Expedition 33 Wins GOTY As Xbox Takes Home Two Awards At The Golden Joysticks 2025

Today wasn’t just about the Xbox Partner Preview Showcase – it’s also been a night for celebrating the best games of the past 12 months, with the Golden Joystick Awards taking place over in London.

Unsurprisingly, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 was the talk of the show, with the game taking home four awards including the big Game of the Year award that was voted on by the public.

In terms of Xbox’s own studios, Minecraft took home the “Still Playing” award for consoles and PC, while The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered was named the “best remake/remaster” in another public vote.

“Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 was the biggest winner of the night winning – Ultimate Game of the Year, Best Storytelling, Best Visual Design and Best Soundtrack. The game’s stars Jennifer English won Best Lead Performer for her role as Maelle, and Ben Starr won Best Supporting Performer for his role as Verso. Sandfall Interactive, the developers of the game, also won Studio of the Year.

Other multiple award winners included Ghost of Yōtei, which picked up two awards for Best Audio Design and Console Game of the Year; Hollow Knight: Silksong for Best Indie Game – Self-Published and PC Game of the Year; Grand Theft Auto VI for Best Game Trailer and Most Wanted and PEAK which won two awards for Best Multiplayer Game and Streamers’ Choice.”

Altogether, there were 12 games in the running for Game of the Year at the Golden Joysticks 2025, with Indiana Jones and the Great Circle being one of them. Unfortunately it didn’t end up winning anything, but it’s in good company – not even Split Fiction was able to win an award this year, so the competition was extremely fierce!

We’ll leave you with the full list of winners from the Golden Joystick Awards 2025 below.

• Best Storytelling – Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (public vote)
• Best Audio Design – Ghost of Yōtei (public vote)
• Best Multiplayer Game – PEAK (public vote)
• Best Visual Design – Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (public vote)
• Best Game Expansion – Lies of P: Overture (public vote)
• Best Indie Game Self Published – Hollow Knight: Silksong (public vote)
• Best Indie Game – Blue Prince (public vote)
• Studio of the Year – Sandfall Interactive (public vote)
• Best Early Access Game – R.E.P.O (public vote)
• Best Soundtrack – Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (public vote)
• Best Game Trailer – Grand Theft Auto VI Trailer 2 (public vote)
• Still Playing – Mobile – Pokémon GO (public vote)
• Still Playing – Consoles & PC – Minecraft (public vote)
• Streamers’ Choice – PEAK (critically chosen)
• Best Remake / Remaster – The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered (public vote)
• Breakthrough Award – Schedule I (critically chosen)
• Best Gaming Hardware – AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D (public vote)
• Best Game Adaptation – Arcane Season 2 (public vote)
• Best Supporting Performer – Ben Starr (public vote)
• Best Lead Performer – Jennifer English (public vote)
• Hall of Fame – The Sims (critically chosen)
• PC Game of the Year – Hollow Knight: Silksong (public vote)
• Console Game of the Year – Ghost of Yōtei (public vote)
• Critics’ Choice Award – Donkey Kong Bananza (critically chosen)
• Most Wanted Game – Grand Theft Auto VI (public vote)
• Ultimate Game of the Year – Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (public vote)