Here are the winners and nominees of The Game Awards 2025. Read on to learn more about the event's schedule, categories, and final results.
The Game Awards 2025 Winners and Nominees
Game of the Year
| Criteria | Nominees |
|---|---|
| Recognizing a game that delivers the absolute best experience across all creative and technical fields. | ⚫︎ 🏆 Clair Obscur: Expedition 33🏆
⚫︎ Death Stranding 2: On the Beach ⚫︎ Donkey Kong Bananza ⚫︎ Hades II ⚫︎ Hollow Knight: Silksong ⚫︎ Kingdom Come: Deliverance II |
| Winner: | Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 |
|---|
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 claims Game of the Year at The Game Awards 2025, standing above outstanding titles such as Death Stranding 2: On the Beach, Donkey Kong Bananza, Hades II, Hollow Knight: Silksong, and Kingdom Come: Deliverance II. The game is celebrated for its richly detailed Parisian world, deep emotional narratives, and hybrid real-time/turn-based combat. Developed by a passionate team heavily inspired by the JRPG genre, the game delivers a truly immersive experience, cementing its status as a modern RPG classic.
Player's Voice
| Criteria | Nominees |
|---|---|
| Recognizing fan-favorite games throughout the year through three rounds of 100% player-voted nominees. | ⚫︎ Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
⚫︎ Dispatch ⚫︎ Genshin Impact ⚫︎ Hollow Knight: Silksong ⚫︎ 🏆 Wuthering Waves 🏆 |
| Winner: | Wuthering Waves |
|---|
Wuthering Waves is this year’s winner for Player’s Voice, proving both its popularity and quality of gameplay among many heavy-hitters, such as surprise indie hits Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, Dispatch, and Hollow Knight: Silksong, as well as its fellow open-world adventure game Genshin Impact.
Despite its rocky launch in 2024, the game would eventually find its footing in subsequent updates and markedly see a leap in improvement when it released Version 2.0 in January 2025, along with the region Rinascita.
Best Game Direction
| Criteria | Nominees |
|---|---|
| Awarded for outstanding creative vision and innovation in game direction and design. | ⚫︎ 🏆 Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 🏆
⚫︎ Death Stranding 2: On the Beach ⚫︎ Hades II ⚫︎ Ghost of Yotei ⚫︎ Split Fiction |
| Winner: | Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 |
|---|
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 wins this year’s Best Game Direction, standing atop other impressive games such as Death Stranding 2: On the Beach, Hades II, Ghost of Yotei, and Split Fiction. Welcomed to the stage by none other than industry veteran and legend, Todd Howard, the developers at Sandfall Interactive reflect on the humble beginnings of this project, who are still stunned by the success their debut title received.
Since its release, the game has received accolades from both critics and players, with even big industry names like Death Stranding and Metal Gear’s Hideo Kojima, Bioshock’s Ken Levine, and The Last of Us’ Neil Druckmann expressing their praise for the title.
Best Narrative
| Criteria | Nominees |
|---|---|
| For outstanding storytelling and narrative development in a game. | ⚫︎ 🏆 Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 🏆
⚫︎ Death Stranding 2: On the Beach ⚫︎ Ghost of Yotei ⚫︎ Kingdom Come: Deliverance II ⚫︎ Silent Hill f |
| Winner: | Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 |
|---|
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 wins the Best Narrative category, proving its mettle among a host of other narrative heavy-hitters such as Death Stranding 2: On the Beach, Ghost of Yotei, Kingdom Come: Deliverance II, and Silent Hill f. Clair Obscur’s lead writer, Jennifer Svedberg-Yen, discovered director Guillaume Broche’s Reddist post looking for voice actors and was cast before she eventually progressed into her current role during development.
Svedberg-Yen had previously stated that one of their core objectives in writing Clair Obscur’s narrative was to never "overexplain" story elements and let the players piece them together.
