Silksong devs "maybe" aren't going to The Game Awards and think they're "safe" from a GOTY win because of Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, which is "exceptional and broadly palatable"

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2025 has been filled with exceptional new game releases, but I think most would agree there's a pretty clear frontrunner for the Game of the Year title in Sandfall Interactive's Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. Even the devs at Team Cherry, which finally delivered the exceptional Hollow Knight: Silksong this year, figure they're "safe" from the burden of delivering a GOTY acceptance speech for The Game Awards in December.

Ari Gibson and William Pellen, the co-founders of the Australian studio behind Silksong, were asked by Bloomberg (paid article link) if they'd be heading to LA for The Game Awards after receiving a nomination for the event's top award. "Maybe not," Pellen says. "We're pretty busy."

"This year I think we're safe," Gibson adds when presented with the idea of recording a video message to accept a GOTY win. "I think Expedition 33 – it's exceptional and broadly palatable. Whereas we're on that knife’s edge, where it appeals to some and infuriates others."

Dustin Bailey
Dustin Bailey
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Dustin Bailey joined the GamesRadar team as a Staff Writer in May 2022, and is currently based in Missouri. He's been covering games (with occasional dalliances in the worlds of anime and pro wrestling) since 2015, first as a freelancer, then as a news writer at PCGamesN for nearly five years. His love for games was sparked somewhere between Metal Gear Solid 2 and Knights of the Old Republic, and these days you can usually find him splitting his entertainment time between retro gaming, the latest big action-adventure title, or a long haul in American Truck Simulator.

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