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Final yr was a wild one for video video games. We noticed super titles left and proper, particularly coming from smaller or impartial studios that proved AAA gaming wasn’t king anymore. One stood out amongst them: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, which gained nearly every thing it was nominated for.
And it appears the streak gained’t be stopping in 2026, both.
As first noticed by Sport Developer, Expedition 33 has gained one more Sport of the Yr award on the fifteenth New York Sport Awards. It wasn’t its solely win, nevertheless, as Jennifer English secured an award for Finest Appearing in a Video Sport, replicating her success from The Sport Awards. She has up to now performed in three GOTY TGA winners, together with Elden Ring, Baldur’s Gate 3, and, lastly, Expedition 33.

This yr is but to see extra award ceremonies happen. Although they’ll be contemplating 2025 titles, many of those occasions do normally happen after the calendar yr has closed off, permitting them to keep away from conditions just like the one Dispatch had at TGA, the place it’ll be thought-about for the 2026 occasion regardless of releasing in October 2025.
A number of the most distinguished occasions we’re excited for are the DICE Awards on Feb. 12 and the British Academy Sport Awards on April 17. Nevertheless, I believe we are able to all guess at what the GOTY winner might be. Not that it hadn’t gained each single time it was nominated for the class.
However a number of the others would possibly show extra stunning but. Or I ought to hope so, a minimum of.
Printed: Jan 20, 2026 01:00 pm