Best Art Direction
| Criteria | Nominees |
|---|---|
| For outstanding creative and/or technical achievement in artistic design and animation. | ⚫︎ 🏆 Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 🏆
⚫︎ Death Stranding 2: On the Beach ⚫︎ Ghost of Yotei ⚫︎ Hades II ⚫︎ Hollow Knight: Silksong |
| Winner: | Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 |
|---|
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 has won the Best Art Direction category, beating its contemporaries Death Stranding 2: On the Beach, Ghost of Yotei, Hades II, and Hollow Knight: Silksong. The game proves itself among a roster of beautiful and artistic titles that won over both critics and players alike.
Clair Obscur takes after the Belle Époque movement style, presenting a world that is decaying yet elegant and surreal. The art director behind the title is Nicholas Maxson-Francombe, who previously did concept art for stage shows.
Best Score and Music
| Criteria | Nominees |
|---|---|
| For outstanding music, inclusive of score, original song, and/or licensed soundtrack. | ⚫︎ Christopher Larking (Hollow Knight: Silksong)
⚫︎ Darren Korb (Hades II) ⚫︎ 🏆 Lorien Testard (Clair Obscur: Expedition 33) 🏆 ⚫︎ Toma Otowa (Ghost of Yotei) ⚫︎ Woodkid and Ludvig Forssell (Death Stranding 2: On the Beach) |
| Winner: | Lorien Testard (Clair Obscur: Expedition 33) |
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Lorien Testard, composer behind Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, wins Best Score and Music at The Game Awards 2025. Lorien's work elevates Expedition 33 with beloved tracks such as "Lumière" and "Une vie à t'aimer," launching him to prominence. The score has become a defining element of the game, enhancing its emotional depth and leaving a lasting impression on players.
Best Audio Design
| Criteria | Nominees |
|---|---|
| Recognizing the best in-game audio and sound design. | ⚫︎ 🏆 Battlefield 6 🏆
⚫︎ Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 ⚫︎ Death Stranding 2: On the Beach ⚫︎ Ghost of Yotei ⚫︎ Silent Hill f |
| Winner: | Battlefield 6 |
|---|
Battlefield 6 and its developer, Battlefield Studios, win Best Audio Design, going against a couple of heavy hitters like Sandfall Interactive’s Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, Kojima Productions’ Death Stranding 2: On the Beach, Sucker Punch Productions’ Ghost of Yotei, and NeoBards Entertainment’s Silent Hill f.
Nate Iske is the Audio Director for Battlefield 6, who has also worked as a sound designer for multiple games, such as the previous Battlefield entries, 2042, V, and 1. He also worked on Godfall, Freedom Finger, as well as other TV series and shorts.
Best Performance
| Criteria | Nominees |
|---|---|
| Awarded to an individual for voice-over acting, motion, and/or performance capture. | ⚫︎ Ben Starr (Clair Obscur: Expedition 33)
⚫︎ Charlie Cox (Clair Obscur: Expedition 33) ⚫︎ Erika Ishii (Ghost of Yotei) ⚫︎ 🏆Jennifer English (Clair Obscur: Expedition 33) 🏆 ⚫︎ Konatsu Kato (Silent Hill f) ⚫︎ Troy Baker (Indiana Jones and the Great Circle) |
| Winner: | Jennifer English (Clair Obscur: Expedition 33) |
|---|
Jennifer English, who plays Maelle from Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, takes the trophy for the Best Performance category. She managed to win against her fellow co-stars Charlie Cox and Benn Starr, Erika Ishii from Ghost of Yotei, Konatsu Kato from Silent Hill f, and Troy Baker from Indiana Jones and the Great Circle.
The actress stepped up to the stage to receive her award while delivering a message of gratitude to the gaming community. English previously acted in other video game roles such as Elden Ring, Baldur’s Gate 3, and Wuthering Waves. She is also playing as the protagonist Gwendolyn of the upcoming 2026 game, Tides of Annihilation.
