Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is stripped of its Indie Game Awards 2025 wins after the organizers ruled that the game's use of generative AI violated their standards, resulting in the retraction of both Debut Game and Game of the Year recognition. The clearest rundown comes from TheGamer's report on the Indie GOTY being pulled and Insider Gaming's coverage of the disqualification and award reallocation, which also notes that runner-up titles were elevated once the decision landed.
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 still dominates the larger award conversation because it won nine awards at The Game Awards 2025, a record-setting haul that made the revocation feel especially loud in the wider gaming discourse. If you want to re-check the scale of that sweep, The Guardian's full winners list and TechRadar's recap of the show's record viewership and Clair Obscur's nine-win night help frame why the indie-awards decision is causing ripple effects well beyond one ceremony. On the practical side, if you're jumping back in amid the debate, it's worth forcing a fresh update before you play—on PS5 that means highlighting the game and selecting Check for Update, and on PC you can use Steam's Verify integrity of game files—because multiple reports indicate the questioned assets were later removed via patch.
The next FIFA game is officially being made with Netflix and Delphi Interactive for a release in summer 2026, positioned to land in the lead-up to the 2026 FIFA World Cup and designed to be playable on TVs with mobile phones acting as controllers. The most direct confirmation is VGC's announcement write-up on FIFA partnering with Netflix and a little-known studio, while Reuters' report on Netflix adding a FIFA World Cup-timed soccer game and The Verge's summary of Netflix's FIFA push add context around Netflix's broader "TV-playable games" strategy.
How to download and play Netflix games is refreshingly straightforward because Netflix largely treats them like an extension of the app ecosystem: on mobile, Netflix's official "find and download" guide walks you through installing titles from the App Store/Play Store, and on TV, Netflix's Tudum explainer on playing games on your smart TV plus Netflix Help's "find and play games" instructions describe the common flow—open Netflix on a supported TV, choose a title in the Games row, press Play Game, then scan the QR code to pair your phone as the controller. That approach matters because it's the clearest sign FIFA wants a different audience than EA's traditional annual release cycle—though EA's side remains a heavyweight, with EA SPORTS FC 26 releasing September 26, 2025 (and early access September 19, 2025), per GOAL's release-date breakdown and broader feature coverage like GamesRadar's FC 26 guide.
Kingdom Come: Deliverance II's Royal Edition is discounted by 50% on Steam as part of the Winter Sale window, with the store page explicitly showing the offer and end timing. If you want the cleanest reference point, the Steam store listing for Kingdom Come: Deliverance II displays the discount and indicates the promo window tied to the Winter Sale, and Warhorse's Steam news post about the Winter Sale and KCD II discounts reinforces that the event runs through January 5, 2026. The simplest install path on PC is: open Steam → search "Kingdom Come: Deliverance II - Royal Edition" → confirm the bundle contents (base game + story DLC/Expansion Pass) → purchase → download → let shaders/first-launch setup finish → start a new save after any day-one patches complete.
Kingdom Come: Deliverance II's Xbox discounts appear to be structured differently because the Xbox Countdown Sale runs until January 7, 2026, and it includes Kingdom Come: Deliverance II among the discounted lineup—but the Xbox store page doesn't consistently show the Royal Edition receiving the same 50% markdown at the time of writing. For the sale window itself, TrueAchievements' Xbox Countdown Sale 2025 roundup states the event ends January 7, 2026, and the official Xbox store listing for Kingdom Come: Deliverance II shows the base game discounted while the Royal Edition is listed separately. The practical move on Xbox is: open the game's store page → check the edition selector → confirm whether you're buying the base game, Royal Edition, or a bundle → download to internal storage (these big open-world RPGs stream better that way) → boot once to generate the initial cache → then consider grabbing DLC/Expansion Pass if the Royal Edition isn't currently discounted.
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