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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 lead says "prejudice against turn-based RPGs isn't completely gone," even if fellow JRPGs like Persona and Dragon Quest sell millions of copies

"I could talk about the prejudice forever"

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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 studio is "just the right size" for a "full-priced turn-based RPG," so don't expect its success to lead to AAA ambitions: "I'd prefer working as a small team"

Sandfall Interactive is happy as it is

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Space Marine 2 publisher praises Oblivion Remastered, FromSoftware, and the "Frenchy friends" on Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 as proof "the industry remains powerful" despite layoffs and studio closures

"I don’t want to guess the investment behind GTA 6"

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Baldur's Gate 3 and now Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 actor Jennifer English says some scenes in the French JRPG are among "the most gut-wrenching things I've ever had to do"

Jennifer Svedberg-Yen "wrote the most beautiful script"

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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 uses a plugin called KawaiiPhysics, a free engine built to 'cutely animate things' that's used in a ton of popular games from gachas to soulslikes

C'est kawaii, desu non?

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After the president of France, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 has earned a nod from a hugely popular French MMO that references one of its many heart-wrenching twists

My wounds have reopened

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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 leads follow up meeting their JRPG idols at Square Enix to exchange "visions and ideas" with praise from another genre icon over dinner: "My favorite game"

Sandfall Interactive developers have been busy

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2025 already belongs to double-A games, and Dying Light: The Beast is helping Clair Obscur prove it – "Do you really want to play every game for 100 hours?"

Horror Special | Techland's Tymon Smektała got me thinking, and the double and triple-A divide is more pointless than ever

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Daredevil star Charlie Cox still can't escape Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 praise, so he's vowed to "play the game," his first since Super Mario 64: "I need to get a console first"

He was so good, he has to become a gamer

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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33's gut-wrenching early twist started as a joke from an abandoned game, but the director greenlit it immediately: "I think it's very important for the themes"

My heart . . .

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The Legend of Zelda movie is exciting, but I'm still begging for 5 specific video game movies to get adapted next

We are getting more and more gaming movies, however, I still have five films currently at the top of my video game movie wishlist

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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 made me cry after 30 minutes and convinced me to finally revisit the best sad games in my Steam library

Get ready to cry with the five best sad games to play right now, especially after finishing Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33's outsourcing allowed the RPG's in-house team to stay "very focused on building that core," speculates former Dragon Age dev: "Everyone was able to synergize together"

BioWare veteran Mark Darrah says Clair Obscur has "very focused, very clearly delineated areas of outsourcing"

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Charlie Cox Says He 'Feels Like a Total Fraud' Despite Successful Voice Role in Expedition 33

Charlie Cox voices a lead role in Expedition 33 but admits he only worked on the game for four hours. Here's the full story with how the fans reacted.

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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 lead Charlie Cox wants you to hold the applause — He feels "like a total fraud" since he only spent 4 hours voice acting

Daredevil star Charlie Cox says he "feels like a total fraud" when praised for Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 since he was only in the recording booth for a short time.

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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33's VA for Gustave jokes that he feels 'like a total fraud' since he spent just 4 hours in the booth—and while 'fraud' is way too harsh, Gustave's mocap actor does deserve laurels, too

Two actors in a trenchcoat.

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After conquering Clair Obscur and Persona 3 Reload, I'm continuing my JRPG discovery journey with Final Fantasy 16 on Xbox – and I'm very impressed

Now Playing | Final Fantasy 16 might not be turn based, but it's teaching me a lot about the genre's fluidity

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Hideo Kojima says the Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 development team is his 'ideal' size: 'They only have like 33 team members and a dog'

Many more people worked on the popular RPG, as established after a recent dust up over who's counted in the word 'team,' but in terms of studio employees, Kojima prefers a quieter building.

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These crazy mods can turn one of the best PC games of 2025 into the ultimate Final Fantasy x Pokémon crossover, guest starring Keanu Reeves

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is one of the most popular and beloved games of 2025. In fact, it has garnered so much love that fans have been creating incredible cosmetic mods that transform the playable characters into iconic characters from other franchises.

TechRadar

The studio behind Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 has announced a digital jewelry collaboration - but I just wish they were available in game

Sandfall Interactive has announced a jewelry collaboration to create a digital collection inspired by Clair Obscur: Expedition 33.

PC Gamer

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 studio teases possible 'new content' and more language support: 'It's very much on our radar'

Sandfall Interactive apparently isn't finished just yet.

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Turns out you can ruin some of Clair Obscur: Expedition 33's most impactful moments and fights with a funny costume secret – or enhance them, depending who you ask

Suited and booted

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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 now lets you rematch the game's most brutal boss

Patch 1.3.0 adds a Simon rematch, reworks Story Mode for true accessibility, introduces challenge modifiers, and squashes 297 bugs.

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Frenched-out Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 cast takes psychic damage watching speedrunner skip the cutscenes they worked so hard on: "Thank you so much"

Ben Starr had some choice words during a live Clair Obscur speedrun

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This monstrous 4TB Xbox Series X Expansion Card costs $500, and I tested how fast it is

I tested Seagate’s new 4TB Storage Expansion Card for Xbox Series X, and here’s what happened.

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