Innovation in Accessibility
| Criteria | Nominees |
|---|---|
| Recognizing software and/or hardware that is pushing the medium forward by adding features, technology, and content to help games be played and enjoyed by an even wider audience. | ⚫︎ Assassin’s Creed Shadows
⚫︎ Atomfall ⚫︎ 🏆 DOOM: The Dark Ages 🏆 ⚫︎ EA Sports FC 26 ⚫︎ South of Midnight |
| Winner: | DOOM: The Dark Ages |
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DOOM: The Dark Ages wins this year’s Innovation in Accessibility. This title went toe-to-toe with other games that pushed the video game medium beyond its limits to be playable to more audiences, such as Assassin’s Creed: Shadows, Atomfall, EA Sports FC 26, and South of Midnight. DOOM: The Dark Ages lets players adjust their experience by customizing the game’s overall difficulty, damage dealt to enemies and the player, projectile speed, enemy aggression, parry window, daze duration, game speed, and resource drops. Players, no matter the skill level, can play the game their way, whether by making their DOOM: The Dark Ages experience easier or harder.
Games for Impact
| Criteria | Nominees |
|---|---|
| For a thought-provoking game with a pro-social meaning or message. | ⚫︎ Consume Me
⚫︎ Despelote ⚫︎ Lost Records: Bloom & Rage ⚫︎ 🏆South of Midnight🏆 ⚫︎ Wanderstop |
| Winner: | South of Midnight |
|---|
South of Midnight took the Games for Impact award, standing apart from other emotional and thought-provoking titles such as Consume Me, Despelote, Lost Records: Bloom & Rage, and Wanderstop.
Developers Farah Brixi and Diane Guillemont went onstage to accept the award, thanking their team and players before announcing that South of Midnight will launch on PlayStation 5 and the Switch 2 in early Spring 2026.
Best Ongoing
| Criteria | Nominees |
|---|---|
| Awarded to a game for outstanding development of ongoing content that evolves the player experience over time. | ⚫︎ Final Fantasy XIV
⚫︎ Fortnite ⚫︎ Helldivers II ⚫︎ Marvel Rivals ⚫︎ 🏆No Man’s Sky🏆 |
| Winner: | No Man’s Sky |
|---|
No Man’s Sky shoots for the stars and takes home this year’s Best Ongoing award, triumphing over major titles such as Final Fantasy XIV, Fortnite, Marvel Rivals, and Helldivers II. It cements its place as one of gaming’s defining comeback stories, driven by content updates that feel like full expansions in their own right.
Best Community Support
| Criteria | Nominees |
|---|---|
| Recognizing a game for outstanding community support, transparency, and responsiveness, inclusive of social media activity and game updates/patches. | ⚫︎ 🏆 Baldur’s Gate 3 🏆
⚫︎ Final Fantasy XIV ⚫︎ Fortnite ⚫︎ Helldivers II ⚫︎ No Man’s Sky |
| Winner: | Baldur’s Gate 3 |
|---|
Baldur’s Gate 3 takes initiative and claims the Best Community Support award, rising above formidable rivals such as Final Fantasy XIV, Fortnite, Helldivers II, and No Man’s Sky, recognizing Larian Studios’ continued commitment to their passionate fans. Larian Studios keeps close to its players, sharing updates and engaging across forums and social platforms to maintain a vibrant, connected community.
Best Independent Game
| Criteria | Nominees |
|---|---|
| For outstanding creative and technical achievement in a game made outside the traditional publisher system. | ⚫︎ Absolum
⚫︎ BALL X PIT ⚫︎ Blue Prince ⚫︎ 🏆 Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 🏆 ⚫︎ Hades II ⚫︎ Hollow Knight: Silksong |
| Winner: | Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 |
|---|
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 has won this year’s Best Independent Game, beating out an especially stacked field of competitors. Expedition 33 stood out as a favorite since it was released back in April of 2025, and has since become the most-nominated game in The Game Awards history, racking up 12 award nods in total.
Best Debut Indie Game
| Criteria | Nominees |
|---|---|
| For the best debut game created by a new independent studio. | ⚫︎ Blue Prince
⚫︎ 🏆 Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 🏆 ⚫︎ Despelote ⚫︎ Dispatch |
| Winner: | Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 |
|---|
Sandfall Interactive’s Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 wins this year’s Best Debut Indie Game, beating its fellow indie titles Blue Prince by Dogubomb, Despelote by Julián Cordero and Sebastián Valbuena, and Dispatch by Ad Hoc Studio.
