It looks like The Game Awards 2025’s Game of the Year nominees have been leaked ahead of the official reveal later today.
The Game Awards 2025 is set for December 11, returning as one of the biggest nights in the industry with new trailers, premieres, and the usual heated debates about who deserves top honors. Geoff Keighley is scheduled to announce the full list of nominees later today during a live stream, which many fans have been waiting for all week.
But it looks like one of the show’s biggest categories has slipped out early. A new leak is making the rounds online, claiming to reveal the full lineup for Game of the Year. And the timing is wild because this happened right before the official reveal is set to go live.
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The Game Awards 2025’s nominees have been revealed. Check out the full list here.
The leaked Game of the Year lineup for The Game Awards 2025
The leak comes from an X (Twitter) account named evleaks, which posted what looks like a nominee graphic for Game of the Year. The image is presented in the same visual style the show usually uses, which is why people are already arguing over whether it’s real or a last-minute fake.
Here’s the full list of leaked Game of the Year nominees for The Game Awards 2025, along with the developers behind each game:
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 – Sandfall Interactive
- Death Stranding 2: On the Beach – Kojima Productions
- Donkey Kong Bananza – Nintendo
- Hades II – Supergiant Games
- Hollow Knight: Silksong – Team Cherry
- Kingdom Come: Deliverance II – Warhorse Studios
At the time of writing, we’re just over 30 minutes away from Geoff Keighley revealing the complete nominee list for The Game Awards 2025. So we’ll know very soon whether this leak holds up or not.
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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
