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The Geoff Awards 2025 ended with a record-breaking crowning of Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, each gamer’s favourite recreation that has been etched in Geoffs’ historical past in a method that no different recreation has.

Along with profitable the Recreation of the Yr award on the Geoff Awards 2025, Clair Obscur from French firm Sandfall received awards for its music, inventive route, route, narrative, greatest debut by an indie producer and for the efficiency of its foremost actors.

Hades 2 and Hole Knight: Silksong additionally acquired some love, Deadly Fury: Metropolis Of The Wolves was named greatest combating recreation, and Mario Kart World was topped greatest racing recreation. Nintendo additionally received one other award for Donkey Kong Bananza, the very best recreation for households.

Arc Raiders, one other massive identify of 2025, was topped the very best multiplayer of the 12 months:

Recreation of the Yr

• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Sandfall Interactive/Kepler Interactive)
• Dying Stranding 2: On The Seashore (Kojima Productions/Sony Interactive Leisure)
• Donkey Kong Bananza (Nintendo EPD/Nintendo)
• Hades 2 (Supergiant Video games)
• Hole Knight: Silksong (Staff Cherry)
• Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 (Warhorse Studios/Deep Silver)

Greatest route

• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Sandfall Interactive/Kepler Interactive)
• Dying Stranding 2: On The Seashore (Kojima Productions/Sony Interactive Leisure)
• Ghost Of Yōtei (Sucker Punch Productions/Sony Interactive Leisure)
• Hades 2 (Supergiant Video games)
• Break up Fiction (Hazelight Studios/EA)

Greatest narrative

• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Sandfall Interactive/Kepler Interactive)
• Dying Stranding 2: On The Seashore (Kojima Productions/Sony Interactive Leisure)
• Ghost Of Yōtei (Sucker Punch Productions/Sony Interactive Leisure)
• Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 (Warhorse Studios/Deep Silver)
• Silent Hill f (NeoBards Leisure/KONAMI)

Greatest inventive route

• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Sandfall Interactive/Kepler Interactive)
• Dying Stranding 2: On The Seashore (Kojima Productions/Sony Interactive Leisure)
• Ghost Of Yōtei (Sucker Punch Productions/Sony Interactive Leisure)
• Hades 2 (Supergiant Video games)
• Hole Knight: Silksong (Staff Cherry)

Greatest soundtrack and music

• Christopher Larkin, Hole Knight: Silksong
• Darren Korb, Hades 2
• Lorien Testard, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
• Toma Otowa, Ghost Of Yōtei
• Woodkid and Ludvig Forssell, Dying Stranding 2: On The Seashore

Higher audio design

• Battlefield 6 (Battlefield Studios/EA)
• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Sandfall Interactive/Kepler Interactive)
• Dying Stranding 2: On the Seashore (Kojima Productions/Sony Interactive Leisure)
• Ghost Of Yōtei (Sucker Punch Productions/Sony Interactive Leisure)
• Silent Hill f (NeoBards Leisure/KONAMI)

Higher efficiency

• Ben Starr, Chiaroscuro: Expedition 33
• Charlie Cox, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
• Erika Ishii, Ghost Of Yōtei
• Jennifer English, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
• Konatsu Kato, Silent Hill f
• Troy Baker, Indiana Jones And The Nice Circle

Innovation in accessibility

• Murderer’s Creed Shadows (Ubisoft)
• Nateomal (Rise up)
• Doom: The Darkish Ages (id Software program/Bethesda Softworks)
• EA Sports activities FC 26 (EA Canada/EA Romania/EA)
• South Of Midnight (Compulsion Video games/Xbox Recreation Studios)

Recreation with impression

• Devour Me (Jenny Jiao Hsia/AP Thomson/Hexacutable)
• Disruption (Julián Cordero/Sebastián Valbuena/Panic)
• Misplaced Data: Bloom & Rage (Don’t Nod Montreal/Don’t Nod)
• South Of Midnight (Compulsion Video games/Xbox Recreation Studios)
• Wanderstop (Ivy Highway/Annapurna Interactive)

Greatest steady recreation

• Remaining Fantasy 14 (Sq. Enix)
• Fortnite (Epic Video games)
• Helldivers 2 (Arrowhead Recreation Studios/Sony Interactive Leisure)
• Marvel Rivals (NetEase Video games)
• No Man’s Sky (Good day Video games)

Higher neighborhood help

• Baldur’s Gate 3 (Larian Studios)
• Remaining Fantasy 14 (Sq. Enix)
• Fortnite (Epic Video games)
• Helldivers 2 (Arrowhead Recreation Studios/Sony Interactive Leisure)
• No Man’s Sky (Good day Video games)

Greatest indie

• Absolum (Guard Crush Video games/Supamonks/Dotemu)
• Ball x Pit (Kenny Solar/Devolver Digital)
• Blue Prince (Dogubomb/Uncooked Fury)
• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Sandfall Interactive/Kepler Interactive)
• Hades 2 (Supergiant Video games)
• Hole Knight: Silksong (Staff Cherry)

Greatest indie debut

• Blue Prince (Dogubomb/Uncooked Fury)
• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Sandfall Interactive/Kepler Interactive)
• Disruption (Julián Cordero/Sebastián Valbuena/Panic)
• Dispatch (AdHoc Studio)
• Megabonk (Vedinad)