The game rises among a roster of critically acclaimed indie releases that took 2025 by storm, with its humble beginnings in 2019 as a personal project by founder Guillaume Broche. Sandfall Interactive developed the game over the next six years until it released this April 2025.
Best Mobile Game
| Criteria | Nominees |
|---|---|
| For the best game playable on a mobile device. | ⚫︎ Destiny: Rising
⚫︎ Persona 5: The Phantom X ⚫︎ Sonic Rumble ⚫︎ 🏆 Umamusume: Pretty Derby 🏆 ⚫︎ Wuthering Waves |
| Winner: | Umamusume: Pretty Derby |
|---|
Umamusume: Pretty Derby took the lead and secured first place in the Best Mobile Game category, surpassing impressive contenders such as Wuthering Waves, Destiny: Rising, Persona 5: The Phantom X, and Sonic Rumble.
Motohiro Okubo stepped onstage to accept the award, thanking fans for their support and assuring newcomers that Cygames is committed to becoming one of the world’s top entertainment studios.
Best VR/AR
| Criteria | Nominees |
|---|---|
| For the best game experience playable in virtual or augmented reality, irrespective of platform. | ⚫︎ Alien: Rogue Incursion
⚫︎ Arken Age ⚫︎ Marvel's Deadpool VR ⚫︎ 🏆 The Midnight Walk 🏆 |
| Winner: | The Midnight Walk |
|---|
The Midnight Walk won this year’s Best VR/AR category, rising on top of Alien: Rogue Incursion, Arken Age, and Marvel’s Deadpool VR. The dark adventure indie title made its mark with a unique stop motion animation style, porting 700 3D-scanned clay models into the game, and a strong narrative that harkens back to the developers from MoonHood Studios’ inspirations, such as Over the Garden Wall, The Nightmare Before Christmas, American filmmaker David Lynch, and Half-Life 2.
Best Action Game
| Criteria | Nominees |
|---|---|
| For the best game in the action genre, focused primarily on combat. | ⚫︎ Battlefield 6
⚫︎ DOOM: The Dark Ages ⚫︎ 🏆 Hades II 🏆 ⚫︎ Ninja Gaiden 4 ⚫︎ SHINOBI: Art of Vengeance |
| Winner: | _Hades II |
|---|
Hades II took the spot for the Best Action Game award, overtaking intense first-person shooter titles Battlefield 6 and DOOM: The Dark Ages, hack-and-slash Ninja Gaiden 4, and 2D platformer SHINOBI: Art of Vengeance.
Developers Greg Kasavin and Amir Rao from Supergiant Games took the stage to offer their gratitude, reflecting on their first title from 2011, Bastion.
Best Action/Adventure
| Criteria | Nominees |
|---|---|
| For the best action/adventure game, combining combat with traversal and puzzle solving. | ⚫︎ Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
⚫︎ Ghost of Yotei ⚫︎ 🏆 Hollow Knight: Silksong 🏆 ⚫︎ Indiana Jones and the Great Circle ⚫︎ Split Fiction |
| Winner: | Hollow Knight: Silksong |
|---|
Hollow Knight: Silksong fights its way to the top, claiming Best Action/Adventure at The Game Awards 2025 and setting itself apart from Death Stranding 2: On the Beach, Ghost of Yotei, Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, and Split Fiction, praised for its precision platforming, challenging encounters, and masterful level design.
Best RPG
| Criteria | Nominees |
|---|---|
| For the best game designed with rich player character customization and progression, including massively multiplayer experiences. | ⚫︎ Avowed
⚫︎ 🏆 Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 🏆 ⚫︎ Kingdom Come: Deliverance II ⚫︎ Monster Hunter Wilds ⚫︎ The Outer Worlds 2 |
| Winner: | Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 |
|---|
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 claims Best RPG at The Game Awards 2025, beating out renowned titles such as Kingdom Come: Deliverance II, Monster Hunter Wilds, The Outer Worlds 2, and Avowed, thanks to its painterly Belle-Époque world and hybrid real-time/turn-based combat.
