Clair Obscur takes top Bafta Games Award but misses out on clean sweep

Clair Obscur takes top Bafta Games Award but misses out on clean sweep17 minutes agoShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleTom RichardsonBBC NewsbeatSandfall InteractiveClair Obscur: Expedition 33 won Bafta's top prize, but it wasn't the clean sweep some had expectedClair Obscur: Expedition 33 has been crowned best game at this year's Bafta Games Awards - but didn't quite sweep the board as expected.The role-playing adventure, made by French studio Sandfall Interactive, took home three awards in total, also winning debut game and lead performer for actress Jennifer English.It had gone into the awards with 12 nominations across 10 categories, but missed out in the supporting performer category and, perhaps most surprisingly, music.Superhero adventure Dispatch took home three awards, while PlayStation action game Ghost of Yōtei won two.Expedition 33 is set in a world where a supernatural being known as The Paintress prevents the population from growing past a certain age.The game, which tells the story of a group of adventurers on a quest to destroy her, was praised for its emotional narrative and use of old-school, turn-based battles.Players were also won over by the story of developer Sandfall Interactive, formed by a group of employees who left gaming giant Ubisoft to make their dream project.Accepting the best game award, studio chief Guillaume Broche thanked everyone who had worked on Expedition 33, describing it as a "tremendous team effort.""We have thanked our players enough, but we will thank them again - we love you," he said.He went on to say the studio had received messages from "so many people who have been helped by the game", which deals with emotional topics such as grief and loss.Addressing fellow games industry workers assembled at London's Southbank Centre, he told them: "Your work changes lives."BaftaJennifer English won the lead performer award for her role in Expedition 33Many had predi...