Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Xbox Series X|S) News Articles
Wednesday3rd Dec 2025
News Xbox Crowns Its Biggest Third-Party Game Pass Launch Of 2025
It's Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
It's been a pretty amazing year in terms of the titles that have been added to Xbox Game Pass, with multiple Game of the Year candidates having arrived on the service at launch, but one in particular has dominated the attention. That game is of course Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, which has been crowned today as the...
Thursday20th Nov 2025
News Expedition 33 Wins GOTY As Xbox Takes Home Two Awards At The Golden Joysticks 2025
Full list of winners revealed
Today wasn't just about the Xbox Partner Preview Showcase - it's also been a night for celebrating the best games of the past 12 months, with the Golden Joystick Awards taking place over in London. Unsurprisingly, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 was the talk of the show, with the game taking home four awards including the...
Monday17th Nov 2025
News Two Xbox Game Pass Titles Nominated For GOTY At The Game Awards, But Microsoft Misses Out
No first-party games in the GOTY list
Geoff Keighley & co. have just announced the nominations in each category for their upcoming The Game Awards show, and while two day one Game Pass titles make the main Game of the Year list, Xbox Game Studios misses out on any top-tier nominations. The Game Awards' 2025 GOTY is as follows:
Wednesday8th Oct 2025
News Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Team Unveils New Content For 'Major' Upcoming Xbox Update
As a thank you for passing five million sales worldwide
There are many people who will have Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 on their list for Game of the Year in 2025, and it's about to get even better thanks to an upcoming "major" update that's set to go live in the near future. This has been teased by the development team as part of some "thank you"...
Thursday28th Aug 2025
News Expedition 33 Dev Says More Games Are Coming In The 'Clair Obscur' Franchise
"Clair Obscur is the franchise name..."
One of the biggest Game Pass surprises this year so far has been Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 - we expected big things from this one but Sandfall Interactive's turn-based RPG blew us away back in April! We weren't the only ones massively impressed either, and as it turns out, the team already has plans to build...
Wednesday30th Jul 2025
News Expedition 33 Update 1.4.0 Now Live On Xbox, Here Are The Patch Notes
Including "one of our most requested QoL additions"
One of 2025's best games across any platform is Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, and it's just received a new update with a few cool features - with a highlight being described as "one of our most requested Quality of Life additions". That addition is the "Battle Retry Prompt", which allows you to...
Tuesday24th Jun 2025
Random Xbox Fan Can't Believe Their Luck After Winning Expedition 33 Xbox Series X
"Oh man, its legit!"
Every now and again, we get a chance to highlight some of the amazing custom Xbox consoles that have been won by lucky fans around the world, and this latest design is a beauty based on the outstanding Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. We actually covered this giveaway in April when it was taking place on the Xbox subreddit (we've...
Thursday12th Jun 2025
News Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Update '1.3.0' Now Live On Xbox, Here Are The Patch Notes
Including some big balancing changes!
The latest update for the outstanding Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is now officially live on Xbox, and it's actually quite a big update in terms of balancing changes for the easy (or "Story Mode") difficulty in particular. Expedition 33's update 1.3.0 patch notes mention that parry and dodge windows have now...
Friday30th May 2025
News Amidst Price Increases, Expedition 33 Developer Says $50 Tag Was A 'Win-Win' For Everyone
"We doubled down on it"
There's been an awful lot of talk recently about the price increases that are being applied to many AAA games these days, including at Xbox where some first-party titles will be increasing to $79.99 in the future. We expect this to become the norm at most top-level publishers going forward (GTA 6 might even be priced higher...
Tuesday27th May 2025
News Clair Obscur: Expedition 33's New Sales Milestone Has Some Crazy Coincidences
Something about this game and the number 3...
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 has been pretty much living rent-free in our heads since it launched on April 24th, and speaking of that launch date... the turn-based RPG has just hit a series of spooky milestones that we can't quite believe. Announced today by the developer on social media, Expedition 33...
Friday9th May 2025
News Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Update 1.2.3 Now Live On Xbox, Here Are The Full Patch Notes
Here's what's new
Yesterday, the team behind Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 announced that it was going to make a major balance change in its first patch this week - and now that update is live on Xbox and Game Pass! Yep, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 patch 1.2.3 is available now, and down below are the full patch notes across all pl
Thursday8th May 2025
News Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Making Major Balance Change In First Xbox Patch
And it's arriving this week
New Xbox Game Pass RPG Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 has been enjoying a wildly successful first few weeks on the market - and now developer Sandfall Interactive has turned its attention to the first patch, arriving later this week. While the team hasn't dropped the full patch notes for Clair Obscur's first
Wednesday30th Apr 2025
News Digital Foundry Praises Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, But Xbox Series S Is A 'Sore Point'
"Image quality is substantially worse than the Series X"
The good folks over at Digital Foundry have been deep diving into Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 following its incredibly successful Xbox Game Pass launch last week, and they've had some interesting things to say about the Xbox Series S version of this phenomenal game in particular. Digital...
Tuesday29th Apr 2025
News Indie Dev Defends Xbox Game Pass As Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Sells Most On PS5
"It is very worth having your game on Game Pass"
It's no secret that Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 has been doing very well for itself so far. On top of some incredible review scores, we just found out that the game has already sold one million copies in less than a week - even if the
Monday28th Apr 2025
News Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Is Reminding People Of This Classic Xbox 360 JRPG
It's on sale this week as well!
No offense to Oblivion Remastered which is fantastic in its own right, but it feels like Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is an even more impressive story - a game that's unexpectedly established itself as an all-time classic overnight. Maybe I'm just biased because I think Expedition 33 is outstanding, but I'm not alone...
