Latest about Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 head was "bored" at Ubisoft and hungry for a JRPG, and made the highest-rated game of 2025 – "Somehow it worked, which still makes no sense to me"
News "We have, I think, an amazing team mostly of junior people," Guillaume Broche said
Ex PlayStation boss says $50 Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is the "perfect balance" of AAA ambition, AA budget, and "independent vision" – "This is the path the industry should be pursuing"
News "I hope the game gets the success it deserves, because it’s time for AA games to regain their market share"
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 lead writer was first hired as a voice actor after she "saw a post on Reddit" calling for auditions: "I've never done that, it sounds kinda cool"
News Jennifer Svedberg-Yen was originally set to play a "major" character
After years of despising JRPGs, Clair Obscur has finally brought me around by ditching the standard cast of tedious teenagers
Now Playing Now Playing | Expedition 33 brought me around to one of my least favorite genres by aging up its themes, dialogue and (thank Christ), the cast
Square Enix is "probably kicking itself" seeing the success of realistic turn-based JRPG Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, analyst says, after being "reticent to do it with the Final Fantasy series"
News "If you asked Final Fantasy fans from the late '90s/early '00s what the ideal version of a JRPG should look like, it'd be something like this"
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 devs admit "we were wrong" about "practice is everything" advice for the RPG's difficult parries: "The true strategy is dying over and over until you land a counter"
News "This is the second option"
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 publisher says Oblivion Remastered "didn't seem to harm us at all," it just "drew attention to quality RPGs"
News Clair Obscur publisher Kepler "always knew that Expedition 33 had a very specific identity"
By channeling Bloodborne, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 fixes my biggest JRPG pet peeve – it's gloomy and proud
Opinion Opinion | Finally, a Persona-like that honors its darkness and puts it front and center
