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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Gustave winces

RPGs 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"

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 screenshot of Verso, a man with black hair with white streaks running through his fringe

RPGs Baldur's Gate 3 performance director praises Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 for being a "beautiful" RPG "that 100% knows what it is"

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33's Gustave in a French-inspired outfit

RPGs 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"

RPGs 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

RPGs Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 studio's next game won't necessarily be an RPG: "We don't want to be constrained by story, art style or gameplay"

RPGs Sandfall says Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 winning GOTY "isn't something we aim for," and even though it would be a "nice little bonus," it's rooting for Megabonk

A screenshot of the upcoming PS5 game, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33.

RPGs Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is getting a whole new location, extra late-game bosses, and more to celebrate the French JRPG hitting 5 million copies sold: "We hope the update we're working on will act as a 'thank you'"

RPGs 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

RPGs Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 director says "there are still a few" secrets players have yet to find in the JRPG

A screenshot from Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, showing a man named Verso covered in dirt and blood, looking into the camera.

RPGs 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"

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

RPGs Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is only 85% of its creative director's original vision for the French JRPG, and he "would have loved" to do more with a specific fan-favorite character

JRPGs Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth director's GOTY pick, and not just because it features JRPG-inspired combat: "It gets all of the elements in it right"

Events & Conferences Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 leads the Golden Joystick Award 2025 charge for most nominations, nudging out Death Stranding 2, Ghost of Yotei, and Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2

A screenshot from Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 showing Maelle fighting an enemy.

RPGs Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 writer warns against a classic game hangup: "deus ex machina" power creep that makes you wonder "why didn't they just do this from the beginning"

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Clair Obscur- Expedition 33 Gets Snubbed At The 2026 Grammys

Interestingly, Sword of the Sea composer Austin Wintory had mixed feelings about the honor. He said: "I'm sad at the lack of Expedition 33 among them. I would happily trade places. That score is the *definition* of worthy!"

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