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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Just Lost Its Indie Game Of The Year Awards Over AI Concerns

Gamespot 23 Dec 2025
"The Indie Game Awards have a hard stance on the use of gen AI throughout the nomination process and during the ceremony itself," reads a statement on The Indie Game Awards' official site (via Insider Gaming).
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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 loses Indie Game Awards due to gen AI

AV Club 23 Dec 2025
The Indie Game Awards, hosted by Six One Indie, were held on December 18, with Clair Obscur. Expedition 33 winning Best Debut Game and Indie Game of the Year ... Indie Game of the Year is now Blue Prince.
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Indie Game Awards retracts Expedition 33 prizes due to generative AI

The Verge 22 Dec 2025
The Indie Game Awards also rescinded the Debut Game award given to Expedition 33. Here is the Indie Game Awards' explanation, from an FAQ..
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Clair Obscur Expedition 33 AI controversy: GOTY and Debut Game awards revoked by Indie Game Awards 2025

The Times of India 22 Dec 2025
The Indie Game Awards has revoked two major awards from Clair Obscur. Expedition 33 just days after the December 18 ceremony, citing the game's use of generative AI during development ... Debut Game award.
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Re: PS5 Fave Expedition 33 Stripped of Indie Game Awards, But Not for the Reasons ...

Push Square 22 Dec 2025
This vendetta against AI art reeks of "old man yells at cloud" if you ask me. "Back in my day it took us 10,000 hours to draw everything by hand and we liked it, damn it.". By LifeGirl ... .
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Indie Game Awards Disqualifies Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 For Using AI

NDTV 22 Dec 2025
Originally, the game was launched with AI-generated background assets, before they were removed by the makers through a patch ... .
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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33's controversial GOTY wins at The Indie Game Awards retracted after the ...

Games Radar 22 Dec 2025
The Indie Game Awards 2025 took place on Thursday, where Clair Obscur ... "The Indie Game Awards have a hard stance on the use of gen AI throughout the nomination process and during the ceremony itself," the awards body wrote.
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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Stripped of Indie Game Awards Wins Over Use of Generative AI

GamingBolt 22 Dec 2025
As for the Indie ... “The Indie Game Awards have a hard stance on the use of gen AI throughout the nomination process and during the ceremony itself,” said the Indie Game Awards in a statement.
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Expedition 33's Indie Game Award GOTY rescinded over gen AI use

Polygon 21 Dec 2025
On Saturday, the Indie Game Awards retracted Clair Obscur's honors due to ...
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The 15 best under-the radar indie games of 2025

Polygon 21 Dec 2025
The truth about Game of the Year season is that it’s near-impossible to ...
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In a totally performative move, the Indie Game Awards stripped Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 of ...

The Escapist 21 Dec 2025
Expedition 33 was just stripped of its Game of the Year award from the Indie Game Awards due to AI use, just for the title to be given to another game made with AI ... But to prove a point, the Indie Game Awards took back Clair Obscur.
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