Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News from Guillaume Broche

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 was inspired by JRPG greats like Final Fantasy, but its director loves gaming because of an old-school 1988 beat 'em up

Guillaume Broche says, in Paris, games were for nerds

GamesRadar

'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.

TechRadar

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

GamesRadar

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

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

Just tell us already!

PC Gamer

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.

Windows Central

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 devs denied DLC plans, but now the French JRPG's director admits that may have changed: "We may be cooking"

Yes, chef

GamesRadar

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

Tomorrow comes.

Destructoid

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

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

GamesRadar

'The prejudice against turn-based RPGs isn’t completely gone': despite Clair Obscur: Expedition 33's massive success, its director reckons real-time action games still have an easier time

But this isn't why Clair Obscur has a parry system, honest.

PC Gamer

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33's director had 2 scrapped scenes from the game's ending, gives props to mocap actors who 'saved' it at the last minute

"It was just a thousand times better."

PC Gamer

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33's possible endings aren't particularly cheery because the French JRPG's creative lead likes "really sad stories" and wanted to give players "an impossible choice"

But it also gives players the chance "to finally take things in their own hands"

GamesRadar

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 lead says "prejudice against turn-based RPGs isn't completely gone," even if fellow JRPGs like Persona and Dragon Quest sell millions of copies

"I could talk about the prejudice forever"

GamesRadar

'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

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

GamesRadar

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

GamesRadar

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

PC Gamer

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.

GamesRadar

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

GamesRadar

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33's gut-wrenching early twist started as a joke from an abandoned game, but the director greenlit it immediately: "I think it's very important for the themes"

My heart . . .

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

GamesRadar

One of Clair Obscur: Expedition 33's funniest moments was actually "random improv"

Sometimes the best things happen in the moment

GamesRadar

A vital piece of Clair Obscur: Expedition 33's story literally came to the RPG's lead writer in a dream: "I realized, 'Oh actually, this story might work'"

The "final piece" of the story was then given to the team from the creative director's mother

GamesRadar

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 started as a "completely different game set in Victorian England," not the French turn-based RPG we now know and love

It was originally called "We Lost"

GamesRadar

It's not just Final Fantasy and Persona – Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is also inspired by my favorite JRPG gem Shadow Hearts, confirming a theory I've been sitting on for weeks

Judgment Ring, is that you?

GamesRadar

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 creative director is more pleased about his French JRPG's acceptance in Japan than he is about its "acclaim in any other country"

It makes sense given how inspired he was by previous JRPG greats

GamesRadar

With the caveat he got "really, really, really lucky," Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 director shares classic advice: "You have to make a game that you will like"

"I think it will always resonate if there's a sense of honesty and truth and joy in the game"

GamesRadar

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 lead says what we all know is true: "Persona 5 is the best game in the world when it comes to battle depictions and UI"

Straight facts

1 2 3

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.