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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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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33's Maelle actor recorded her audition at 2am while in bed because "she forgot to do it"

"Don't be like me."

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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' Guide: Efficient Character Upgrades, Skill Progression, and Builds

Maximize Clair Obscur upgrades and skill progression in Expedition 33 with expert character development tips for faster, more efficient builds.

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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 director blames Final Fantasy 10 for letting you nuke the RPG's final boss, but admits it might have been "a little bit too easy to get overpowered"

"We think it's OK – more or less what we wanted"

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How to defeat Simon the Divergent Star in 'Clair Obscur: Expedition 33'

'Clair Obscur: Expedition 33' won Game of the Year at The Game Awards this year, and to celebrate, Sandfall Interactive dropped a sizeable new update. The expansion includes a new endgame boss that is by far one of the toughest fights in the game.

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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 player boosts Maelle’s damage by over 1 billion during the game’s toughest boss with new post-update build: “The Queen of damage is back”

Friendship with Stendhal has ended, Burning Canvas is my new best friend

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I finally looked up translations for Expedition 33's main songs — I had no idea how much they gave away the plot this whole time

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 won 9 awards, including Game of the Year, during The Game Awards 2025. I finally decided to look up the translation to its hauntingly beautiful music, and I'm happy I only did so after beating it.

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The Game Awards 2025 Jennifer English Wins 'Best Performance' for 'Clair Obscur: Expedition 33'

Jennifer English bags the Best Performance award at The Game Awards for Clair Obscur: Expedition 33.

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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33's director reveals it isn't just the fans arguing over which is the "good" ending: "That’s something we've had a lot of arguments about in the team too!"

He thinks your preference is "related to your own personal experiences in real life"

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"The real reward in our heart is the emotional response": As Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 continues its GOTY domination, the devs and actors are still reeling from its success

Year in Review 2025 | The JRPG wasn't supposed to be "big," it was supposed to be "cool" – and 7 months later, it's officially both

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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33's Jennifer English says it was "hard" playing two characters in the RPG: "I had to find the subtlety of it being the same but different"

Voicing Maelle and Alicia was difficult

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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Maelle actor Jennifer English chooses her favorite ending for the "delulu fantasy" JRPG, and I forgive her for siding with her own character

It's okay, even the best of us can have the worst opinions

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Baldur's Gate 3 and Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 actor Jennifer English is moving on to her "dream part" – a fairy empress with a Welsh accent in the Warframe devs' new MMO

Jennifer English and fantasy RPGs; name a more iconic duo.

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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33's Verso actor prefers Maelle's ending to his own "because I really like my acting in it" – "choose the Maelle ending and you'll see why I won this award"

Meanwhile Maelle's actor also likes her own ending: "let her live her delulu fantasy life."

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What's Next For Clair Obscur Expedition 33: The Game That Dominated TGA 2025

Clair Obscur Expedition 33 is leading TGA 2025 with 12 nominations. What's the future like for this record breaking RPG by Sandfall Interactive?

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I don't think I'm good enough at Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 to contend with the new update, so I'm heading back into the JRPG to face my biggest fear

Now Playing | I must earn extra Clair Obscur by finishing the Clair Obscur I already have at home

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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's director had 2 scrapped scenes from the game's ending, gives props to mocap actors who 'saved' it at the last minute

"It was just a thousand times better."

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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"

GamesRadar

Baldur's Gate 3 Shadowheart actor thinks it was "so much fun" to play a Dark Justiciar, but she's "team white-haired Shadowheart all the way" herself: "Get her adopting those owlbears"

Take the high road in the RPG, says Jennifer English

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Baldur's Gate 3 star obviously thinks Shadowheart is "so badass" but relates more to her Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 character: "Not in any way as cool, nor can I swordfight"

Jennifer English is also Team White-Haired Shadowheart

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Actor behind beloved Elden Ring, Baldur's Gate 3, and Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 characters puts her RPG hot streak down to "pure luck"

Jennifer English says "it's more about the audience and the fans, and it's about how much they loved it," anyway

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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.

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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Maelle actor and her real-life partner play the French JRPG for themselves, immediately hunt down the notorious "sex hotel" – "a perfect way to balance out the darkness"

But what happens if you interact with the hotel 30 times?

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