Best Fighting
| Criteria | Nominees |
|---|---|
| For the best game designed primarily around head-to-head combat. | ⚫︎ 2XKO
⚫︎ CAPCOM Fighting Collection 2 ⚫︎ 🏆 Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves 🏆 ⚫︎ Mortal Kombat: Legacy Kollection ⚫︎ Virtua Fighter 5 R.E.V.O. World Stage |
| Winner: | FATAL FURY: City of the Wolves |
|---|
FATAL FURY: City of the Wolves smashes through the competition for the Best Fighting Game award. It managed to win against two classic collection games, CAPCOM Fighting Collection 2 and Mortal Kombat: Legacy Kollection, as w Virtua Fighter 5 R.E.V.O. World Stage. FATAL FURY: City of the Wolves is the long-awaited successor to the critically-acclaimed 1999 fighting game, Garou: Mark of the Wolves.
Best Family
| Criteria | Nominees |
|---|---|
| For the best game appropriate for family play, irrespective of genre or platform. | ⚫︎ 🏆 Donkey Kong Bananza 🏆
⚫︎ LEGO Party! ⚫︎ LEGO Voyagers ⚫︎ Mario Kart World ⚫︎ Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds ⚫︎ Split Fiction |
| Winner: | Donkey Kong Bananza |
|---|
Donkey Kong Bananza claimed the Best Family Game award, outpacing a pair of LEGO titles, rival racers from Nintendo and SEGA, and the acclaimed Split Fiction. The simian star walked away with the trophy in a category stacked with familiar heavy-hitters.
Best Sim/Strategy
| Criteria | Nominees |
|---|---|
| Best game focused on real-time or turn-based simulation or strategy gameplay, irrespective of platform. | ⚫︎ 🏆 Final Fantasy Tactics - The Ivalice Chronicles 🏆
⚫︎ Jurassic World Evolution 3 ⚫︎ Sid Meier’s Civilization VII ⚫︎ Tempest Rising ⚫︎ The Alters ⚫︎ Two Point Museum |
| Winner: | Final Fantasy Tactics - The Ivalice Chronicles |
|---|
Final Fantasy Tactics – The Ivalice Chronicles executes a flawless strategy and claims the Best Sim/Strategy award at this year’s The Game Awards, rising above competitors such as Jurassic World Evolution 3, Sid Meier's Civilization VII, Tempest Rising, The Alters, and Two Point Museum. Despite the challenges of remaking the original 1997 Final Fantasy Tactics from scratch after having lost its master data and source code, The Ivalice Chronicles was highly praised for its faithful remaster, excellent voice performances, and quality-of-life features. Having delivered the game to another generation of players, this 2025 remake is not just a celebration of fans of the series but a labor of love for the strategy and tactics genre.
Best Sports/Racing
| Criteria | Nominees |
|---|---|
| For the best traditional and non-traditional sports and racing game. | ⚫︎ EA Sports FC 26
⚫︎ F1 25 ⚫︎ 🏆 Mario Kart World 🏆 ⚫︎ Rematch ⚫︎ Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds |
| Winner: | Mario Kart World |
|---|
Mario Kart World races past the competition and wins this year’s Best Sports/Racing category. The game is pitted against its rival kart racer, Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds, along with sim racer, F1 25, multiplayer football game, Rematch, and EA Sports FC 26.
Mario Kart World was developed to be a completely different experience from previous titles in the series from the beginning of its development, according to game producer Kosuke Yabuki. The game takes the series’ traditional kart racing formula into a new open world for the first time, which led it to stand out not just in contrast to other Mario Kart titles but also other racers in the genre.
