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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 devs receive rare honor from French Ministry of Culture, previously won by Shigeru Miyamoto and the creator of Rayman

Sandfall's historic run continues

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'Clair Obscur: Expedition 33' Exploration Tips: Uncover Hidden Paths, Secrets, and Rare Rewards

"Clair Obscur: Expedition 33" exploration tips help players find hidden areas, map secrets, and collectibles for full completion.

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Maelle's most infamous attack in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 was actually "very bad" during development, and Sandfall made it super powerful by trying to fix it and not testing the change properly

Those superbosses could be cheesed hard for a minute there

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'Clair Obscur: Expedition 33' Party Synergies Guide – Best Builds, Rotations, and Combos

Master party synergies in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 with optimal builds, Burn stacking rotations, and act-specific team setups for endgame dominance.

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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is an indie game "at heart," even if its devs know it got a "lot of support" from its publisher

Sandfall Entertainment enjoyed considerable backing from Kepler Interactive

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Final Fantasy 7 Remake lead says he and Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 director agree "games are meant to be diverse": "Both action games and turn-based games should evolve for the better"

We can enjoy the best of all worlds at the moment

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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 director blames Final Fantasy 10 for letting you nuke the RPG's final boss, but admits it might have been "a little bit too easy to get overpowered"

"We think it's OK – more or less what we wanted"

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'There is a bit of pressure': Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 devs will stay true to themselves for their next game despite expectations—'we need to trust our instincts'

I'd be excited no matter what happens, honestly.

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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.

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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

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New Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 update is seemingly full of references to JRPG influences like Persona, Xenoblade, and Final Fantasy

Game (of the year) recognizes game

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Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 devs tweet 'Blame the French!' after losing every Game Awards category to Clair Obscur, but it was in good fun: They partied together after

Warhorse Studios had its memes ready for a win or a loss.

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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 controversially wins Best Independent Game at The Game Awards, Sandfall devs dedicate it to indies "who put creativity first" and "push forward with limited resources"

Is Clair Obscur really "indie"?

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For the price of one Marvel's Spider-Man 2, you could make roughly 30 Clair Obscur: Expedition 33s, as developer reveals 2025's indie darling cost less than $10 million to make

I mean, it's one AAA quality turn-based RPG Michael. What could it cost?

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Want more like Expedition 33? Try out these underrated JRPGs

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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 – how a tiny studio developed the Belle Époque-set gaming blockbuster

What started as Guillaume Broche’s personal project has been nominated for 12 Game awards, sold more than 2m copies and been praised by Emmanuel Macron as a ‘shining example of French audacity’

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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 lead uses award win to say play Dispatch, a superhero comedy from ex-Telltale devs with The Boys vibes: "It's very very cool and has a very good story"

Dispatch's first season just ended

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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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The Witcher legend Doug Cockle agrees "there's so many great games this year," but Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is the highlight: "It's such a beautifully written game, and beautifully conceived and achieved"

Many people are saying this

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Roguelike superstar drops out of The Game Awards because Megabonk "is not my debut game," but fans beg solo dev to reconsider: "Wait until you hear about 'indie' games in the indie category that are backed by multi-billion-dollar corps"

John Megabonk demonstrates the definition of bonking integrity

International Business Times UK

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?

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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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