Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is up for eight awards at the GDC Awards

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is up for eight awards at the GDC Awards This year marks the 26th Game Developers Choice Awards ceremony. The organizers of the Game Developers Conference, which hosts the event, have announced the list of nominees. Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is once again the leader in terms of the number of nominations — the French team from Sandfall Interactive could take home eight statuettes. The samurai action game Ghost of Yōtei also performed well, with five nominations. The winners of the GDC Awards will be announced on March 13.

Best Sound Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, Death Stranding 2: On The Beach, Ghost of Yōtei, Rift of the NecroDancer, South of Midnight. Honorable mentions — ARC Raiders, Donkey Kong Bananza, DOOM: The Dark Ages, Lumines Arise, to a T.

Best Debut BALL x PIT, Blue Prince, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, Dispatch. Honorable mentions — ARC Raiders, Consume Me, Hollow Knight: Silksong, The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy, The Roottrees are Dead.

Best Design BALL x PIT, Blue Prince, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, Donkey Kong Bananza, Split Fiction. Honorable Mentions — Death Stranding 2: On The Beach, Ghost of Yōtei, Kingdom Come: Deliverance II, The Alters.

Innovation Award BALL x PIT, Baby Steps, Blue Prince, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, Donkey Kong Bananza. Honorable Mentions — CloverPit, Consume Me, R.E.P.O., Sunderfolk, to a T.

Best Narrative Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, despelote, Dispatch, Ghost of Yōtei, Split Fiction. Honorable mentions — Lost Records: Bloom & Rage, South of Midnight, The Outer Worlds 2, The Séance of Blake Manor.

Best Technology Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, Death Stranding 2: On The Beach, Donkey Kong Bananza, Ghost of Yōtei, Split Fiction. Honorable mentions — ARC Raiders, Battlefield 6, Hollow Knight: Silksong, Kingdom Come: Deliverance II, PEAK.

Best Art Direction Absolum, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, Death Stranding 2: On The Beach, Ghost of Yōtei, Hades II, Keeper. Honorable mentions — Hollow Knight: Silksong, South of Midnight, Sword of the Sea, The Midnight Walk.

Social Impact and Roger, Consume Me, despelote, Dispatch. Honorable mentions — Herdling, Lost Records: Bloom & Rage, PEAK, to a T.

Game of the Year Blue Prince, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, Donkey Kong Bananza, Ghost of Yōtei, Hollow Knight: Silksong, Split Fiction. Honorable mentions — Absolum, BALL x PIT, Hades II.