The “future of Tomb Raider” has been dutifully revealed at this year’s Geoff Awards, and it turns out the future is half-future, half-past. Amazon Game Studios and Crystal Dynamics have announced a pair of Tomb Raider games – Tomb Raider: Catalyst, the next major new instalment in Lara Croft’s adventures, and the previously leaked Tomb Raider: Legacy Of Atlantis, “a fully reimagined version” of Core Design’s original Tomb Raider from 1996.

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### Game Awards 2025: Comprehensive Winners and Losers Overview

Another year has elapsed, and the Game Awards 2025, presented by Geoff Keighley, have reached their conclusion. This annual gathering is famous not only for celebrating exceptional games but also for its array of trailers and promotions. For anyone who didn’t catch the show or is keen to check out the outcomes, here’s a thorough compilation of the winners and nominees in various categories, highlighting both triumphs and letdowns from this year’s contest.

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#### Game of the Year
– **Winner:** *Clair Obscur: Expedition 33*
– Nominees:
– *Death Stranding 2: On the Beach*
– *Donkey Kong Bananza*
– *Hades II*
– *Hollow Knight: Silksong*
– *Kingdom Come: Deliverance II*

#### Best Game Direction
– **Winner:** *Clair Obscur: Expedition 33*
– Nominees:
– *Death Stranding 2: On The Beach*
– *Ghost of Yōtei*
– *Hades II*
– *Split Fiction*

#### Best Adaptation
– **Winner:** *The Last of Us: Season 2*
– Nominees:
– *A Minecraft Movie*
– *Devil May Cry*
– *Splinter Cell: Deathwatch*
– *Until Dawn*

#### Best Narrative
– **Winner:** *Clair Obscur: Expedition 33*
– Nominees:
– *Death Stranding 2: On The Beach*
– *Ghost of Yōtei*
– *Kingdom Come: Deliverance II*
– *Silent Hill f*

#### Best Art Direction
– **Winner:** *Clair Obscur: Expedition 33*
– Nominees:
– *Death Stranding 2: On the Beach*
– *Ghost of Yōtei*
– *Hades II*
– *Hollow Knight: Silksong*

#### Best Score and Music
– **Winner:** *Clair Obscur: Expedition 33*
– Nominees:
– *Hollow Knight: Silksong*
– *Hades II*
– *Ghost of Yōtei*
– *Death Stranding 2: On the Beach*

#### Best Audio Design
– **Winner:** *Battlefield 6*
– Nominees:
– *Clair Obscur: Expedition 33*
– *Death Stranding 2: On the Beach*
– *Ghost of Yōtei*
– *Silent Hill f*

#### Best Performance
– **Winner:** Jennifer English
– Nominees:
– Ben Starr
– Charlie Cox
– Erika Ishii
– Konatsu Kato
– Troy Baker

#### Innovation in Accessibility
– **Winner:** *Doom: The Dark Ages*
– Nominees:
– *Assassin’s Creed Shadows*
– *Atomfall*
– *EA Sports FC 26*
– *South of Midnight*

#### Games for Impact
– **Winner:** *South of Midnight*
– Nominees:
– *Consume Me*
– *Despelote*
– *Lost Records: Bloom & Rage*
– *Wanderstop*

#### Best Ongoing Game
– **Winner:** *No Man’s Sky*
– Nominees:
– *Final Fantasy XIV*
– *Fortnite*
– *Helldivers 2*
– *Marvel Rivals*

#### Best Community Support
– **Winner:** *Baldur’s Gate 3*
– Nominees:
– *Final Fantasy XIV*
– *Fortnite*
– *Helldivers 2*
– *No Man’s Sky*

#### Best Independent Game
– **Winner:** *Clair Obscur: Expedition 33*
– Nominees:
– *Absolum*
– *Ball x Pit*
– *Blue Prince*
– *Hades II*
– *Hollow Knight: Silksong*

#### Best Debut Indie Game
– **Winner:** *Clair Obscur: Expedition 33*
– Nominees:
– *Blue Prince*
– *Despelote*
– *Dispatch*
– *Megabonk* (Delisted)

#### Best Mobile Game
– **Winner:** *Umamusume: Pretty Derby*
– Nominees:
– *Destiny: Rising*
– *Persona 5: The Phantom X*
– *Sonic Rumble*
– *Wuthering Waves*

#### Best VR/AR Game
– **Winner:** *The Midnight Walk*
– Nominees:
– *Alien: Rogue Incursion*
– *Arken Age*

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33‘s promised free expansion is available to download right now, developers Sandfall Interactive have announced at this evening’s Trial by Keighley, aka the Game Awards.

The update includes new enemies and bosses, a new dungeon, enemies, new language support and costumes. The extra environment appears to be toy-themed and accessible later on in the game. If you’re concerned about spoilers (I myself still haven’t finished this), I would skip the below trailer. I would also skip the below trailer if the prospect of death by lollipop strikes you as a bridge too far even for Clair Obscur, a game of many disarming eccentricities.

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