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Hilarious Clone Of Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Recalls Other Blatant Chinese Rip-Offs

Gamers are mocking a Chinese clone of Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, with many noting it's far from the first time a similar copy has appeared.

International Business Times UK

I ditched my PS5 gaming headset for these audiophile headphones — 3 things I love (and 2 I hate)

As an avid gamer and audiophile, I ditched my gaming headset to use the Meze 105 AER wired headphones for gaming on my PS5, and I was blown away.

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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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‘It’s good to have limitations’: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33's creative director says Sandfall Interactive's next game won’t on a bigger scale despite huge success

Sandfall Interactive's CEO and creative director, Guillaume Broche, has said the studio won't be expanding the scale of its next game, despite Clair Obscur: Expedition 33's success, because it loves "making games more than we love managing."

TechRadar

Expedition 33 devs won't "scale up" for their next game because they embrace "limitations," want to create — "We love making games more than we love managing"

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 developer Sandfall is looking ahead to future projects, but doesn't intend to "scale up" for them despite their huge success.

Windows Central

Clair Obscur's famously small (but not that small) developer isn't interested in becoming less not-that-small: 'I think it's good to have limitations when you are creative'

"We love making games more than we love managing, so we want to keep doing that."

PC Gamer

Expedition 33 disqualified from Indie Game Awards due to generative AI usage

A Game of the Year win undone by generative AI.

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The Indie Game Awards disqualifies Expedition 33 for AI usage and puts itself in a weird position — was it a fair move or an ambiguous definition of what is acceptable?

Clair Obscur’s disqualification raises uncomfortable questions about transparency, economic pressure, and whether zero-tolerance AI rules can realistically scale.

Windows Central

Indie Game Awards pulls two awards from Clair Obscur over generative AI use: 'We have a hard stance against gen AI in videogames'

Minus one victory lap for the J'RPG.

PC Gamer

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33's controversial GOTY wins at The Indie Game Awards retracted after the RPG's use of generative AI

"When it was submitted for consideration, a representative of Sandfall Interactive agreed that no gen AI was used"

GamesRadar

"We love making games more than we love managing": Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 lead says "it's good to have limitations," so the RPG studio won't "scale up" for any future projects

"It's not tempting for us"

GamesRadar

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 director says the award-sweeping hit is "very different from traditional JRPGs": "Currently, in France there's a movement to make FRPGs"

Sandfall Interactive had "absolutely no intention" making a JRPG

GamesRadar

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 players face a gommage of their own as the French JRPG's update makes its hardest bosses even nastier: "I had to figure out how to parry attacks on the hardware level"

Sandfall Interactive is really testing seasoned expeditioners

GamesRadar

Gamers Push Back At Clair Obscur Winning 'Best Indie' At The Game Awards 2025

The gaming community is debating whether Clair Obscur truly qualifies as an indie game, with players questioning its funding, scope and studio backing.

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French President Emmanuel Macron gives a second public shout-out to Clair Obscur after its Game Awards sweep: 'A source of great pride for Montpellier and for France'

The J'RPG is taking another victory lap in the public eye after its historic night.

GamesRadar

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33's celebratory DLC bosses and nerfs are so brutal that players are having to retool their months-old endgame builds

Community members are being good sports and trying to find new workarounds now

TechRadar

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 ‘Thank You’ update adds new dungeon, boss battles, and a Photo Mode worthy of The Paintress

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 just got free DLC, and it's precisely what I've been looking for.

PC Gamer

Where to find Versos Drafts in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

Explore the new area added in the 'Thank You update'.

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French video game Clair Obscur sweeps LA Game Awards with record nine wins

The French video game Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 has swept the annual Game Awards in Los Angeles, dominating the ceremony with a record-breaking nine wins, including for best video game of the year.

GamesRadar

Final Fantasy creator Hironobu Sakaguchi shouts out Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 after its director said the JRPG icon "inspired me to become a game dev"

The JRPG-inspired game just swept up at The Game Awards 2025

International Business Times UK

Game Awards 2025 Winners Reveal Clair Obscur as GOTY — Fan Passion Ignites Online

The Game Awards 2025 culminated 11 December, with Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 emerging as the victor. Game creators Sandfall Interactive bagged key major awards, and fans can't be happier.

Dot Esports

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 wins Game of the Year, 8 more categories at The Game Awards 2025

A historic night for the French indie gem.

GamesRadar

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 controversially wins Best Independent Game at The Game Awards, Sandfall devs dedicate it to indies "who put creativity first" and "push forward with limited resources"

Is Clair Obscur really "indie"?

GamesRadar

For the price of one Marvel's Spider-Man 2, you could make roughly 30 Clair Obscur: Expedition 33s, as developer reveals 2025's indie darling cost less than $10 million to make

I mean, it's one AAA quality turn-based RPG Michael. What could it cost?

Destructoid

Destructoid’s 2025 Game of the Year – Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

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