Best Multiplayer
| Criteria | Nominees |
|---|---|
| For outstanding online multiplayer gameplay and design, including co-op and massively multiplayer experiences, irrespective of game genre or platform. | ⚫︎ 🏆 ARC Raiders 🏆
⚫︎ Battlefield 6 ⚫︎ Elden Ring Nightreign ⚫︎ PEAK ⚫︎ Split Fiction |
| Winner: | ARC Raiders |
|---|
ARC Raiders outguns the competition to take Best Multiplayer at this year’s The Game Awards, claiming the top spot over fellow shooter Battlefield 6 and other heavy hitters like Elden Ring Nightreign, PEAK, and Split Fiction, recognized for redefining competitive multiplayer with innovative mechanics, intense gunfights, and dynamic mission design.
Best Adaptation
| Criteria | Nominees |
|---|---|
| Recognizing outstanding creative work that faithfully and authentically adapts a video game to another entertainment medium. | ⚫︎ A Minecraft Movie
⚫︎ Devil May Cry ⚫︎ Splinter Cell: Death Watch ⚫︎ 🏆 The Last of Us: Season 2 🏆 ⚫︎ Until Dawn |
| Winner: | The Last of Us: Season 2 |
|---|
The Last of Us Season 2 has won Best Adaptation, the award for video game stories brought to life in other media. Season 2 of The Last of Us premiered back on April 13 and ran until May 25. Most notably joining Pedro Pascal (Joel) and Bella Ramsey (Ellie) in the latest season were Kaitlyn Dever (Abby), Isabela Merced (Dina), and Young Mazino (Jesse).
Most Anticipated Game
| Criteria | Nominees |
|---|---|
| Recognizing an announced game that has demonstrably illustrated potential to push the gaming medium forward. | ⚫︎ 007 First Light
⚫︎ 🏆 GTA VI 🏆 ⚫︎ MARVEL’s Wolverine ⚫︎ Resident Evil Requiem (RE9) ⚫︎ The Witcher IV |
| Winner: | GTA VI |
|---|
Grand Theft Auto VI brings home this year’s Most Anticipated award, winning over other highly anticipated titles such as 007 First Light, Marvel’s Wolverine, Resident Evil Requiem (RE9), and The Witcher IV. Fans across the globe had been anticipating the next Grand Theft Auto title years before Rockstar Games even confirmed that they were working on the eighth mainline entry in 2022. With information from several industry insiders and the trailers that have been released for the game since 2023, Grand Theft Auto VI is shaping up to be the most ambitious and high-fidelity game of not just the series but titles across the gaming industry. While it was subject to many delays, the discussion and hype surrounding this next-generation title did not relent.
Content Creator of the Year
| Criteria | Nominees |
|---|---|
| For a streamer or content creator who has made an important and positive impact on the community in 2025. | ⚫︎ Caedrel
⚫︎ Kai Cenat ⚫︎ 🏆 Moist Cr1tikal 🏆 ⚫︎ Sakura Miko ⚫︎ The Burnt Peanut |
| Winner: | Moist Cr1tikal |
|---|
Moist Cr1tikal, also known as penguinz0, has won The Game Awards 2025 Content Creator of the Year. Known for his commentary videos on YouTube, he takes the top spot over Caedrel, Kai Cenat, Sakura Miko, and The Burnt Peanut. Moist Cr1tikal, though primarily running a consistent reaction channel and occasional uploads of gameplay videos sourced from his livestreams on Twitch, remains involved in the gaming scene through his ventures in esports as a co-owner of the organization Shopify Rebellion, as well as his role as the character Sonar from Ad Hoc Studio’s narrative game Dispatch.
Best E-Sports Game
| Criteria | Nominees |
|---|---|
| For the game that has delivered the best overall esports experience to players (inclusive of tournaments, community support, and content updates), irrespective of genre or platform. | ⚫︎ 🏆 Counter-Strike 2 🏆
⚫︎ DOTA 2 ⚫︎ League of Legends ⚫︎ Mobile Legends: Bang Bang ⚫︎ Valorant |
| Winner: | Counter-Strike 2 |
|---|
Counter-Strike 2 (CS2) has taken home the award for Best Esports Game, beating out perennial competitors DOTA 2, League of Legends, Mobile Legends: Bang Bang, and Valorant. CS2 was also nominated in last year’s Game Awards but lost to League of Legends. Its predecessor, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, was also a multiple-time nominee and one-time winner (2015).
