Feed aggregator
You'll Never Pick Out The Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Devs In The Game Awards Crowd
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is one of the most talked-about nominees for this year's top honor at The Game Awards, along with many other nominations. The team at Sandfall Interactive showed up in numbers, but just in case, it made sure they were very visible with a style choice as well.
As seen early in the show when accepting an award for Best Indie Game, the team is all wearing red berets--not unlike some characters in the game itself. GameSpot's own Lucy James captured an overhead shot showing that it wasn't just a one-off gag.
spot the Expedition 33 team
[image or embed]
It's an impressive display, made more impressive by reporting by Kotaku that Sandfall had to pay for many of those tickets itself to allow the team to attend. But you can't argue with results, and the red berets speak for themselves. That's French solidarity, baby.
Continue Reading at GameSpotThe Game Awards 2025 Opens With A Magnificent Musical Performance From Clair Obscur
The Game Awards 2025 are once again playing host to the year-end celebration of gaming's past, present, and future, and for this year's show, it opened with a very powerful performance featuring some of the beloved music from Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, the most nominated game in the history of The Game Awards.
Players who enjoyed Expedition 33 often spoke highly of the music, so it's a great fit to kick off the show even before you start counting up all 12 of the game's nominations. You can watch the full performance below, which features the vocalists from the Game of the Year nominee.
What a beautiful performance of "Une vie à t'aimer" from Clair Obscur: Expedition 33! Fun Fact: the game is the most-nominated game in the history of #TheGameAwards. @lornebalfe @expedition33 @sandfallgames @kepler_interact pic.twitter.com/4EFgK0hRj4
— The Game Awards (@thegameawards) December 12, 2025After having won GameSpot's very own 2025 Game of the Year award, Clair Obscur is expected to win many awards during the show, and is considered the front-runner for the show's ultimate prize. Here's the full list of nominations it's up for at The Game Awards 2025:
Continue Reading at GameSpotCapcom's Pragmata Gets Release Date, Demo Out Now
This year's Game Awards didn't waste any time before dropping some news. Capcom's upcoming sci-fi title, Pragmata, finally has a release date: April 24, 2026. But if you want to get your hands on the game early, the Pragmata demo is available right now on Steam.
In addition to PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC, Pragmata will also be available on Nintendo Switch 2. Pragmata was originally announced in 2020, and it was subsequently delayed before it was dropped from Capcom's release calendar.
The game puts players in the role of Hugh, an astronaut in the near future who is accompanied by Diana, an android who appears as a little girl. The unlikely pair needs to work together as they attempt to survive on a lunar research station. While players primarily control Hugh, there will be times when Diana comes to the forefront.
Continue Reading at GameSpotNew Game Decrepit Blends Souls-Like Combat With Old-School Dungeon-Crawling
Decrepit, a new dark fantasy game, has been unveiled at The Game Awards. Inspired by souls-like games, the first-person dungeon-crawler doesn't have a final release date yet, but it is in development for PC and is aiming to launch in 2026.
Like several other souls-likes, Decrepit is built around stamina-based combat. Developer Jämmerdal Games says players will need to master the space around them to overcome the monsters that stand in their way, and while hidden secrets can provide permanent bonuses, they are no substitute for knowledge and the perfect execution of moves. Each weapon in Decrepit has distinct attack patterns, and spells can be used to deal heavy damage when a window of opportunity opens up.
Games like Hexen and Eye of the Beholder are some of the influences cited by the developer, but with a modern souls-like inspiration at its core, you'll need to study enemy attack patterns and strike quickly at the right time. Every death drags you back to the starting dungeons--and stripped of all equipment--so knowledge truly is power in this game. Players can choose from several equipment-based classes--Mage, Warrior, Rogue, or Shaman--and finding the right gear to match your archetype will unlock set bonuses and unique abilities.
Continue Reading at GameSpotPulled Fallout Season 1 Recap Video Was AI That Couldn't Even Get Basic Facts Right
Time Magazine named AI's architects as Person of the Year for 2025, but if these "thinking computers" are exemplified by the artificial intelligence used by Amazon Prime Video, then they aren't really thinking at all. Prime Video posted an AI recap video for Fallout Season 1 that's so egregious and wrong that it almost played like a parody--at least until it was pulled.
Until earlier today, Prime Video subscribers were able to witness it for themselves by visiting Fallout Season 2's page and clicking on Fallout - Season 1 recap. However, the video has since been pulled. The AI tones of the narrator's voice were a dead giveaway about the video's origin. But it soon became clear that the video wasn't even proofed by anyone connected to the show. The most glaring example of that was the video's description of the flashback scenes, which it states are the 1950s instead of the retro future of 2077.
The video was also cut and edited in a haphazard way that almost seemed random. Near the end of the video, the narration even implied that the Ghoul threatened to kill Lucy to coerce her to go to New Vegas with him. This video has trouble getting even the basic facts correct, and it could almost be believable as a brilliant joke if the show had more in-universe AI-related material to work with.
