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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Removed From Indie Game Awards Over AI That Doesn't Even Appear In The Game

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Dec 21, 2025
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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 has been receiving a lot of awards this season for its turn-based RPG, a genre largely abandoned by a lot of big studios that people love. However, now the Indie Game Awards has removed the game from its nomination due to a small use of generative AI in early development. Ironically, the gen AI that was experimented with did not even make the game.

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