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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Ships April 24th For Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 5, PC

From the reveal for the Xbox Developer_Direct, fans were excited to see new information on the anticipated titles coming to Xbox. Games including South of Midnight & Doom: The Dark Ages are on that list alongside another new IP as well – Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. Revealed at the previous Xbox Games Showcase in 2024, it captured the same feeling of recent modern Final Fantasy games from a new team.

And at the showcase held on Thursday, developer Sandfall Interactive reveals that Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is set to release later this April. You can watch the new release date trailer in the video below:

“We didn’t want the game to just be a pretty face. We wanted it to be like a game that feels like a real game. So every character has their own playstyle and you can really play them in a lot of different ways – but they also feel very different from each other, and they all have their unique mechanics and their unique skill tree,” creative director Guillaume Broche said. 

“So what’s very cool is that, when you play through the game, you will change your equipment a lot and you will get more and more Lumina and at the end of the game you have a full list of passives that you can either activate or deactivate, and this allows some crazy build opportunities,” Broche added. “This is where we really make some crazy combos, and this is where we expect players to really break the game – and we hope they break the game, because it’s made for that!”

He continues on inspiration for the world: “I just wanted to get out of the stuff that we’ve just seen a million times, – science fiction, to space, or zombies, all that kind of stuff. I just wanted to get my head out of there and see what I can try to come up with that was original for me personally. Most of the research [I did was into] ceramic textures actually… there are some very original shapes that I saw. 

“Those shapes really inspired me to come up with the enemies that we see today in the game. Also, it helps for the environments as well. It was a [painterly] vibe mixed with ceramics and going with crazy colors all over the place. It does help that there’s an amazing story behind it!”

What has you most excited for Clair Obscur: Expedition 33?

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 launches April 24, 2025 for Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 5, and PC.

Source: Xbox Wire

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