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

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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.

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Clair Obscur Expedition 33’s origin story is even more insane than you’d think

Clair Obscur Expedition 33’s director revealed that most of his team had never even made a game before dropping a 2025 GOTY contender.

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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 head was "bored" at Ubisoft and hungry for a JRPG, and made the highest-rated game of 2025 – "Somehow it worked, which still makes no s…

Expedition 33 director Guillaume Broche was previously a brand development manager and narrative lead at Ubisoft, but left to ...

Busting Clair Obscur: Expedition 33’s Biggest Myth: The ‘Made by 30 Ex Ubisoft Devs’ Story Is Blatantly Untrue

Expedition 33 wasn’t made by just 30 ex-Ubisoft developers but rather a bigger team that unfortunately goes uncredited.

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