“For individuals who come after” is the easy however efficient phrase of this 12 months’s “Clair Obscur: Expedition 33,” which has caught with many for nearly a 12 months. However whereas the thirty third Expedition captured the hearts of many, it was rather more than that. 2025 noticed the discharge of the long-awaited Hole Knight: Silksong, and the discharge of the Nintendo Swap 2 introduced us a brand new Mario Kart, Donkey Kong, and a sequel to Hades 2, videogameaddicted’s 2020 Recreation of the Yr. The world of leisure is filled with nice motion pictures like Superman, Sinners, Weapons, and maybe the perfect Predator film of all time, Predator: Badlands.
Conditions come up yearly in all types of media the place critics and viewers both agree or disagree. That may by no means change. In spite of everything, we’re speaking about opinions, and this 12 months has undoubtedly seen extra changes than earlier years. Every year, we ask everybody to vote for every award class. A lot of our awards additionally go to video games, reveals, and flicks of your alternative. It is a nice signal that our ideas and opinions are aligned with these of the neighborhood.
However what did you vote for? Listed here are the whole outcomes for every neighborhood award, as voted on by the videogameaddicted neighborhood (outcomes finalized on 12/20 at 12:00 AM ET).
Finest science fiction or fantasy motion pictures of 2025
Winner: Predator: Badlands (Vote fee 33.1%)
Finest Comedian or Graphic Novel
Winner: Batman: Darkish Sample (vote fee 40.4%)
Finest anime of 2025
Winner: Dan Da Dan (Voting fee 49.4%)
Finest Motion Journey Video games of 2025
Winner: Ghost of Yotei (Vote fee 29.6%)
Finest Horror Motion pictures of 2025
Winner: Sinners (Voting fee 41.5%)
Finest PlayStation Video games of 2025
Winner: Claire Obscur: Expedition 33 (Voting fee 43.6%)
Finest RPGs of 2025
Winner: Claire Obscur: Expedition 33 (Voting fee 66.8%)
Finest Nintendo video games of 2025
Winner: Donkey Kong Bananza (Voting fee 49.9%)
Finest Xbox video games of 2025
Winner: Claire Obscur: Expedition 33 (60.2% of votes)
Finest PC video games of 2025
Winner: Claire Obscur: Expedition 33 (Voting fee 51.2%)
Finest Technique Video games of 2025
Winner: Anno 117: Pax Romana (Voting fee 25.5%)
Finest Puzzle Video games of 2025
Winner: Blue Prince (Voting fee 72.9%)
Finest roguelike video games of 2025
Winner: Hades 2 (Voting fee 57.2%)
Finest motion video games of 2025
Winner: Hades 2 (Voting fee 58.8%)
Finest Taking pictures Video games of 2025
Winner: Ark Raiders (Voting fee 28.3%)
Finest Superhero Motion pictures of 2025
Winner: Superman (57.3% of votes)
Finest TV Reveals of 2025
Winner: Andor (Vote fee 38.0%)
Finest TV Episodes of 2025
winner: Andor Season 2, Episode 8 – βWho Are You?β (Voting fee 46.9%)
Finest Ensemble Forged in a TV Present or Film 2025
Winner: Andor Season 2 (39.9%)
Finest actor in a TV present or film
winner: Genevieve O’Reilly (Andor, Mon Mothma) (Voting fee 29.2%)
Finest film performer of 2025
Winner: Michael B. Jordan (Elijah βSmokeβ Moore and Elias βStackβ Moore, Sinners) (Voting fee 36.8%)
Finest Video Recreation Ensemble Casts of 2025
Winner: Claire Obscur: Expedition 33 (65.2% of votes)
Finest Video Recreation Performances of 2025
winner: Jennifer English (Mael, Claire Obscur: Expedition 33) (Voting fee 36.5%)
Finest Video Recreation Music/Scores of 2025
Winner: Claire Obscur: Expedition 33 (Voting fee 67.5%)
2025 Finest Video Recreation Artwork Path Award
Winner: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (58.5% of votes)
Finest Remade or Remastered Video games of 2025
Winner: The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remastered (Voting fee 34.6%)
Finest motion pictures of 2025
Winner: Sinners (Voting fee 24.7%)
Finest video games of 2025
Winner: Claire Obscur: Expedition 33 (Vote fee 50.8%)
We wish to thank everybody who participated in our community-voted award classes this 12 months. In 17 of the 23 classes, the winners obtained greater than 40% of the whole votes, demonstrating a way of unity about what they suppose are the 2025 favorites. As anticipated by many, Claire Obscur fought an uphill battle to win all 9 classes for which she was nominated. However, Andor swept all 4 TV-centric classes and gained immense reputation from viewers. The closest winner was Predator: Badlands, which gained Finest Science Fiction or Fantasy Movie by simply 1.1% over Frankenstein, whereas Blue Prince gained by the widest margin, receiving over 72% of the votes in Finest Puzzle Recreation. Thanks once more to everybody who voted. And now, with GTA 6, Marvel’s Wolverine, and different main releases on the horizon, we’re wanting ahead to seeing what 2026 holds and studying about our favourite video games this time subsequent 12 months.
All year long, videogameaddicted has been monitoring individuals who do not foster optimistic experiences. We often take away essentially the most problematic customers to enhance the general expertise for all customers. However we additionally use this time earlier than the tip of the 12 months as a chance to weed out folks, giving us extra time to see if their violations all year long are a part of a sample, or if they could simply be somebody having a nasty day or week. That is why, along with recognizing customers who preserve our neighborhood going, we additionally eliminated a number of customers who constantly violated our neighborhood pointers. These banned accounts are those who have interaction in hate speech, harassment, or different dangerous conduct. We all know these actions aren’t at all times widespread, however they’re crucial in our dedication to making a protected and welcoming area for everybody at videogameaddicted.
As we proceed to strengthen our neighborhood, we are going to proceed to observe and handle problematic conduct to make sure that our neighborhood stays a optimistic and inclusive place for everybody. By working collectively, we will construct a respectful, supportive and enjoyable neighborhood.
We wish to thank all our readers for often wanting ahead to video games, leisure, and extra. We’re excited to proceed constructing and enhancing collectively within the months and years forward. Thanks once more to everybody who often goes the additional mile to create a optimistic expertise at videogameaddicted.
Jada Griffin is videogameaddicted’s Neighborhood Lead. If she’s not participating with you right here, she’s in all probability creating her personal sport, maxing out your luck stats in your favourite sport, or difficult D&D gamers with intense fight and sensible puzzles. You possibly can observe her at Bluesky @Jadarina.bsky.social.