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The Game Awards Nominees, Ranked By How Many Nominations They Received

Fan voting will decide the 2025 Game Awards winners, with Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 leading nominations and Game of the Year narrowed to six titles.

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Read Our Reviews For 2025's Game Of The Year Nominees At The Game Awards

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The Game Awards 2025 nominees include Clair Obscur, Hollow Knight: Silksong and Hades 2

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The Game Awards 2025 nominees include Clair Obscur, Hollow Knight: Silksong and Hades 2

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The Game Awards 2025: See the Full List of Nominees

The Game Awards announced the nominees for the best games of 2025, with Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 leading the pack with 12 nominations, including for the coveted Game of the Year honour. The acclaimed RPG will be going up against Death Stranding 2: On the Beach, Donkey Kong Bananza, Hades 2, Hollow Knight: Silksong, and Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 for the night's top prize.

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The Game Awards 2025 Nominees For GOTY And More

The Game Awards will stream live December 11, with nominees announced November 17 by Geoff Keighley; Game of the Year nominees were leaked beforehand.

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Bonkers for Bananza, but no Switch 2? Play the dev team's previous hit instead

Super Mario Odyssey is one of the highest-rated games for the Nintendo Switch and acclaimed for its gameplay and design.

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Donkey Kong Bananza has the reviews of a GOTY contender

IGN's Logan Plant awarded Donkey Kong Bananza a full 10/10 'Masterpiece' rating, calling it 'a truly groundbreaking 3D platformer.' Eurogamer's Alex Donaldson was a little more mixed, saying, 'When it smashes, DK really smashes.'

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Donkey Kong Bananza Reviews Say It's The Blockbuster Exclusive Switch 2 Fans Are Waiting For

Nintendo's first big single-player adventure for the new hardware sounds like the GOTY-contender Donkey Kong sequel fans have been waiting for.

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Charlie Cox had no clue his Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 role would be so huge

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 sold 3.3 million copies in 33 days and is a likely Game of the Year contender.

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Baldur's Gate 3 Director Predicted Clair Obscur: Expedition 33's Success At Last Year's Game Awards

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 unexpectedly ranks as the highest-rated game of 2025, praised for its values and idealism.

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Charlie Cox had no clue his Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 role would be so huge