Continue Reading at GameSpotClair Obscur: Expedition 33 Is GameSpot's Game Of The Year 2025
In 2023, Final Fantasy Final Fantasy XVI producer Naoki Yoshida indicated his distaste for the term JRPG, saying that Square Enix doesn't go into its games trying to make a JRPG. "We go into them thinking we're going to create RPGs," he explained.
Before this, Nintendo producer Hitoshi Yamagami, who worked with MonolithSoft on Xenoblade Chronicles X, echoed similar sentiments, saying, "I feel like we just make RPGs, I don't need anyone to add the 'J', personally."
In these two instances, there is both a direct and an implied acknowledgement that although there can be positive connotations attached to the label, "JRPG" can also feel limiting and discriminatory.
Continue Reading at GameSpotAnother Great Xbox Exclusive Headed To PS5 And Switch 2
Another great Xbox exclusive, South of Midnight, is heading to rival platforms. Developer Compulsion Games has announced that the action-adventure game is coming to PS5 and Switch 2 in Spring 2026.
South of Midnight launched in April for PC and Xbox Series X|S, meaning it'll be coming to different systems after about a period of a year, depending on when exactly it hits PS5 and Switch 2.
South of Midnight is set in the American Deep South. The game follows the character Hazel, who, along with her mother, are preparing for a huge hurricane.
Continue Reading at GameSpotKim Kardashian Is Coming To Fortnite This Week
Fortnite has drawn upon some of the most iconic characters from the world of fiction, which recently led to a massive crossover. Now, the game is apparently expanding its roster to reality TV stars, as Kim Kardashian is slated to make her Fortnite debut on December 13. The influencer, model, and part-time actress has had her own hit mobile game, but this is her first appearance in an existing game.
Kardashian's appearance in the game is also a collaboration with her clothing line SKIMS. So far, dataminers have determined that Kardashian will have at least three main skins, eight alternate outfits, and various hairstyles to choose from. Via Vice, the potential pricing for these items is reproduced below.
- Kim Kardashian (Fur Coat): 1,500 V-Bucks
- Kim Kardashian (SKIMS Suit): 1,500 V-Bucks
- Kim Kardashian (Leather Suit): 1,500 V-Bucks
- Kim Kardashian Purse (Pickaxe): 800 V-Bucks
- Emote (Paper Magazine Pose): 500 V-Bucks
- Makeup Backpack (Back Bling): 400 V-Bucks
- Ring Light and Phone (Back Bling): 400 V-Bucks
- Jet (Glider): 1,200 V-Bucks
FULL KIM KARDASHIAN SET AND STYLES! pic.twitter.com/YTMXpX2mnT
— Shiina (@ShiinaBR) December 10, 2025The pricing for the Kim Kardashian bundle and its full contents have yet to be shared. Additionally, there will be a Kim Kardashian Pickaxe that players can purchase in the Fortnite store and wield in battle.
Continue Reading at GameSpotLegendary Dev's Long-Lost NES Game Is Getting Its First-Ever Release
In 2012, programmer Chris Oberth passed away after a career that spanned from the dawn of video games in the late '70s to the PlayStation 2 era. Now, one of Oberth's unfinished games, Xcavator 2025, has been completed and it's slated for a physical release on the console it was originally intended for: the NES.
The Video Game History Foundation--with the permission and support of Oberth's family--found the source code for Xcavator 2025 in Oberth's development archives. It was originally developed by Incredible Technologies Inc., the company behind the Golden Tee Golf and Big Buck Hunter arcade games. However, it was rejected by publishers in 1991, and it was never seen again until now.
To finish the game, the VGHF teamed up with Mega Cat Studios, which was guided by the remaining materials to recapture the spirit of Oberth's original vision. Towards that end, Mega Cat Studios' development team only used the tools and environments that would have been available at the time. A standalone trailer for Xcavator 2025 isn't available yet, but the first footage was screened during the Day of the Devs: The Game Awards Edition at the 1 hour 43:31 mark below.
Continue Reading at GameSpotThe Game Awards 2025: How To Watch, Start Times, And What To Expect
The Game Awards are set to kick off on December 11 at 4:30 PM PT / 7:30 PM ET, and it's sure to come with some surprise announcements and premieres that we may or may not have predicted well. With the nominations and the snubs revealed, here's a rundown on where you can stream Geoff Keighley's annual show.
Table of Contents [hide]When does The Game Awards start?As aforementioned, The Game Awards starts at 4:30 PM PT / 7:30 PM ET on Thursday, December 11 with a 30-minute pre-show that'll likely include the typical fare: announcements, smaller awards, trailers, and the like. Below is a more detailed breakdown of the showcase's start time for various other regions:
- 4:30 PM PT
- 6:30 PM CT
- 7:30 PM ET
- 9:30 PM BST
- 12:30 AM GMT
- 5:00 AM IST
- 8:30 AM CST
We'll have a stream available right here for you to watch, so you can either bookmark this post or return to GameSpot to read some articles and catch the show.
Continue Reading at GameSpot