Friday25th Apr 2025
News Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Defies The Odds To Reach Impressive Sales Milestone
Overshadowed by Oblivion? No chance!
When Oblivion Remastered was shadow-dropped out of nowhere earlier this week, a lot of people's minds immediately went to Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 and how that game was surely going to be impacted by such a huge new release. There were some who were suggesting it was going to be overlooked and pushed into the...
"What a debut!"
The folks over at Sandfall Interactive are probably thrilled with how their new RPG Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 has gone down so far - and now, a bunch of other big game devs have congratulated the studio on its "incredible launch". One of those devs is the team behind Final Fantasy VII - which, given the game's clear inspiration...
Thursday24th Apr 2025
News Here's How Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Is Running On Xbox Series X And S
Two different setups in play
Earlier today, the eagerly-anticipated Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 went live on Xbox Game Pass, and lots of you fine folks will probably be jumping into this one over the next few days as a result. So, how is the game running on Xbox Series X and S right now? Do we have multiple performance modes to go at? Well, some...
News GOTY Contender Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Is Available Today With Xbox Game Pass (April 24)
Available right now!
It's a big day for Xbox Game Pass today, folks! Hot on the heels of Bethesda's Oblivion Remastered shadow drop, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 heads to the service - an original turn-based RPG that's been getting some incredible reviews and ratings across
Wednesday23rd Apr 2025
Roundup Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Is Getting Incredible Reviews So Far
And it comes to Xbox Game Pass tomorrow!
Following some impressive showings over the last eight or nine months, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 brings its turn-based RPG goodness to Xbox Game Pass this week - and we have some early reviews of the title now circulating on the web. So, we're going to round up some of those early impressions down below;...
Tuesday22nd Apr 2025
News Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Custom Xbox Series X Bundle Unveiled
Here's how to get your hands on it
Ahead of its huge Xbox Game Pass release later this week, the team at Kepler Interactive has paired up with the Xbox Reddit page to unveil a Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 giveaway - featuring a fantastic-looking custom console and controller bundle. As is always the case these days, this isn't somethi
Monday21st Apr 2025
PSA Xbox Game Pass Gets Another Huge Day One Release This Week
Ready for a new expedition?
Pushing aside Bethesda's seemingly imminent Oblivion remaster for a moment here, we probably shouldn't forget about another major title coming to Xbox Game Pass this week. Yep, we're mere days away from Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 hitting the XGP library - and we genuinely can't wait to
Friday4th Apr 2025
News Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 - Length, Performance Modes & Other Xbox Details Revealed
Launching on Game Pass later this month
You've probably seen us gushing over Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 on numerous occasions here at Pure Xbox in recent weeks, and that's simply because it looks so good! It's also coming to Xbox Game Pass on April 24th. Ahead of that Game Pass launch, we've learned a few extra details about Clair Obscur:...
Monday24th Mar 2025
News Another Major Xbox Game Pass Release For April 2025 Has Gone Gold
Next month is shaping up nicely
Last week, we heard that Microsoft's very own South of Midnight had gone gold and is locked and loaded for its upcoming Xbox Game Pass launch - and now the service has seen another major title go gold ahead of its April release. <related ids="179743"> That's right, the much-anticipated turn-based RPG Clair
Thursday20th Mar 2025
News Four Xbox Game Pass Titles Get New Trailers At March's Future Games Show
Including a first gameplay trailer for FBC: Firebreak!
Today's Future Games Show Spring Showcase is now over, and it included a bunch of Xbox Game Pass titles as part of it - including the likes of South of Midnight, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 and FBC: Firebreak! Here's a rundown of each of the Xbox Game Pass titles that were featured in the show...
Monday17th Mar 2025
News Atomfall & Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Preloads Now Live On Xbox, Download Sizes Revealed
Two of the biggest upcoming Game Pass titles
We know a lot of people are really looking forward to the upcoming Xbox Game Pass additions of Atomfall and Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 in late March and late April respectively, and their preloads have just gone live on Xbox today! Atomfall's preload is clocking in at 30.80GB on Xbox Series X (and...
Monday3rd Mar 2025
Roundup The Final Previews Are In For Xbox Game Pass RPG Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
Here's what folks think so far
As we near the Xbox Game Pass release of Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, a final batch of previews have landed for the upcoming RPG - so we thought we'd gather some of them here to give you a flavour of the game ahead of its Game Pass arrival next month. These are pre-release previews based on a few hours of gameplay, so...
Thursday23rd Jan 2025
News Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Brings Its Stunning RPG To Xbox Game Pass This April
Not to be overlooked!
We've been excited for Sandfall Interactive's Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 ever since it was announced for Xbox Game Pass a little while ago, but after watching today's Xbox Developer Direct Showcase, it's become a must-play! The game, which now has a r
Thursday9th Jan 2025
News Xbox Developer Direct Returns This Month To Highlight Four 2025 Titles
Including one surprise!
Microsoft has announced the next Xbox Developer Direct event, this time showcasing four upcoming titles that are aiming to launch in 2025. These games are Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, DOOM: The Dark Ages, South of Midnight and one currently redacted surprise. The livestream kicks off at 10am PT / 1pm ET / 6pm GMT
Thursday29th Aug 2024
News Xbox Summer Showcase Star 'Expedition 33' Shares New Details Ahead Of Game Pass Launch
Along with a bunch of fresh gameplay!
During the Xbox Games Showcase back in June, Expedition 33 surprised us all with its stunning visuals and frenetic RPG gameplay mechanics, and this week the team is here to deliver some new details on the 2025 Game
