Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 wins GOTY again at the DICE Awards

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Published Feb 13, 2026, 6:21 AM EST

Sandfall's unstoppable sweep continues with five awards at the industry shindig

Clair Obscur Expedition 33 Gustave and Sophie talking before a red and white tree

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33's run of Game of the Year awards continues unbroken. Sandfall Interactive's game claimed five awards, including the top prize, at the DICE Awards in Las Vegas on Thursday night. It also won Role-Playing Game of the Year and Outstanding Achievement in Game Direction, Art Direction, and Story. More silverware to stick on the shelf next to their French knighthoods.

Sucker Punch's Ghost of Yōtei took home three awards: Adventure Game of the Year, Outstanding Achievement in Character for heroine Atsu, and Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition — a mild upset, since Clair Obscur has won the lion's share of soundtrack awards this season.

Blue Prince won DICE's indie game and game design awards. Hades 2 was named Action Game of the Year, and Arc Raiders won Online Game of the Year.

The Sandfall Inteactive team accepts the DICE Award for Game of the Year

The Game Awards is often thought of as gaming's Oscars, as it's the industry's highest-profile award ceremony. But the DICE Awards are actually closer to the Oscars in spirit, since they're voted on by an industry body much like the film Academy, while The Game Awards are selected by a media jury. The DICE jury rarely makes controversial picks or deviates from the same consensus as The Game Awards, however.

A GOTY win at the DICE Awards moves Clair Obscur one step closer to a rare sweep of the Big Five game of the year awards: the Golden Joystick awards, The Game Awards, DICE, and the GDC Awards, with the BAFTA Games Awards as the unpredictable final boss in April. Only one game has ever won all five: 2023's Baldur's Gate 3.

Here's the full list of winners at the DICE Awards: