popular belief in the past; For example, in 2018, he chose “What Remains of Edith Finch” instead of “Zelda: Breath of the Wild”, and in 2023, despite the “Elden Ring” storm, he declared “Vampire Survivors” the game of the year.
However, this year the academy joined the global consensus by not ignoring Clair Obscur’s quality. BAFTA Game Awards Nominees and Winners List Below are the nominated productions according to their categories; Those in bold won the award: Best Game WINNER: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Arc Raiders Blue Prince Dispatch Ghost of Yōtei Indiana Jones and the Great Circle Animation WINNER: Dispatch Battlefield 6 Death Stranding 2: On the Beach Ghost of Yōtei Hades 2 Hollow Knight: Silksong Artistic Achievement WINNER: Death Stranding 2: On the Beach Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Dispatch Ghost of Y?
Made by Game WINNER: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Blue Prince Consume Me Despelote Dispatch The Midnight Walk Game in Progress WINNER: No Man’s Sky Fallout 76 Helldivers 2 Hitman World of Assassination Vampire Survivors Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 Family Game WINNER: Lego Party! Donkey Kong Bananza Is This Seat Taken? Mario Kart World Powerwash Simulator 2 Two Point Museum Game Beyond Fun WINNER: Despelote And Roger Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector Consume Me STALKER 2: Heart of Chornobyl The Alters Game Design WINNER: Blue Prince Ball x Pit Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Ghost of Yōtei Hades 2 Split Fiction Multiplayer WINNER: Arc Raiders Dune: Awakening Elden Ring Nightreign Lego Party!
Peak Split Fiction Music WINNER: Ghost of Yōtei Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Death Stranding 2: On the Beach Dispatch Hollow Knight: Silksong Indiana Jones and the Great Circle Narration WINNER: Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 Blue Prince Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Death Stranding 2: On the Beach Indiana Jones and the Great Circle The Alters New Intellectual Property WINNER: South of Midnight Arc Raiders Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Dispatch Split Fiction The Alters WINNER for Best Actor in a Leading Role: Jennifer English (as Maelle – Clair Obscur: Expedition 33) Aaron Paul (as Robert Robertson – Dispatch) Ben Starr (as Verso – Clair Obscur: Expedition 33) Erika Ishii (as Atsu – Ghost of Yōtei) Tom McKay (Henry of as Skalitz – Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2) Troy Baker (as Indiana Jones – Indiana Jones and the Great Circle) WINNER for Best Actor in a Supporting Role: Jeffrey Wright (as Chase – Dispatch) Alex Wilton Regan (as Lea Florence Monad – Lies of P: Overture) Charlie Cox (as Gustave – Clair Obscur: Expedition 33) Jane Perry (as Lia Cain – Dead Take) Kirsty Rider (as Lune – Clair Obscur: Expedition 33) Troy Baker (as Higgs – Death Stranding 2: On the Beach) Technical Achievement WINNER: Ghost of Yōtei Arc Raiders Death Stranding 2: On the Beach Doom: The Dark Ages Indiana Jones and the Great Circle Split Fiction Source: BAFTA
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