"We have officially been robbed" — Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 devs react to Expedition 33 beating the huge medieval RPG at The Game Awards

After weeks of anticipation for the big show, The Game Awards 2025 has finally come and gone, celebrating a year of incredible games and the talented developers that made them while also giving fans a look at what's coming in 2026 and beyond. And now that the event is over, players and devs alike have had time to ruminate on everything announced, the awards given, and more.

To the surprise of precisely nobody, the biggest winner of the evening was Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. Not only did Sandfall Interactive's beloved turn-based, narrative-driven RPG win the coveted Game of the Year award, but it was also nominated for a record-breaking 12 awards in total, and ended up snagging nine of them.

Most people — yours truly included — would agree that the French studio's debut title largely deserved every bit of success it got at The Game Awards. But one developer that gave it some fierce competition in a few categories has suggested it was "robbed" by Expedition 33.

The developer in question is Warhorse Studios, the team responsible for making the colossal medieval RPG Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2. Its first tongue-in-cheek post on social media came after it lost Best RPG and Best Narrative to Expedition 33, and featured the classic "this is fine" meme of a dog sitting in a burning house.

That was followed by a "and yes it was a double oopsie" comment, all-but-certainly referring to those two awards (Game of the Year hadn't been announced yet). Then, shortly after, Warhorse communications director Tobias Stolz-Zwilling shared an image of The Game Awards trophy, with the caption of "We have officially been robbed!"

After that — and Expedition 33's win of Game of the Year — the main Kingdom Come account on X (Twitter) posted "ggwp [good game well played] Expedition 33," with a winking emoji and a screenshot of a "Blame the French!" dialogue option from KCD2.

Cheeky, to be sure, but also notably followed up with "and thanks to all of you for your support, we truly love and appreciate you, PLEASE STAY KIND."

The sentiment that Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 deserved, at the very least, to take home Best RPG over Expedition 33 seems to be quite a popular one, with many players expressing their agreement with it. "I’m an ex33 supremacist but I definitely voted for you guys in the RPG category," wrote one fan. "I’m 58 hours In and I just now went to the wedding [an early-game quest], I enjoy it thoroughly."

Others, though, found the posts from Warhorse and Stolz-Zwilling to be inappropriate, and poor sportsmanship. "I'm not saying KCD2 didn't deserve awards, but sometimes the mature actions to do is congratulate the winners, celebrate gaming in general, and move on," said one player.

"This is unprofessional, immature, and incredibly disrespectful to your peers in the gaming industry who rightfully worked hard for their awards and success," asserted another in a scathing comment. "Maybe if you even remotely tried being a 'team player' in the industry, the 'team' would recognize you more often."

Whether or not these posts are in poor taste is the subject of some debate, but ultimately, I do think they were intended to be lighthearted and not entirely serious. Another comment from Warhorse co-founder and Kingdom Come director and writer Daniel Vávra — this one wholesome — suggests as much: "And on top of all that, I am flying with Air France tomorrow. But of course big congrats to Sandfall Games."

In the end, I'm sure all of this is just some cheeky banter. I certainly hope it is, anyway; I mean, the devs of both games took photos hanging out together after the show, so I'm sure all is well. The creatives in the gaming industry should be supporting each other and celebrating each others' successes. After all, that's what The Game Awards is all about.

Both games are available on Xbox Series X|S, Windows PC, and PS5, with Expedition 33 also on Xbox Game Pass. It sells for $49.99, while Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 goes for $59.99. However, both titles are on sale on PC, with Expedition 33 just $30.79 at Loaded and Kingdom Come 2 only $33.49 at Loaded.

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