{"id":1399476,"date":"2025-11-20T20:20:44","date_gmt":"2025-11-20T20:20:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/LWJfygDKBCdoYNffr4HJ8h"},"modified":"2025-11-20T20:20:44","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T20:20:44","slug":"sandfall-interactive-expresses-shock-as-clair-obscur-expedition-33-matches-baldurs-gate-3s-record-setting-run-at-the-2025-golden-joystick-awards-what-the-fk-is-happening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/sandfall-interactive-expresses-shock-as-clair-obscur-expedition-33-matches-baldurs-gate-3s-record-setting-run-at-the-2025-golden-joystick-awards-what-the-fk-is-happening\/","title":{"rendered":"Sandfall Interactive expresses shock as Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 matches Baldur&#8217;s Gate 3&#8217;s record-setting run at the 2025 Golden Joystick Awards: &#8216;What the f**k is happening&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<p>Back in April, former Dragon Age lead writer David Gaider described <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/clair-obscur-expedition-33\/\">Clair Obscur: Expedition 33<\/a> as &#8220;<a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/rpg\/dragon-age-creator-says-clair-obscur-expedition-33-is-kind-of-to-jrpgs-what-baldurs-gate-3-was-to-crpgs\/\">kind of to JRPGs what Baldur&#8217;s Gate 3 was to CRPGs<\/a>.&#8221; He was more than just a little correct, as it turns out: Two years after Baldur&#8217;s Gate 3 won a record <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/baldurs-gate-3-won-so-many-golden-joystick-awards-that-swen-vincke-can-barely-hold-all-of-them\/\">seven Golden Joystick awards<\/a>, including Studio of the Year, Clair Obscur tied the mark at the 2025 event\u2014including a Studio of the Year win for Sandfall Interactive.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We know we are lucky enough to experience all of this, so we just want to share the deep feeling that we all have,&#8221; Sandfall Interactive CEO and creative director Guillaume Broche said, accepting the Golden Joystick trophy for Ultimate Game of the Year. &#8220;What the fuck is happening right now?<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s been an unbelievable year for us. We don&#8217;t really fathom everything that&#8217;s going on, but I just want to say a massive, massive, massive thank you, first to all the formidable people who worked on this game at Sandfall Interactive. But also, a huge thank you to all the players around the world who voted for us.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s been incredible, really the most wonderful year of our lives, basically. You changed us as people, and you changed our lives &#8230; So just, a very humble, and very, very, comes from the heart, thank you to the players. Thank you so much.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"see-more see-more--clipped\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet hawk-ignore\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We continue \ud83e\udef6\ud83c\udffb7 massive #GoldenJoystickAwards wins for @expedition33 !!! Owowow.Congrats to @SandfallGames and @KeplerInteract pic.twitter.com\/rVFb8ngW3k<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cantworkitout\/status\/1991582076072784010\">November 20, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"see-more__filter\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Matching Baldur&#8217;s Gate 3&#8217;s 2023 total of Golden Joystick wins in no small feat: Larian&#8217;s RPG opus is still vying for awards, more than two years after it released, a testament to just how powerfully good it is. Here&#8217;s the full tally of Clair Obscur&#8217;s dominance:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Best Lead Performer<\/strong> &#8211; Jennifer English (Clair Obscur: Expedition 33)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Best Soundtrack<\/strong> &#8211; Clair Obscur: Expedition 33<\/li>\n<li><strong>Best Storytelling <\/strong>&#8211; Clair Obscur: Expedition 33<\/li>\n<li><strong>Best Supporting Performer<\/strong> &#8211; Ben