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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 and Eight Other Titles Depart Xbox Game Pass on October 15
gaming6 days ago

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 and Eight Other Titles Depart Xbox Game Pass on October 15

Xbox Game Pass subscribers have until October 15, 2026, to play nine titles before they are removed from the service. The most notable departure is Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, the 2025 Game of the Year winner, which leaves after over a year on the platform. Other exiting titles include A Plague Tale: Requiem, Pacific Drive, and The Casting of Frank Stone. Members can purchase these games at a 20-25% discount before the removal date to retain permanent access.

Clair Obscur and Eight Other Titles Exit Xbox Game Pass on October 15
gaming6 days ago

Clair Obscur and Eight Other Titles Exit Xbox Game Pass on October 15

Xbox Game Pass subscribers have until October 15 to play nine titles, including 2025 Game of the Year winner Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, before they are removed from the service. The departures also include A Plague Tale: Requiem, Pacific Drive, and The Casting of Frank Stone. Members can purchase these games at a 20-25% discount before the removal date to retain access permanently.

Diablo 4 Targeted for Switch 2 This September Amid Porting Hurdles
news2 months ago

Diablo 4 Targeted for Switch 2 This September Amid Porting Hurdles

A leaker claims Diablo 4 is headed to Switch 2 around September for $70 (boxed code), joining a wave of big ports that are taking time to land on Nintendo’s new hardware. The report comes as Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 continues to face a “big technical challenge” due to Unreal Engine 5 limits, while Elden Ring: Tarnished Edition is due next month and Borderlands 4 has no release plans. Monster Hunter Wilds is described as moving forward with a possible Switch 2 announcement in the coming months.

Clair Obscur on Switch 2: Porting faces a daunting technical mountain
technology2 months ago

Clair Obscur on Switch 2: Porting faces a daunting technical mountain

Sandfall Interactive says a Nintendo Switch 2 port of Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is being considered but faces a “big technical challenge.” The Switch 2’s lower power than PS5/Xbox Series X and Unreal Engine 5 features not yet fully supported (Lumen Lite in particular) complicate porting. The studio (around 30 people) is weighing feasibility and timing, with no announced release window, while OE engine updates and other constraints must be navigated.

Tangibility Lost? Clair Obscur Devs Mourn End of Physical Discs
news2 months ago

Tangibility Lost? Clair Obscur Devs Mourn End of Physical Discs

Sandfall’s Clair Obscur team says Sony’s plan to end physical game discs by 2028 is 'super sad,' arguing physical copies are part of the art and give players a tangible, store-bought experience. They explain Expedition 33 had a physical edition despite cost because many players value holding the game, and they highlight how seeing shelves of discs makes games feel real. The article notes the broader industry swing to all-digital and—despite their hopes—unlikely reversal from Sony, with Automaton hosting the interview.

Clair Obscur Expedition 33: Switch 2 port would be a massive technical hurdle
gaming2 months ago

Clair Obscur Expedition 33: Switch 2 port would be a massive technical hurdle

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 developers say a Nintendo Switch 2 port is possible in theory but would be a major technical challenge, due to Switch 2's lower power relative to PS5/Xbox Series X and Unreal Engine 5 compatibility issues; they are watching Unreal updates like Lumen Lite to assess feasibility, with no official plans announced yet.

PS5 RPGs Hit Deep Discounts in Sony’s Summer Sale
deals2 months ago

PS5 RPGs Hit Deep Discounts in Sony’s Summer Sale

Kotaku highlights a slate of PlayStation 5 RPGs currently discounted in Sony’s Summer Sale (through Aug. 13), including heavy hitters like Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 and Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 at deep cuts, plus other notable titles such as Digimon Story Time Stranger, Persona 3 Reload, Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader, Trails in the Sky, Metaphor: ReFantazio, Live A Live, Fallout 4 GOTY, Disco Elysium: The Final Cut, and Wizardry: Proving Grounds, with further picks like .hack//G.U. Last Recode, The DioField Chronicle, Resonance of Fate, and Persona 3 Portable. The piece suggests these are easy-to-recommend RPGs for the genre and explains why each title stands out, noting the sale ends August 13.

Clair Obscur Tops SGDQ 2026 Lineup and Finale Spotlight
culture4 months ago

Clair Obscur Tops SGDQ 2026 Lineup and Finale Spotlight

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 will headline SGDQ 2026’s Summer Games Done Quick finale in Minneapolis (July 6–11), with new runs from Pragmata, Saros, and Mouse: P.I. for Hire alongside fan favorites and nostalgic challenges, as the charity-marathon tradition continues to support Doctors Without Borders with its playful, vaudeville-style speedrunning and crowd-pleasing moments.

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 marks its first anniversary with a haircut-focused patch
technology5 months ago

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 marks its first anniversary with a haircut-focused patch

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 celebrates its first anniversary with a 1.5.5 patch that adds Gustave and companions’ anniversary haircuts, while the RPG has surpassed 8 million sales and became the most downloaded new third-party title on Game Pass in 2025; the update also includes several fixes, and Steam is discounting the game by 20%.

Expedition 33 Celebrates First Anniversary With Free Haircut Patch
gaming5 months ago

Expedition 33 Celebrates First Anniversary With Free Haircut Patch

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 marks its first anniversary with a free patch adding anniversary haircuts for all playable characters (accessible via Gestral Merchants near Stone Wave Cliffs and near Grosse Tête on the World Map), plus minor fixes including Danseuse outfit visibility, rest-point access during in-world dialogues, collision tweaks, and a slight update to achievement text.

Resident Evil Requiem Tops Metacritic User Scores, Fueling Nostalgia vs. Progress Debate
gaming7 months ago

Resident Evil Requiem Tops Metacritic User Scores, Fueling Nostalgia vs. Progress Debate

Resident Evil Requiem surged to the top of Metacritic's all-time Best Games by User Score with a 9.5, briefly edging out fan-favorites Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 and Cory in the House before Clair Obscur reclaimed the lead; the accolade underlines strong player enthusiasm for Capcom's horror entry, which is also performing well on Steam and has a Nintendo Switch 2 version in the mix.

Veteran dev says Expedition 33 proves AAA visuals can come from a rookie-heavy team
gaming8 months ago

Veteran dev says Expedition 33 proves AAA visuals can come from a rookie-heavy team

Adrian Chmielarz, a 34-year game industry veteran, says Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 looks and feels like a AAA title despite a core team of about 30 with many first-time developers. He describes how the team used shortcuts—such as enemies without faces and theatre-style cutscenes—to achieve high production values with fewer resources, a realization that left him saying his worldview was “ruined.” The piece highlights how outsourcing and inexperience can still yield a visually and technically polished game, challenging assumptions about what it takes to make AAA-quality RPGs.

AAA Quality, Tiny Team: Clair Obscur Expedition 33 Baffles Industry Veterans
technology8 months ago

AAA Quality, Tiny Team: Clair Obscur Expedition 33 Baffles Industry Veterans

Veteran developer Adrian Chmielarz is stunned by Clair Obscur: Expedition 33’s AAA-grade quality produced by a ~30-person core team (half first-timers) on under $10M, aided by outsourcing; he calls it 'the biggest mystery in gaming,' noting design tricks like faceless enemies and cutscene-centric sequences as keys, while the game continues to rack up awards.