'The Last of Us' wins Best Adaptation at The Game Awards

 I'm doing something new and slightly different for this week's Sunday entertainment feature, winners at The Game Awards, beginning with a category that recognizes movies and television, Best Adaptation. Watch as The Last of Us: Season 2 Wins Best Adaptation at The Game Awards 2025.

The Last of Us: Season 2 wins Best Adaptation at The Game Awards 2025. Live from Peacock Theater in Los Angeles on December 11th 2025. Celebrate the best and see what's next in video games at The Game Awards 2025.

Neil Druckmann couldn't resist referring to Netflix agreeing to buy Warner Brothers, followed by a hostile takeover bid by Paramount. I know I'll be blogging about that in the future.

When I first looked at the list of nominees, I would have picked A Minecraft Movie, which I called "dumb fun." That was before I found out that The Last of Us won this award in 2023 for season 1. Once I learned that, I was not surprised it repeated. Electorates matter.

By the way, the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror Films hasn't yet announced their nominees for the 53rd Saturn Awards, which means my vote for Best Horror TV Series is likely to change. This July, I wrote, "I also expect to be voting for The Last of Us, even though I'm down on Season 2." No longer. Stranger Things 5 debuted last month, so it should now be eligible, and I plan on voting for it now.

Follow over the jump for the video game winners.

Representing the actual video games, I'm sharing Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Wins Game of the Year at The Game Awards 2025.

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Wins Game of the Year at The Game Awards 2025.

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 was the only game to win multiple awards at last week's ceremony, including Best Game Direction, Best Narrative, Best Art Direction, Best Score & Music (Lorien Testard), Best Performance (Jennifer English), Best Role Playing Game, Best Independent Game, and Best Debut Indie Game in addition to Game of the Year for a total of nine. This beats the last record holder, The Last of Us, Part II, which won seven awards in 2020. I am not surprised. I watched a lot of streamers play Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 on Twitch this year and I thought it was Game of the Year material from the first time I saw it. I fully expect it to be nominated and win Best Game or Interactive Work at the Nebula and Hugo Awards next year.

Only two games beat Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 in its nominated categories, Battlefield 6 for Best Audio Design and Wuthering Waves for Player's Voice. The rest won in categories where the Game of the Year didn't earn a nomination. South of Midnight won Games for Impact, No Man's Sky won Best Ongoing Game, Baldur's Gate 3 won Best Community Support, Umamusume: Pretty Derby won Best Mobile Game, The Midnight Walk won Best VR / AR Game, Hades II won best Action Game, Hollow Knight: Silksong won Best Action/Adventure Game, Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves won Best Fighting Game, Donkey Kong Bananaza won Best Family Game, Final Fantasy Tactics; The Invalice Chronicles won Best Sim / Strategy Game, Mario Kart World won Best Racing Game, ARC Raiders won Best Multiplayer Game, Doom: The Dark Ages won Innovation in Accessibility, Grand Theft Auto VI won Most Anticipated Game, and Counter-Stike 2 won Best Esports Game. Congratulations to all the winners!

That's a wrap for today. Stay tuned for either a brief evergreen educational entry or another awards show entry tomorrow, depending on whether I finish my grading today. Wish me luck!