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Sandfall Interactive ‘will explore’ Clair Obscur Switch 2 port

Sandfall Interactive has detailed their plans to bring Clair Obscur to Nintendo Switch 2

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'This is not the end of the Clair Obscur franchise' – Expedition 33 director says there are more stories to tell

Sandfall Interactive has confirmed that Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is the first game in a new franchise.

TechRadar

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 lead says the RPG went up against "one of the biggest remasters" with Oblivion Remastered – but it worked out: "I feel like it makes us even more deserving in a way"

Sandfall Interactive's game launched 2 days after Bethesda's own

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Possible Clair Obscur sequel or DLC teased — to the surprise of no one, Expedition 33's creative director says, "This is not the end"

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33's creative director has alluded to more being created for the popular RPG. This isn't surprising to me, but I do wonder where the story will go from here.

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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 leaves CD Projekt Red co-CEO "absolutely blown away," even if he has "sadly" not beaten the French JRPG's toughest challenge

Michał Nowakowski says the Clair Obscur devs "should be proud of the story they portrayed"

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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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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

GamesRadar

I loved Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 and as a Final Fantasy fan, here's what the long-running JRPG series could learn from 2025's unexpected hit

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 brings some fresh air to the JRPG world. Final Fantasy should take some notes.

TechRadar

A single former Capcom dev is responsible for a 'Kawaii Physics' plugin used in many Unreal Engine games, and he was thrilled to learn that Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 also uses it

Made with the power of kawaii

GamesRadar

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

GamesRadar

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 devs are the new popular kids on the RPG block, visiting both Hideo Kojima and Final Fantasy creators Square Enix for 'a creatively rich exchange of visions and ideas'

Popular, tu vas être pop-u-lar.

PC Gamer

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33's success impressed Death Stranding 2 director Hideo Kojima so much he invited its devs over to his studio to sign copies of the French JRPG

The man is full of crossovers

GamesRadar

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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I accidentally became a god in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, and it broke combat so badly that I had to nerf myself to keep things fun even on Expert mode

I'll just come back to this later

International Business Times UK

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.

PC Gamer

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.

GamesRadar

A vital piece of Clair Obscur: Expedition 33's story literally came to the RPG's lead writer in a dream: "I realized, 'Oh actually, this story might work'"

The "final piece" of the story was then given to the team from the creative director's mother

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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.

Windows Central

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is a masterpiece, but I totally skipped parts of it (and I won't apologize)

I recently wrapped up my playthrough of Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, and it's one of the best games I've ever played... and some parts made me pull my hair out.

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.

GamesRadar

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 devs tease "new content" as they eye up "a wide range of future improvements" for their hit JRPG love letter

"It's very much on our radar"

Windows Central

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.

GamesRadar

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 devs say "our game was crafted with love," and don't want anyone using their RPG "to spread hate"

Sandfall Interactive speaks out in a new post

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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 director found something that "makes the game feel 10 times better" mid-development, then painfully realized they had to apply it to "like 1,100" different attacks

A breakthrough moment made Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 “feel ten times better” but left its creators facing hours of painstaking fixes

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