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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 DLC Is on the Cards After Positive Reception
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 DLC Is on the Cards After Positive Reception: "I'd say chances are good"
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Clair Obscur wins Game of the Year at DICE Awards 2026: Sandfall Interactive's RPG won five awards, while Suckerpunch Productions' Ghost of Yōtei took home four ...
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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Dev Knighted By France | PSX Extreme
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Dev Knighted By France | PSX Extreme: Sandfall Interactive has been knighted and awarded with the Order of Saint Michael.
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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33's Final Boss Was Underpowered Because Sandfall ...
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33's Final Boss Was Underpowered Because Sandfall Underestimated Completionists
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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Actor Defends Reforming Award Categories
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Actor Defends Reforming Award Categories: Maxence Cazorla opens up about The Game Awards and why Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 opens up ...
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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 gets sales and player boost after historic The ...
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 gets sales and player boost after historic The Game Awards win
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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Team Admits the RPG's Success Has Surprised ...
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Team Admits the RPG's Success Has Surprised Them — 'It Was Not Supposed to Be Big' - IGN
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First Game of the Year Award already in the bag – French hit role-playing ...
First Game of the Year Award already in the bag – French hit role-playing game cleans up
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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Tops 4.4 million sales - IGN
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Tops 4.4 million sales - IGN: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 has now sold 4.4 million copies, staff at developer Sandfall Interactive ...
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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is "not the end" of the franchise, director confirms: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 director Guillaume Broche has said the game is "not ...
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After the mega-success with Clair Obscur: Developers surprise with ...
After the mega-success with Clair Obscur: Developers surprise with statements about the team's future
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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 star Charlie Cox says he feels “like a total ...
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 star Charlie Cox says he feels “like a total fraud” as fans praise performance he recorded “for four hours, maybe”
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Hideo Kojima believes Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 devs have the perfect ...
Hideo Kojima believes Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 devs have the perfect team size with “33 team members and a dog”
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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 devs hope players will support more $40 or $50 ...
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 devs hope players will support more $40 or $50 games as publishers hope GTA 6 will charge gamers $100 to play
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Key FactsSmaller Games Challenge Rising AAA Price Trend
May 30, 2025 · Reading time: ~45 sec.
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: videogamer.com
  • AAA games like GTA 6 may soon reach $100, creating opportunities for more affordable titles in the market.

  • Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 delivers high production value and story at a $40–50 price point.

  • Some consumers initially doubted the game's length and quality due to its lower cost, but the developers maintained their pricing strategy.

  • The success of smaller, focused projects demonstrates viability beyond the expensive AAA game model.
  • I think as that AAA price goes up, I think it creates more of an opportunity to be launching games – more sensibly scoped games – [and] pricing them at that $40–50 range.
    — Matthew Handrahan, portfolio director of Kepler Interactive, explained this in a recent interview with Games Industry.
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 reaches a fitting sales milestone
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 reaches a fitting sales milestone: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 has now sold 3.3m copies since its release last month.
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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33’s story hits even harder the second time ...
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33’s story hits even harder the second time around: After completing Clair Obscur, my partner started playing, and I couldn’t help but ...
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Breakout PS5 Hit Expedition 33 Is Getting an Official Art Book This Year
Breakout PS5 Hit Expedition 33 Is Getting an Official Art Book This Year: Book it
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Quick! Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 developer will soon nerf the game's ...
Quick! Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 developer will soon nerf the game's best move: UPDATE 08/05/25: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33's Patch 1.2.3 is now live ...
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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33's Dev Team Is Bigger Than You've ...
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33's Dev Team Is Bigger Than You've Heard, But Not By Much
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Role-playing hit Clair Obscur breaks all records - | and shows that ...
Role-playing hit Clair Obscur breaks all records - | and shows that quality really pays off
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