The 2025 Game Awards: Winners and Highlights

The Game Awards 2025 Winners Announced

The highly anticipated winners of the 2025 edition of The Game Awards have now been announced, showcasing the best in gaming across various categories. Below is the complete list of nominees, with winners highlighted in bold.

Game of the Year

Recognizing the game that delivers the absolute best experience across all creative and technical fields:

• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Sandfall Interactive / Kepler Interactive)
• Death Stranding 2: On the Beach (Kojima Productions / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• Donkey Kong Bananza (Nintendo EPD / Nintendo)
• Hades II (Supergiant Games)
• Hollow Knight: Silksong (Team Cherry)
• Kingdom Come: Deliverance II (Warhorse Studios / Deep Silver)

Best Game Direction

For outstanding creative vision and innovation in game direction and design:

• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Sandfall Interactive / Kepler Interactive)
• Death Stranding 2: On the Beach (Kojima Productions / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• Ghost of Yotei (Sucker Punch Productions / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• Hades II (Supergiant Games)
• Split Fiction (Hazelight / Electronic Arts)

Best Narrative

For exceptional storytelling and narrative development:

• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Sandfall Interactive / Kepler Interactive)
• Death Stranding 2: On the Beach (Kojima Productions / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• Ghost of Yotei (Sucker Punch Productions / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• Kingdom Come: Deliverance II (Warhorse Studios / Deep Silver)
• Silent Hill f (NeoBards Entertainment / Konami Digital Entertainment)

Best Art Direction

For outstanding creative and technical achievement in artistic design and animation:

• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Sandfall Interactive / Kepler Interactive)
• Death Stranding 2: On the Beach (Kojima Productions / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• Ghost of Yotei (Sucker Punch Productions / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• Hades II (Supergiant Games)
• Hollow Knight: Silksong (Team Cherry)

Other Major Categories

• Best Score and Music: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
• Best Audio Design: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
• Best Performance: Benn Star in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

Innovation in Accessibility

Recognizing advancements in making games more accessible:

• Assassin’s Creed Shadows (Ubisoft)
• DOOM: The Dark Ages (id Software / Bethesda Softworks)

Games for Impact

Highlighting games with significant social messages:

• Consume Me (Jenny Jiao Hsia / AP Thomson / Hexacutable)
• South of Midnight (Compulsion Games / Xbox Game Studios)

For a full list of categories and all the nominees, visit the official Game Awards page.

Source: Video Games Chronicle