Greatest cell recreation

• Future: Rising (NetEase Video games)
• Persona 5: The Phantom X (Black Wings Recreation Studio/Sega)
• Sonic Rumble (Rovio Leisure/Sega)
• Umamusume: Fairly Derby (Cygames Inc.)
• Wuthering Waves (Kuro Video games)

Greatest VR/AR recreation

• Alien: Rogue Incursion (Survios)
• Arken Age (VitruviusVR)
• Ghost City (Fireproof Video games)
• Marvel’s Deadpool VR (Twisted Pixel Video games/Oculus Studios)
• The Midnight Stroll (MoonHood/Quick Journey Video games)

Greatest motion recreation

• Battlefield 6 (Battlefield Studios/EA)
• Doom: The Darkish Ages (id Software program/Bethesda Softworks)
• Hades 2 (Supergiant Video games)
• Ninja Gaiden 4 (Platinum Video games/Staff Ninja/Xbox Recreation Studios)
• Shinobi: Artwork Of Vengeance (Lizardcube/Sega)

Greatest motion and journey recreation

• Dying Stranding 2: On the Seashore (Kojima Productions/Sony Interactive Leisure)
• Ghost of Yōtei (Sucker Punch Productions/Sony Interactive Leisure)
• Indiana Jones And The Nice Circle (MachineGames/Bethesda Softworks)
• Hole Knight: Silksong (Staff Cherry)
• Break up Fiction (Hazelight Studios/EA)

Greatest RPG

• Avowed (Obsidian Leisure/Xbox Recreation Studios)
• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Sandfall Interactive/Kepler Interactive)
• Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 (Warhorse Studios/Deep SIlver)
• The Outer Worlds 2 (Obsidian Leisure/Xbox Recreation Studios)
• Monster Hunter Wilds (Capcom)

Greatest combating recreation

• 2XKO (Riot Video games)
• Capcom Preventing Assortment 2 (Capcom)
• Deadly Fury: Metropolis Of The Wolves (SNK Company)
• Mortal Kombat: Legacy Kollection (Digital Eclipse/Atari)
• Virtua Fighter 5 REVO World Stage (Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio/Sega)

Greatest recreation for households

• Donkey Kong Bananza (Nintendo EPD/Nintendo)
• Lego Occasion! (SMG Studio/Fictions)
• Lego Voyagers (Gentle Brick Studios/Annapurna Interactive)
• Mario Kart World (Nintendo EPD/Nintendo)
• Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds (Sonic Staff/Sega)
• Break up Fiction (Hazelight Studios/EA)

Greatest simulation/technique recreation

• The Alters (11 Bit Studios)
• Remaining Fantasy Ways – The Ivalice Chronicles (Sq. Enix)
• Jurassic World Evolution 3 (Frontier Developments)
• Sid Meier’s Civilization 7 (Firaxis Video games/2K)
• Tempest Rising (Slipgate Ironworks/3D Realms)
• Two Level Museum (Two Level Studios/Sega)

Greatest racing/driving recreation

• EA Sports activities FC 26 (EA Canada/EA Romania/EA)
• F1 25 (Codemasters/EA)
• Mario Kart World (Nintendo EPD/Nintendo)
• Rematch (Sloclap/Kepler Interactive)
• Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds (Sonic Staff/Sega)

Greatest multiplayer

• Arc Raiders (Embark Studios)
• Battlefield 6 (Digital Arts)
• Elden Ring Nightreign (FromSoftware/Bandai Namco Leisure)
• Peak (Aggro Crab/Landfall)
• Break up Fiction (Hazelight/EA)

Higher adaptation

• A Minecraft Film (Legendary Photos/Mojang/Warner Bros)
• Satan Might Cry (Studio Mir/Capcom/Netflix)
• The Final of Us: Season 2 (HBO/PlayStation Productions)
• Splinter Cell: Deathwatch (FOST Studio/Ubisoft/Netflix)
• Till Daybreak (Display Gems/PlayStation Productions)

Most desired recreation

• 007 First Gentle (IO Interactive)
• Grand Theft Auto 6 (Rockstar Video games)
• Marvel’s Wolverine (Insomniac Video games/Sony Interactive Leisure)
• Resident Evil Requiem (Capcom)
• The Witcher 4 (CD Projekt Pink)

Creator of the 12 months

• Caedrel
• Kai Cenat
• MoistCr1TiKaL
• Sakura Miko
• The Burnt Peanut

Greatest esports recreation

• Counter-Strike 2 (Valve)
• Dota 2 (Valve)
• League Of Legends (Riot)
• Cellular Legends: Bang Bang (Moonton)
• Valuerant (Riot)

Greatest esports athlete

• brawk – Brock Somerhalder (Valorant)
• Chovy – Jeong Ji-hoon (League of Legends)
• – Jason Sussto (Volarant)
• Kakeru – Kakeru Watanabe (Avenue Fighter)
• MenaRD – Saul Leonardo (Avenue Fighter)
• Zyw0o – Mathieu Herbaut (Counter-Strike 2)

Greatest esports group

• Gen.G – League of Legends
• NRG – Valorant
• Staff Falcons – DOTA 2
• Staff Liquid PH – Cellular Legends: Bang Bang
• Staff Vitality – Counter-Strike 2

Gamers’ vote

• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Sandfall Interactive/Kepler Interactive)
• Dispatch (AdHoc Studio)
• Genshin Influence (miHoYo)
• Hole Knight: Silksong (Staff Cherry)
• Wuthering Waves (Kuro Video games)