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"It's really fateful" – Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth director on charting a new course for the JRPG series with a return to Nintendo, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, and outdoing AI

Interview | Square Enix's Naoki Hamaguchi answers all of our questions - then several more

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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 lead says "it would be harder to embrace our Frenchness even more" unless Sandfall "put snails and frogs everywhere in the next game"

Clair Obscur might've created a new genre: the FRPG

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"We received a lot of 'JRPGs are back' comments," says Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth director, but the success of a turn-based game like Clair Obscur: Expeditition 33 isn't going to warp Square Enix's plans

Clair Obscur's popularity isn't impacting Final Fantasy just yet

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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 just crossed this huge sales milestone — and to celebrate a free update with a new region, challenging fights, and more is on the way

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 crosses 5 million copies sold, and a free update is coming that'll add more costumes and bosses to fight.

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$30 a month for Ultimate — I don’t think Game Pass is worth it anymore

Xbox Game Pass Ultimate has jumped to $30 a month, and for the first time, the subscription doesn’t feel worth it to me. While Microsoft has added perks like Fortnite Crew, Ubisoft+ Classics, and improved cloud streaming, these extras don’t align with what I actually value.

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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 director adds another DLC teaser to the pile: 'We may be cooking'

Just tell us already!

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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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Expedition 33 is just the beginning of the Clair Obscur journey, game director says

Tomorrow comes.

Destructoid

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 lead says the hit French JRPG is just "one of the stories that we want to tell in this franchise," but thinks "the only way" to succeed "is to ignore the first game completely"

"We have to find this place of sincerity and authenticity again," says Guillaume Broche

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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is "a strong signal" that players don't just want live-service games, BioWare veteran says, but GTA 6's success will be a real indicator of the industry

"If GTA 6 doesn't sell 70, 80 million copies or whatever GTA 5 sold, then that's going to signal something"

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'I’d prefer working as a small team'—Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 devs think their studio is 'just the right size', with no real plans to expand it yet

Ah yes, the goldilocks method.

PC Gamer

One Of The Best RPGs Of 2025 Is Getting A Feature That Every Story-Driven Game Needs

'Clair Obscur: Expedition 33' is adding a much-requested option to make tackling its difficult turn-based battles more manageable.

Inverse

I loved Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 and as a Final Fantasy fan, here's what the long-running JRPG series could learn from 2025's unexpected hit

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 brings some fresh air to the JRPG world. Final Fantasy should take some notes.

TechRadar

Doom co-creator John Romero says games like Baldur's Gate 3 and Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 are the future, because they "make AAA studios go, 'Wait a minute, we need to start doing this'''

Despite the challenges facing the industry, Romero remains optimistic

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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is even getting praise from within The Witcher 4 studio CD Projekt Red, as community director says "we NEED more games like this"

Industry veterans can't stop talking about Clair Obscur: Expedition 33's story, cast and unforgettable soundtrack.

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Hideo Kojima says size does matter, but smaller is better as he praises Clair Obscur: Expedition 33's team size: "That's my ideal"

You can do a lot with a little

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No, Geoff Keighley—Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 was not made by a team of 'under 30 developers,' and devs say repeating the myth is 'a dangerous path'

SGF's fascination with small staff sizes discredits the integral work of external contractors and contributors.

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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 devs "knew within seconds" that Baldur's Gate 3's Shadowheart actress was the perfect pick for Maelle

The voice of this Baldur's Gate 3 favorite was a no-brainer for the Clair Obscur devs

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Xbox Game Pass just had its strongest content quarter ever, but can we expect this level of quality forever?

Xbox Game Pass just wrapped up its strongest quarter ever, delivering standout releases like Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, Blue Prince, and DOOM: The Dark Ages. Can it maintain momentum?

PC Gamer

'You've seen the number of releases from AAA publishers dwindle and dwindle and dwindle': Clair Obscur's runaway success was helped by staying smaller scale in a world of inflated budgets

Clair Obscur's budget was less than you might think, but in a world of spiralling development costs, that might not be a bad thing.

PC Gamer

A Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 dev has formed an anime rivalry with the godlike buildcrafters who only needed 'like, one week' to beat his record of dealing 3.4 billion damage with one attack

Number go up.

PC Gamer

Former Dragon Age writer says Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 and Baldur's Gate 3 prove 'what's possible when a game is given time to cook'

Truly exceptional games don't just appeal to their audience, David Gaider says, they expand it.

The Guardian - UK

Baroque breakout hit Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is unlike any game you’ve played before

This might be the most French game ever – but there is more to the small-scale development of this belle époque-inspired beauty than you think

Windows Central

"Any third-party websites selling Esquie plushies are NOT officially licensed. Many of them are using AI-generated artwork" Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 developers call out fakes and confirm its own official merchandise in the works

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 fans have fallen in love with Esquie and eagerly demand a plushie, however scam websites are taking advantage.

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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 could "top 8-10 million" sales, says Baldur's Gate 3 publishing lead as he shouts out his fellow RPG's "incredible achievement"

Prepare for "a conservative 6" million sales, Sandfall

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