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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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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.

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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

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'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.

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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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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

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'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.

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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

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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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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 leaves CD Projekt Red co-CEO "absolutely blown away," even if he has "sadly" not beaten the French JRPG's toughest challenge

Michał Nowakowski says the Clair Obscur devs "should be proud of the story they portrayed"

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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 studio is "just the right size" for a "full-priced turn-based RPG," so don't expect its success to lead to AAA ambitions: "I'd prefer working as a small team"

Sandfall Interactive is happy as it is

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After the president of France, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 has earned a nod from a hugely popular French MMO that references one of its many heart-wrenching twists

My wounds have reopened

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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.

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A single former Capcom dev is responsible for a 'Kawaii Physics' plugin used in many Unreal Engine games, and he was thrilled to learn that Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 also uses it

Made with the power of kawaii

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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 leads follow up meeting their JRPG idols at Square Enix to exchange "visions and ideas" with praise from another genre icon over dinner: "My favorite game"

Sandfall Interactive developers have been busy

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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 devs are the new popular kids on the RPG block, visiting both Hideo Kojima and Final Fantasy creators Square Enix for 'a creatively rich exchange of visions and ideas'

Popular, tu vas être pop-u-lar.

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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33's success impressed Death Stranding 2 director Hideo Kojima so much he invited its devs over to his studio to sign copies of the French JRPG

The man is full of crossovers

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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33's outsourcing allowed the RPG's in-house team to stay "very focused on building that core," speculates former Dragon Age dev: "Everyone was able to synergize together"

BioWare veteran Mark Darrah says Clair Obscur has "very focused, very clearly delineated areas of outsourcing"

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I accidentally became a god in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, and it broke combat so badly that I had to nerf myself to keep things fun even on Expert mode

I'll just come back to this later

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Charlie Cox Says He 'Feels Like a Total Fraud' Despite Successful Voice Role in Expedition 33

Charlie Cox voices a lead role in Expedition 33 but admits he only worked on the game for four hours. Here's the full story with how the fans reacted.

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