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Iain Harris

One of our most-anticipated JRPGs for 2025 was being made "just for fun in the beginning" and "everybody was working for free"

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33.

JRPG love letter Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is coming in hot next year with a full release that looks on par with plenty of other AAA games, though its origins are far more indie.

Speaking to Edge in issue 404 (on sale now), creative director Guillaume Broche recalls writer Jennifer Svedberg-Yen joining very early on as a voice actress before quickly becoming a co-writer and lead writer. "Then it built very organically - just for fun in the beginning. Everybody was working for free," he says.

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