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THE TRUTH ABOUT: Sandfall interactive - Caught on Camera

Sorry GTA 6, but I’m more excited about these 5 sequels (and a wildcard)

Fan behavior has me having GTA 6 fatigue even before it's out.

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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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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

GamesRadar

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

Evening Standard

‘Like poetry in motion’: I went to the Clair Obscur: A Painted Symphony concert, and it mirrored the game’s beauty to perfection

I went to Clair Obscur: A Painted Symphony, and it brought one of the greatest games ever made to life.

TechRadar

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 devs never imagined to achieve the kind of massive success it did: 'Our official goal towards the end of production was to reach for 85 in Metacritic'

Shoot for the moon and you'll land among the stars.

PC Gamer

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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.

PC Gamer

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"

GamesRadar

BAFTA Games Awards: Clair Obscur leads the pack with 12 nominations

Clair Obscur, Dispatch and Ghost of Yotei are among the big hitters in this year’s upcoming awards ceremony

Evening Standard

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 studio withdraws legal action against graphic novel that shares the RPG's name, wishing its creators success

L'Académie Clair-Obscur is saved

GamesRadar

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 studio say they're seeking a 'fair solution' in dispute with comic artist who named his book after the same 15th century painting technique

Chiaroscur-oh no.

PC Gamer

Sandfall Interactive continues its Larian-like ways as Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 wins Game of the Year and four other trophies at the DICE Awards

Other big winners at this year's event include Ghost of Yotei, Death Stranding 2, and Blue Prince.

PC Gamer

6 single player games to play this Valentine’s Day (to take your mind off it)

Being alone doesn't mean you can't have fun this Feb. 14!

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New to JRPGs? I've reviewed tons of them, and these are the six PS5 games I'd get started with

I'm a JRPG devotee, and I always recommend these six PS5 games to new players.

PC Gamer

Knowing what's happening off camera in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 brings some levity to those dramatic cutscenes

I don't think limbs are supposed to do that.

PC Gamer

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 studio bestowed with France's Order of Arts and Letters: 'The Republic affirms: videogames are a major art form and an essential industry'

Score another one for Sandfall Interactive.

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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 devs receive rare honor from French Ministry of Culture, previously won by Shigeru Miyamoto and the creator of Rayman

Sandfall's historic run continues

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Painkiller's creator jokes that Clair Obscur: Expedition 33's team of newbies has 'ruined' his worldview: 'I don't know what to believe anymore'

"There's an incredible amount of smart decisions that allow them to make a game that looks AAA."

GamesRadar

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 director says the French RPG's success was "completely unexpected from pretty much everybody" at the studio

"This is one hundred times what we were expecting"

GamesRadar

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 devs "basically did twice the work" of a more experienced team to get the hit French RPG out the door

"[The younger staff] didn't have any expectations about how a studio should be run and how a game should be made"

GamesRadar

Clair Obscur Expedition 33 lead "underestimated" how many players would do all the side content, regrets disappointing "people that wanted a challenging end boss"

He wishes he made it clearer that "if you want the intended difficulty for the boss, you have to go beat it now"

GamesRadar

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 devs' next game will simply focus on "what we think is cool" – "I've seen too many TV shows and books be swayed trying to please a lot of people"

"In the process you end up losing the heart of what's there"

Dot Esports

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Is 'Clair Obscur: Expedition 33' Worth It? Here's What the 2025 GOTY Brings For You

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 won the covered Game of the Year award, and here's why it is worthy of your precious gaming time.

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