Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 has continued its victory lap around the industry’s award ceremonies by scooping Best Game at the BIG Festival Awards.
The indie game awards took place on Wednesday night at Gamescom Latam in São Paulo, Brazil, and featured 16 categories, culminating in the presentation of Sandfall Interactive with the coveted Best Game prize. The title also took home the trophy for Best Audio.
Other winners on the night included Moomintroll: Winter’s Warmth (Best Art), The Roottrees Are Dead (Best Narrative), and MIO: Memories In Orbit (Best Gameplay).
A Rat’s Quest – The Way Back Home from Mexican studio The Dreamerians took home the title for Best Game: Latin America, and A.I.L.A. from Pulsatrix Studios won Best Game: Brazil.
The full list of winners is below:
- Best Student Game: Tellyport
- Best Casual Game: Is This Seat Taken?
- Best Audio: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Best Art: Moomintroll: Winter’s Warmth
- Innovation: Goodnight Universe
- Best Multiplayer: Capote
- Best Narrative: The Roottrees Are Dead
- Best Gameplay: Mio: Memories In Orbit
- Best Game: Latin America: A Rat’s Quest – The Way Back Home
- Best Game: Brazil: A.I.L.A.
- Best Game: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Best Mobile Game: What The Clash?
- Best XR/VR Game: Jolly Match: First MR Match-3 Puzzles
- Best Children’s Game: Reggie, His Cousin, Two Scientists and Most Likely the End of the World
- BIG Impact: I Don’t Want To Be A Good Woman
- Best Unreleased Game: Tavern Keeper
- WINGS Award: TetherGeist
Honourable mentions went to Dispatch (Best Game), Kentum (Best Game: Latin America), Master Lemon: The Quest for Iceland (Best Game: Brazil), Moonlighter 2: The Endless Vault (Best Audio), and The Alters (Best Gameplay).
Gamescom Latam also saw the announcement of the shortlist for the “Brazil is Ready for Gaming” (Brasil Tá Pra Game) Award from the Brazilian Agency for International Tourism Promotion (Embratur) and the Brazilian Association of Game Developers (Abragames).
The shortlist is below:
- Hell Clock from Rogue Snail in Distrito Federal
- Lunar Axe from OPS Game Studio in Maranhão
- Mangút from Pink Mango in Rio de Janeiro
- A Lenda de Niterói from Seven Moons in Rio de Janeiro
- Hidden Cats in Rio de Janeiro from Nukearts in Santa Catarina
- Ghetto Zombies: Graffiti Squad from Fogo Games in São Paulo
- Opus Castle from Messier Games in São Paulo
- Hit It Back from Sue The Real in São Paulo
- Capote from Luski Game Studio in São Paulo
- Master Lemon: The Quest for Iceland from Pepita Filmes in São Paulo
The winner of the award will be announced in August at Gamescom in Germany, and will take home a cash prize of 70,000 Brazilian reals ($14,000).