Starr (Clair Obscur: Expedition 33)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Best Visual Design<\/strong> &#8211; Clair Obscur: Expedition 33<\/li>\n<li><strong>Studio of the Year <\/strong>&#8211; Sandfall Interactive<\/li>\n<li><strong>Ultimate Game of the Year<\/strong> &#8211; Clair Obscur: Expedition 33<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Nothing else came close. Ghost of Yotei took two wins, for Best Audio Design and Console Game of the Year, Peak claimed a pair for Best Multiplayer Game and Streamers&#8217; Choice, Silksong took two for Best Indie Game &#8211; Self-published and PC Game of the Year, and Grand Theft Auto 6 may still be a whole year away (and a whole lot longer than that for PC) but it won two trophies as well, for Best Game Trailer and (surprise) Most Wanted Game. All commendable, and all very distant.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s a good chance that trend will continue. Earlier this week, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 became the <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/thegameawards\/status\/1990471288755007911\" target=\"_blank\">most-nominated game<\/a> in the history of The Game Awards, with 11 nominations\u2014outstripping the eight noms earned by Baldur&#8217;s Gate 3 (and, for the record, Alan Wake 2) at the 2023 Game Awards.<\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-video\" data-nosnippet >\n<div class=\"video-aspect-box\"><iframe data-lazy-priority=\"low\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RXPKq_-lWp4\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>You can catch the whole show in the video above, or if you want to get straight to the full list of Golden Joysticks 2025 winners , you can dive into that, courtesy of <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gamesradar.com\/games\/events-conferences\/golden-joystick-awards-2025-all-winners\/\" target=\"_blank\">GamesRadar<\/a>, below.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Best Audio Design <\/strong>&#8211; Ghost of Yotei<\/li>\n<li><strong>Best Early Access Game<\/strong> &#8211; R.E.P.O.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Best Game Adaptation<\/strong> &#8211; Arcane Season 2<\/li>\n<li><strong>Best Game Expansion<\/strong> &#8211; Lies of P: Overture<\/li>\n<li><strong>Best Game Trailer<\/strong> &#8211; Grand Theft Auto 6 Trailer 2<\/li>\n<li><strong>Best Gaming Hardware <\/strong>&#8211; AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D<\/li>\n<li><strong>Best Indie Game<\/strong> &#8211; Blue Prince<\/li>\n<li><strong>Best Indie Game &#8211; Self-published &#8211; <\/strong>Hollow Knight: Silksong<\/li>\n<li><strong>Best Lead Performer<\/strong> &#8211; Jennifer English<\/li>\n<li><strong>Best Multiplayer Game<\/strong> &#8211; Peak<\/li>\n<li><strong>Best Remake \/ Remaster <\/strong>&#8211; The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remastered<\/li>\n<li><strong>Best Soundtrack<\/strong> &#8211; Clair Obscur: Expedition 33<\/li>\n<li><strong>Best Storytelling <\/strong>&#8211; Clair Obscur: Expedition 33<\/li>\n<li><strong>Best Supporting Performer<\/strong> &#8211; Ben Starr<\/li>\n<li><strong>Best Visual Design<\/strong> &#8211; Clair Obscur: Expedition 33<\/li>\n<li><strong>Breakthrough Award <\/strong>&#8211; Schedule 1<\/li>\n<li><strong>Console Game of the Year<\/strong> &#8211; Ghost of Y\u014dtei<\/li>\n<li><strong>Critics&#8217; Choice <\/strong>&#8211; Donkey Kong Bananza<\/li>\n<li><strong>Most Wanted Game &#8211; <\/strong>GTA 6<\/li>\n<li><strong>PC Game of the Year<\/strong> &#8211; Hollow Knight: Silksong<\/li>\n<li><strong>Still Playing &#8211; Mobile &#8211; <\/strong>Pokemon Go<\/li>\n<li><strong>Still Playing &#8211; PC &#038; Console &#8211; <\/strong>Minecraft<\/li>\n<li><strong>Streamers&#8217; Choice<\/strong> &#8211; Peak<\/li>\n<li><strong>Studio of the Year <\/strong>&#8211; Sandfall Interactive<\/li>\n<li><strong>Ultimate Game of the Year<\/strong> &#8211; Clair Obscur: Expedition 33<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div 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