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Indie Game Awards Strips Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 of Game of the Year Over Gen AI, Dev Says 'Placeholder' Textures Were Patched Out After Slipping Through QA Process

Fresh from receiving the Game of the Year award at The Game Awards 2025, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 has been stripped of two awards from the Indie Game Awards after its use of generative AI hit the headlines. Sandfall Interactive’s record-breaking role-playing game launched with some placeholder textures built with generative AI. The developer patched them out five days after release, insisting…
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Leon Kennedy’s Requiem Look Turns Him into a ‘Hot Uncle’

The Resident Evil Requiem from The Game Awards finally confirmed that Leon S. Kennedy will return as the game’s second playable protagonist. Although he has aged a bit since we last saw him, Japanese fans have been taking to social media to praise Leon’s suave, older…
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Tomb Raider Fans Are Wondering About Retcons to Fit the New Unified Timeline Following Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis and Tomb Raider: Catalyst Reveals

The announcement of both Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis and Tomb Raider: Catalyst has sparked retcon speculation among the franchise’s fandom. At last week’s The Game Awards, Catalyst’s first trailer was immediately followed by the reveal of Legacy of Atlantis, a “reimagining” of the original 1996 classic. Built with Unreal Engine 5, Legacy of Atlantis is due out next year as…
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French President Emmanuel Macron Is Back on Instagram Celebrating Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, This Time for Winning Game of the Year

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33’s record-breaking performance at last week’s The Game Awards has caught the eye of French president Emmanuel Macron, who celebrated the news of its Game of the Year award on Instagram over the weekend. Sandfall Interactive’s role-playing game swept The Game Awards 2025 with nine wins, the most any video game has won in a single The Game Awards show. As…
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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33's DLC Is Out Now | The Game Awards

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 just swept The Game Awards, winning a whopping 9 out of 11 of its nominations, including Game of the Year. In celebration, Sandfall Interactive took the stage to announce that its previously-announced DLC for the game is out…now. Right now! We learned back in October that this update – which is free, by the way – was happening, we just didn’t…
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