Silksong devs “maybe” aren’t going to The Game Awards and think they’re “safe” from a GOTY win because of Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, which is “exceptional and broadly palatable”

2025 has been filled with exceptional new game releases, but I think most would agree there’s a pretty clear frontrunner for the Game of the Year title in Sandfall Interactive’s Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. Even the devs at Team Cherry, which finally delivered the exceptional Hollow Knight: Silksong this year, figure they’re “safe” from the burden of delivering a GOTY acceptance speech for The Game Awards in December.

Ari Gibson and William Pellen, the co-founders of the Australian studio behind Silksong, were asked by Bloomberg (paid article link) if they’d be heading to LA for The Game Awards after receiving a nomination for the event’s top award. “Maybe not,” Pellen says. “We’re pretty busy.”