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BAFTA Games Awards 2026 longlist: President Macron's favourite French game leads the pack

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 from indie studio Sandfall Interactive is nominated for 17 awards

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"The real reward in our heart is the emotional response": As Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 continues its GOTY domination, the devs and actors are still reeling from its success

Year in Review 2025 | The JRPG wasn't supposed to be "big," it was supposed to be "cool" – and 7 months later, it's officially both

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Microsoft confirms Clair Obscur: Expedition is Xbox Game Pass’s biggest third‑party launch of 2025

Microsoft has announced that Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, one of the most critically acclaimed video games of 2025, has become the biggest third-party launch title on Xbox Game Pass.

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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 director doesn't think sales and awards success should change the studio: "What we want to do is exactly what we wanted to do when we started"

"We don't want to grow too much as a company"

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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 wins 7 titles at Golden Joystick Awards, tying with Baldur's Gate 3 – and Larian boss Swen Vincke approves: "Definitely deserved"

It's the era of the turn-based RPG, eh?

GamesRadar

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 wins its first Game of the Year at Golden Joystick Awards 2025

A huge achievement!

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Sandfall Interactive expresses shock as Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 matches Baldur's Gate 3's record-setting run at the 2025 Golden Joystick Awards: 'What the f**k is happening'

Sandfall Interactive's J'RPG took home seven awards, matching the record set by Larian in 2023.

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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is your Ultimate Game of the Year at the Golden Joystick Awards 2025, because of course it is

It's an astonishing sweep at the Joysticks for Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

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All the Golden Joystick Awards 2025 winners revealed

Clair Obscur and Sandfall Interactive win big with a record-equalling 7 awards

GamesRadar

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33's record-high nominations at The Game Awards proves what I've been saying for the past 8 months

Opinion | When it comes to balancing quirk and familiarity, Clair Obscur does it best

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What's Next For Clair Obscur Expedition 33: The Game That Dominated TGA 2025

Clair Obscur Expedition 33 is leading TGA 2025 with 12 nominations. What's the future like for this record breaking RPG by Sandfall Interactive?

International Business Times UK

"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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RPG fans stay winning: 2025 has been a critical hit for the genre, though I'm anticipating a GOTY bloodbath

Opinion | This year proved that no matter what type of RPG you crave, there's room for everyone

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I don't think I'm good enough at Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 to contend with the new update, so I'm heading back into the JRPG to face my biggest fear

Now Playing | I must earn extra Clair Obscur by finishing the Clair Obscur I already have at home

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Surprise! A new Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 update is on the way, and it's set to test late-game players, and tempt the rest of us back to the somber world of Lumiere

Sandfall Interactive has announced that Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 will receive a post-launch update featuring new playable content.

GamesRadar

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 director wants the French RPG to be open to interpretation, but thinks "we failed as writers" if you don't connect to its cast as humans

Guillaume Broche nudges players in the right direction

Player One

'Clair Obscur: Expedition 33' Secret Update Teases Story Twist Fans Didn't See Coming

Sandfall Interactive teases a free "Clair Obscur: Expedition 33" update packed with new bosses, environments, costumes, and hidden story secrets.

Windows Central

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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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 devs say "being recognized in Japan" is "very personal to us" after making a game "inspired by so many incredible JRPGs we grew up with"

"We could not be more grateful"

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Best Xbox Series X games: The 25 greatest Xbox games to play in 2026

From Elden Ring to Gears 5, here are the best Xbox Series X games to play today

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Sandfall Interactive ‘will explore’ Clair Obscur Switch 2 port

Sandfall Interactive has detailed their plans to bring Clair Obscur to Nintendo Switch 2

TechRadar

'This is not the end of the Clair Obscur franchise' – Expedition 33 director says there are more stories to tell

Sandfall Interactive has confirmed that Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is the first game in a new franchise.

GamesRadar

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 lead says the RPG went up against "one of the biggest remasters" with Oblivion Remastered – but it worked out: "I feel like it makes us even more deserving in a way"

Sandfall Interactive's game launched 2 days after Bethesda's own

Windows Central

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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