Geoff Keighley has confirmed seven of the games that will be shown during Opening Night Live on Tuesday. In a tweet, Keighley listed big hitter Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 (Black Ops 7 just had a number of key details leak ahead of the show) alongside other Microsoft-owned games The Outer Worlds 2, Ninja Gaiden 4, and World of …
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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Is Great, But Its Popularity Raises Big Questions About How We View Japanese RPGs
When I first saw it at the 2024 Xbox Games Showcase, I was surprised to see a game from a French developer with the photorealism of Western RPGs and mechanical stylings of Japanese ones. Its polished, cinematic trailer gave the impression of a AAA game, even though I’d never even heard of Sandfall Interactive at the time. Clair Obscur moved …
Read More »Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Update Makes Retrying Bosses A Lot Less Annoying
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 received a brand-new update yesterday, mostly focusing on quality-of-life improvements, but it also introduces a big performance and visuals feature. With this update, frame generation and low-latency mode support for DLSS and XeSS has been added in for compatible GPUs on PC. Developer Sandfall also noted that it’s “still exploring support for FSR, but we need …
Read More »Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 patch adds a battle retry prompt, bug fixes
Clair Obcur: Expedition 33 was released in April as a relatively polished game. Yet, bug fixes and minor improvements are always welcome, and that’s what Wednesday’s patch 1.4.0 brings. The Pictos menu received an improvement and will now display each ability’s Lumina cost, which will help when assigning the various Pictos to your party members. An autoplay dialogue option will …
Read More »Clair Obscur Patch 1.3.0 adds fan-favourite ‘retry’ button, as used in Metaphor Refantazio, to make redoing boss fights a breeze
Sandfall Interactive has released a new update for its widely-praised turn-based RPG Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, adding among other changes a Battle Retry prompt. This has been one of the “most requested” quality of life improvements, the developer said. This new feature does exactly what it says on the tin – if faced with a defeat, players will now notice …
Read More »Clair Obscur: Expedition 33’s animations are powered by an anime game plugin dubbed ‘KawaiiPhysics’, and its creator was completely surprised by its use
You can trust VideoGamer. Our team of gaming experts spend hours testing and reviewing the latest games, to ensure you’re reading the most comprehensive guide possible. Rest assured, all imagery and advice is unique and original. Check out how we test and review games here Sandfall Interactive’s Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 has some fantastic animation work across its stunning 30-hour …
Read More »Clair Obscur Developers Visited Square Enix’s Offices For a ‘Rich Exchange’ Of Ideas
The debate over the direction of role-playing games has raged on for years. There’s been a little extra fuel to the fire in 2025 with the success of Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 though, as its a turn-based RPG that wears its inspirations right alongside the 33 on its sleeve. Now those links are reality, as several members of the Clair …
Read More »“Not a clear-cut answer” whether Final Fantasy 17 will be turn-based, says Naoki Yoshida, following Clair Obscur’s success
Final Fantasy 16 producer Naoki Yoshida has commented on the possible turn-based future of the series, following the recent success of Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. Over the course of the series, Final Fantasy games have moved away from classic turn-based battles and progressed towards the all-action gameplay of 2023’s Final Fantasy 16, which disappointed some long-term fans. By contrast, Sandfall …
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