Best E-Sports Athlete
| Criteria | Nominees |
|---|---|
| The esports athlete judged to be the most outstanding for performance and conduct in 2025, irrespective of game. | ⚫︎ brawk - Brock Somerhalder
⚫︎ 🏆 Chovy - Jeong Ji-Hoon 🏆 ⚫︎ f0rsakeN - Jason Susanto ⚫︎ Kakeru - Kakeru Watanabe ⚫︎ MenaRD - Saul Leonardo ⚫︎ ZywOo - Mathieu Herbaut |
| Winner: | Chovy - Jeong Ji-Hoon |
|---|
Chovy, also known as Jeong Ji-Hoon, ran past the competition and won this year’s Best E-Sports Athlete award. Chovy is a well-known professional League of Legends player who has played exceptionally in multiple tournaments as a member of the esports organization, Gen.G. Chovy was selected among other pro players, such as f0rsakeN (Jason Susanto), Kakeru (Kakeru Watanabe), MenaRD (Saul Leonardo), and ZywOo (Mathieu Herbaut).
Best E-Sports Team
| Criteria | Nominees |
|---|---|
| Recognizing a specific esports team (not the full organization) judged the most outstanding for performance and conduct in 2025. | ⚫︎ Gen.G
⚫︎ NRG ⚫︎ Team Falcons ⚫︎ Team Liquid PH ⚫︎ 🏆 Team Vitality 🏆 |
| Winner: | Team Vitality |
|---|
Team Vitality continues its stellar year by winning the award for Best Esports Team. The team earned this award for their outstanding performance in Counter-Strike 2. The French Esports team took the top prize at multiple major events this year, including ESL Grand Slam Season 5 and BLAST.tv Austin Major 2025.
Ceremonies Started on December 11, 2025, at 4:30 PM PT/7:30 PM ET
The Game Awards 2025 took place on December 11, 2025, beginning with a pre-show at 7:30 p.m. ET/4:30 p.m. PT, followed by the main ceremony at 8:00 p.m. ET/5:00 p.m. PT. The event was held at the Peacock Theatre in Los Angeles, California, with producer Geoff Keighley returning as host.
The awards ceremony was livestreamed across multiple platforms, including the official YouTube and Twitch channels for The Game Awards, as well as partner outlets such as Steam, Prime Video, X, TikTok Live, Facebook, and Instagram.
Please refer to the table below for its streaming schedule using your local timezone:
| Region | Local Release Time |
|---|---|
| United States (ET) | Thursday, December 11, 2025, 7:30 p.m. |
| United States (PT) | Thursday, December 11, 2025, 4:30 p.m. |
| United Kingdom | Friday, December 12, 2025, 12:30 a.m. |
| Central Europe | Friday, December 12, 2025, 1:30 a.m. |
| New Zealand | Friday, December 12, 2025, 1:30 p.m. |
| Australian East Coast | Friday, December 12, 2025, 10:30 a.m. |
| Australian West Coast | Friday, December 12, 2025, 8:30 a.m. |
| Japan | Friday, December 12, 2025, 9:30 a.m. |
| Philippines | Friday, December 12, 2025, 8:30 a.m. |
| South Africa | Friday, December 12, 2025, 2:30 a.m. |
| Brazil | Thursday, December 11, 2025, 9:30 p.m. |
| Universal Time (UTC) | Friday, December 12, 2025, 12:30 a.m. |
What is The Game Awards?
The Game Awards is an annual awards ceremony that celebrates achievements across the video game industry. Created and hosted by journalist and producer Geoff Keighley, the event debuted in 2014 and has since grown into one of the medium’s most prominent showcases, drawing millions of global viewers each year through livestreams across multiple platforms.
Held every December, the show combines formal award presentations with world-premiere announcements, exclusive trailers, musical performances, and appearances from industry figures and celebrity guests. Awards span a broad range of categories, including Game of the Year, Best Game Direction, Best Narrative, Best Art Direction, and various genre-specific honors, as well as esports-related categories.
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