Clair Obscur Disqualified from GOTY Over AI Use
TL;DR
The critically acclaimed 2025 game Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 was disqualified from major awards, including Game of the Year, due to its use of generative AI assets, which violates the eligibility rules of the Indie Game Awards, leading to the retraction of its awards and the assignment of new winners.
- GOTY Winner Clair Obscur Disqualified From Awards Show GAMINGbible
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 loses a GOTY award over use of gen AI Polygon
- Gamers Are Extremely Mad About AI New York Magazine
- Indie Game Awards pulls two awards from Clair Obscur over generative AI use: 'We have a hard stance against gen AI in videogames' PC Gamer
- Indie Game Awards disqualifies Game of the Year winner Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 for using AI Eurogamer
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