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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."

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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"

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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"

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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"

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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"

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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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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.

PC Gamer

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.

GamesRadar

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"

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"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"

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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

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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

International Business Times UK

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.

PC Gamer

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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