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"The real reward in our heart is the emotional response": As Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 continues its GOTY domination, the devs and actors are still reeling from its success

Year in Review 2025 | The JRPG wasn't supposed to be "big," it was supposed to be "cool" – and 7 months later, it's officially both

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"This award can f*** itself": Clair Obscur Expedition 33 Verso actor would rather give up Best Supporting Performer than go without "the thrill of that sweet, sweet banana" Joker in Balatro

Give Ben Starr the banana

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"'Here is existential pain, live with it'": Expedition 33 actor Ben Starr says the JRPG's powerful story "represents so much of the reason why I continue to play games"

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is a work of love, the Verso actor says

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"After Baldur's Gate 3, I didn't think we'd be in this position": The team behind Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 can't quite believe they've matched Larian's award wins

"It's absolutely wild to be here"

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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 actors Ben Starr and Jennifer English worry the J’RPG wouldn’t be “as sexy” if it wasn’t French: “French people are just sexier”

"Everyone was so sexy"

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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 actor Ben Starr is still ready to "lose to Megabonk" at The Game Awards, since one "person's game of the year is going to be another person's worst game of all time"

Technically, Megabonk dropped out of TGA, but there are plenty of other awards to win

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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Maelle actor Jennifer English chooses her favorite ending for the "delulu fantasy" JRPG, and I forgive her for siding with her own character

It's okay, even the best of us can have the worst opinions

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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33's Verso actor prefers Maelle's ending to his own "because I really like my acting in it" – "choose the Maelle ending and you'll see why I won this award"

Meanwhile Maelle's actor also likes her own ending: "let her live her delulu fantasy life."

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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 wins its first Game of the Year at Golden Joystick Awards 2025

A huge achievement!

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Sandfall Interactive expresses shock as Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 matches Baldur's Gate 3's record-setting run at the 2025 Golden Joystick Awards: 'What the f**k is happening'

Sandfall Interactive's J'RPG took home seven awards, matching the record set by Larian in 2023.

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Everything announced at the Golden Joystick Awards 2025

Winners! Losers! Jokes! Here's the play-by-play recap

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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 actor Ben Starr can "sympathize" with Daredevil lead Charlie Cox's bewilderment over the French JRPG's success, because he "didn't expect it to be this big" either

The game came together unbelievably fast

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The Game Awards 2025 nominees are now live with Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 leading the show in 12 categories, along with Hades 2 and Hollow Knight: Silksong – here's the list and how to vote

The Game Awards 2025 nominations have been announced, and Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 dominates the categories as the most-nominated game in the show's history.

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The Game Awards Releases Complete List of Nominees Ahead of December 11 Ceremony

The Game Awards have finally announced the full list of nominees ahead of the awarding ceremony taking place on December 11.

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"He's kind of a piece of s**t, really": Final Fantasy 16 lead Ben Starr returned to voice Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles antagonist Dycedarg because he's a "very different" character to Clive

"It was a very difficult decision to come back to this franchise"

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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 actors have also been in other hits like Baldur's Gate 3 and Final Fantasy 16, but assure "we're going to be a part of some absolute stinkers, too"

Ben Starr and Jennifer English aren't only in amazing games

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Baldur's Gate 3 Shadowheart actor says "I really like doing morally questionable things in video games" as a performer, but Dark Urge is too challenging as a player: "I'm trying so hard to be evil"

Can the Best Girl ever be bad?

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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Verso actor thanks fan fic writers for "taking very specific license with this classic masterpiece" – "We see you, we hear you, we appreciate how detailed you can truly get"

Ben Starr says "this community is truly incredible"

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Final Fantasy 16 Clive actor Ben Starr was "quite nervous" about voicing a villain in Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles because he didn't want to "soil" his contribution to the series

"I didn't want to come back in and do something badly"

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As if playing Astarion in Baldur's Gate 3 wasn't enough, Neil Newbon's latest performance in Dead Take is the best acting I've seen in gaming

Opinion | The actor's collaboration with Sam Lake and Ben Starr is truly exceptional

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New Pocketpair-published horror game turns Balatro's live-action Jimbo actor into a jester again, devs insist it's "accidental," really: "No one will believe that we genuinely didn't mean to do this"

The devs describe it as "the most incredible happy accident"

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Steam Just Released the Most Unconventional Horror Game of the Year

Dead Take is a highly unconventional horror game that puts a lens on the nature of art and creation, raising major questions in the process. It's a must-play.

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I thought the scariest thing about Dead Take would be its Final Fantasy and Baldur's Gate 3 stars doing American accents, but no horror game has stunned me like this since 2022

Horror Special | Dead Take exposes the true price of fame, and it's an uncomfortably brilliant experience

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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 star says the French JRPG hasn't brought back turn-based combat as bangers like Octopath Traveler have been here all along: "I'm glad that people are discovering it again"

Final Fantasy 16's Ben Starr doesn't think the genre has gone anywhere

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'House Of The Dragon' Actor's Second Game Finds The Horror In Climbing Up The Entertainment World

'Dead Take' is a new first-person FMV horror game, inspired by the real experiences of its star-studded cast.

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