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Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth director says RPGs like Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 "may have been inevitable" as new players favor real-time games over turn-based

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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Lune actor would be "delighted" to reprise her role if possible, but she's not in the "conversations" about expanding the franchise

Kirsty Rider's happy to come back, if the opportunity arises

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Saros trophy list includes an unexpected tribute to Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

Housemarque is paying tribute to Sandfall Interactive alongside its own history

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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 actor Ben Starr says live-action Street Fighter or God of War adaptations aren't necessary, since "I don't think video games need to justify their existence by being TV shows"

But if they create more games fans, all the better

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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 hits 8 million sold copies on its first anniversary

Sandfall celebrates the milestone with new in-game cosmetics.

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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 devs "won't be announcing any new major DLC or expansions" amid 1-year anniversary, but did announce lowest-ever Steam price for their RPG

Sandfall sidesteps mention of a new game, however

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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 gets a surprise update for the RPG's first anniversary and, my god, Monoco has braids now: "This expedition WILL be strutting around"

Sandfall Interactive celebrates in style

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Surrounded by layoffs, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Lune actor hopes the next game from Sandfall sticks to what made its debut RPG a hit: "Value the amazing people who made this"

Kirsty Rider hopes Sandfall continues to "put first all the things that they did in this one"

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The Bafta games awards showed me again that honouring art over commerce is a win for all

From mega hit Clair Obscur to the genius Blue Prince, the winners at this year’s event help me refocus on why games really matter

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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Gustave actor had no idea fans could love video game characters as much as they do those in TV and film: "It didn't occur to me"

"That's been really shocking to me," Charlie Cox says

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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 completes its Infinity Gauntlet by collecting the final GOTY award

It just won't stop.

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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Gustave actor Charlie Cox says Sandfall "should get Robert Pattinson to play the part" for the movie, but "I should do the voice"

You weren't the only one who thought Gustave looked like the Batman star

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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 wins Best Game at the BAFTAs, but this time some other games got to win awards, too

Dispatch matched Clair Obscur's haul at this year's event, and Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 snatched one away, too.

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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 follows Baldur's Gate 3 to become the second game ever to win all five major GOTY awards

The GOTY sweep is real

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Clair Obscur: how an indie game about loss became the biggest success story of 2025

Ahead of the BAFTAs, lead writer Jennifer Svedberg-Yen breaks down the biggest twists of Sandfall’s runaway success story

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Baldur's Gate 3 and Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 may make Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 look like the "small kids in the playground," but star hopes it'll "live in people's memory" anyway

"I'm just so proud of this character, and I adore him, and I hope that people continue to enjoy playing him."

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Nearly a year later, Clair Obscur Expedition 33 still has the best game soundtrack of all time — and hearing it live confirmed it further for me

Expedition 33 has a powerful soundtrack that moves you to tears and immerses you in battles, and if you have a chance to hear it live, grab it with both hands.

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"Marathon is gonna be Game of the Year," actor Ben Starr says, because it has Elden Ring, Baldur's Gate 3, and Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 award magnet Jennifer English

He makes a compelling point

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'We are not going to pick one': Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 dev confirms there's no canon ending, instead opting for a more elusive 'Schrodinger's ending'

If you don't finish the game, no one can get hurt.

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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 makes you "complicit" in moments like the RPG's first big twist, lead writer says, so you can "experience what grief feels like in this world"

"We really wanted the player to feel that loss"

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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33's lead writer "never even considered" a true, happy ending for the hit RPG

Whichever one you prefer, you are correct

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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 star worries the industry will learn the wrong lessons from the J'RPG's success: "Capitalism is unwilling to ask the why because they’re interested in the how"

"I think when the opportunistic fingers of capitalism try to take apart this game and its success, I fear they will ask the wrong questions."

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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 devs bet on the RPG's Metacritic score, but bet so low that "everybody lost," resulting in forfeits like gobbling whole roast chickens

"One person had to eat a chicken, a roast chicken in one sitting within a certain amount of time while another person beatboxes"

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Clair Obscur's narrative lead says while it's 'a painful process' to write, AI has never tempted her: 'The whole point of writing is to express what I have in my head'

Too right.

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