Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 has been named game of the year at this year's Game Awards.
The French-developed role-playing game (RPG) cleaned up in 9 of the 10 categories it was up for, with further wins in best narrative, best music, and best performance.
It fended off competition from Death Stranding 2, Nintendo platformer Donkey Kong Bananza, indie games Hollow Knight: Silksong and Hades 2, and medieval adventure Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 to claim the top prize.
During the ceremony in Los Angeles, players also got their first glimpses of two new Tomb Raider games, sequel Control Resonant, and a new Star Wars role-playing game.
Clair Obscur is set in a world where a supernatural being known as The Paintress prevents the population from growing past a certain age.
The game, which tells the story of a group of adventurers on a quest to destroy The Paintress, was praised for its emotional narrative and use of old-school turn-based battles.
Accepting the game of the year award, director Guillaume Broche - wearing a red beret and striped t-shirt - said the year had been a weird timeline for the studio as he thanked his team.
He also extended thanks to the unsung heroes of the industry - the people who make tutorials on YouTube on how to make a game, because we had no idea how to make one before.
Despite being referred to as the Oscars of gaming, The Game Awards, hosted by its founder Geoff Keighley, is a mixture of traditional ceremony and trailer showcase. Some of the games industry's biggest developers will give the first look at upcoming major titles during the show, and it's thought that this is one of the main reasons many fans tune in.
One of the night's biggest announcements was RPG Divinity from Larian Studios, the maker of 2023 game of the year Baldur's Gate 3. A remake of the original Tomb Raider game had also been leaked, but the announcement of a second, brand new entry starring Lara Croft came as a surprise.
Finally, Clair Obscur only missed out on two awards it was up for, with Battlefield 6 winning best audio design and Wuthering Waves winning the fan-voted Player's Voice category.
