guillaume broche - Search News

News

a passion project became 2025's most talked-about game

BBC on MSN · 2d

Clair Obscur: How a passion project became 2025's most talked-about game

Expedition 33 is set in Lumiere, a fictional world overshadowed by a huge monolith bearing a glowing numeral on its face. Each year an entity known as The Paintress emerges and lowers the number by one, causing everyone of that age to vanish, and the game follows a group on a quest to destroy the mysterious being.

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Director Came Up With The Game While Bored At Ubisoft

Boredom can be productive, apparently. At least it was for Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 director Guillaume Broche, who first dreamed about creating the critically acclaimed RPG while "bored in their job" at Ubisoft in 2020.

Soap Central on MSN · 23h

Clair Obscur director says AAA studios would’ve taken 20 years to greenlight Expedition 33

Expedition 33’s director is of the opinion that the game would have taken over two decades to get the green light had he pitched it to an AAA studio.

6hon MSN

'He's very good at finding really cool people': Clair Obscur: Expedition 33's director found its composer on Soundcloud and lead writer on Reddit

Broche also managed to find his lead writer via unconventional means. Svedberg-Yen initially applied for a voice acting role ...

18hon MSN

Clair Obscur Lead Writer Originally Auditioned As A Voice Actor For The Game After Seeing A Post On Reddit

"I saw a post on Reddit by Guillaume asking for voice actors to record something for free for a demo. I was like: 'I've never ...

5d

Random: Clair Obscur Director Celebrates Amazing Switch RPG Which Launched On Same Day

Taking to social media, Broch is pleading with fans to check out "another great turn-based RPG" after finishing their ...

Expedition 33 Passes Huge Sales Milestone, And That's Not Even The Full Story Of Its Success

Expedition 33 is also on Game Pass, and presumably the 500,000 figure does not include people playing via the subscription ...

Some results have been hidden because they may be inaccessible to you

Show inaccessible results