Sandfall Interactive — разработчик и издатель видеоигр. Компания известна разработкой Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 — пошаговой ролевой игры, выпущенной в 2025 году. Дополнительные сведения о дате основания и местонахождении штаб-квартиры в текущих данных отсутствуют.
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For the quickest way to join, simply enter your email below and get access. We will send a confirmation and sign you up to our newsletter to keep you updated on all your gaming news. The AA games industry needs "a few more Expedition 33s" before publishers stop seeing smaller games as a major financial risk, says Valor Mortis director Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 was a tornado while developer Sandfall Interactive was anticipating more of a pleasant breeze, selling a total of over 8 million copies, and helping reset expectations for how hard a AA game is supposed to make you cry. In any case, Ratusznik tells GamesIndustry.biz at this year's Gamescom, "We had this enormous success of Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, but still publishers find the AA segment quite risky." The director continues, "We probably need a few more Expedition 33s to just prove them wrong.
"We probably need a few more Expedition 33s to just prove them wrong" – the maker of Valor Mortis on why publishers should have faith in AA Polish studio One More Level struggled on after losing its funding, but found a saviour in the form of a film company spin-off Over the past 12 years, Polish studio One More Level has carved out a niche in the world of AA games with projects whose production values often approach those of AAA titles. Its eye-catching 2020 cyberpunk action platformer Ghostrunner launched to critical acclaim and commercial success, selling 5.6 million units according to Video Game Insights estimates, and it was followed by a sequel in 2023. Over the past few years, investment has dried up at the same time as competition has increased, so smaller publishers have tended to prefer betting on games with smaller budgets of $1 million or less, while the big players have gone all in on evergreen titles. But for Valor Mortis, One More Level initially signed up with the indie label Private Division, only for parent Take-Two to begin scaling back the publisher in 2024, with Take-Two head Strauss Zelnick saying that the firm wanted to focus on AAA: "We're in the business of making great big hits." (Private Division's catalogue was sold and the company reemerged as Fictions in 2025; the publisher is behind the recently released Beast of Reincarnation from Pokémon studio Game Freak.) Ratusznik says One More Level was considering self-publishing Valor Mortis after the Private Division deal fell through.
Inspired by the success of games like Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, French president Emmanuel Macron declares 'videogames are part of our culture' and announces a new international gaming festival It seems like Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 really made an impact on Macron. One of the biggest videogames of 2025 was Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, a French JRPG that sold millions of copies, won armloads of awards, and earned not just one but two separate shout-outs from French President Emmanuel Macron. It must've made an even bigger impression on him than it first appeared, as over the weekend Macron announced a new "international videogame festival" that will take place in France. 2026 games: All the upcoming games Best PC games: Our all-time favorites Free PC games: Freebie fest Best FPS games: Finest gunplay Best RPGs: Grand adventures Best co-op games: Better together Andy has been gaming on PCs from the very beginning, starting as a youngster with text adventures and primitive action games on a cassette-based TRS80.
For the quickest way to join, simply enter your email below and get access. We will send a confirmation and sign you up to our newsletter to keep you updated on all your gaming news. Join the GamesRadar community for quick access. More than a year after Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 helped make French game studio Sandfall Interactive an international superstar, France's president Emmanuel Macron has announced a new international gaming festival.
For the quickest way to join, simply enter your email below and get access. We will send a confirmation and sign you up to our newsletter to keep you updated on all your gaming news. Join the GamesRadar community for quick access. Earlier this week, BelmontesArt posted a clip to their YouTube channel with a self-explanatory title: "What if Pokémon had the Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 battle system?" What follows is a minute-long, fan-made animation showing Decidueye, Charizard, and Greninja battling against Ultra Necrozma, complete with the Clair Obscur-isms you'd expect.
Steam Week in Review: A touch of AI is all it takes to trigger backlash, as a promising new indie falls afoul of slop skeptics All the interesting Steam facts for the week ending August 23 Vapor World: Over The Mind is a Soulslike Metroidvania with an evocative, painterly art style reminiscent of Lies of P and the narrative platformers of Playdead. According to Korean studio Alive Inc, the game had 100,000 wishlists just before its early access launch on August 19, mostly on the strength of a demo available since January 2025. The top 11-20 part of the list is arguably more interesting: Mortal Shell 2 debuted at number 12, Wardogs pre-orders catapulted it to number 13 (though its current beta is apparently blowing up, with an all-time concurrent players peak of 105,774), and the Lord of the Rings: War in the North reissue has sold decently enough to help it reach number 17. 10/10 Broken just like Morrowind" Skybob, on The Lantern of the Laughless Saint, who I'm sure is also relentlessly bunnyhopping to increase Acrobatics.
Бывший руководитель PlayStation Шухей Йошида (Shuhei Yoshida) рассказал, что советовал Sandfall Interactive не называть Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 пошаговой RPG. По его мнению, такое описание могло оттолкнуть игроков, которые считают жанр устаревшим. Йошида поделился историей на конференции Busan Indie Connect в Южной Корее. Там он рассказывал о том, как разработчикам стоит представлять свои проекты потенциальным издателям, и привёл Clair Obscur в качестве примера.
Former PlayStation boss Shuhei Yoshida told Clair Obscur devs to not call it a 'turn-based RPG' so people wouldn't 'overlook' it More than eight million copies sold suggests he might've been right. According to former PlayStation boss Shuhei Yoshida, turn-based RPGs, particularly JRPGs, were so unpopular several years ago that he would tell indie developers to avoid using the term altogether in their marketing—even for a game like Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. Yoshida recalled giving the Clair Obscur developers this advice during a lecture at the Busan Indie Connect Festival 2026 (via Automaton). 2026 games: All the upcoming games Best PC games: Our all-time favorites Free PC games: Freebie fest Best FPS games: Finest gunplay Best RPGs: Grand adventures Best co-op games: Better together Tyler has covered videogames and PC hardware for 15 years.
Turn-based JRPGs never went anywhere, but with games like Baldur's Gate 3, Metaphor: ReFantazio, and Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 scooping up GOTY awards like XP in a dungeon, their staying power has perhaps never been more clear. That wasn't the case just a few years ago, when former PlayStation boss Shuhei Yoshida advised Sandfall Interactive to avoid describing Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, now among the most awarded games of all time, as a turn-based JRPG for fear that it "might lost the interest of many consumers." These days, Yoshida finds the irony of that advice in hindsight amusing. "I suggested that they come up with a new name for the combat system." Without wading into the interminable debate around what makes a JRPG a JRPG, I'll just say objectively that Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 isn't strictly a JRPG because Sandfall is a French developer, but it largely fits the bill from a gameplay perspective despite a unique combat system labeled "reactive" turn-based, apparently based on Yoshida's suggestion. Somewhat ironically, there actually isn't a single turn-based RPG having released or about to release in 2026 that's really defining the zeitgeist in the way Clair Obscur or Baldur's Gate 3 did during their respective release years, but with Larian's new Divinity confirmed to be a turn-based RPG and Persona 6 on the horizon, that's bound to change eventually.
Shuhei Yoshida told Expedition 33 studio to avoid terms like 'turn-based RPG' because it may cause people to "overlook" the game You've got Maelle. One of the reasons Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 stood out so much in early footage was how action-packed its combat looked, despite being a turn-based RPG. Veteran PlayStation executive Shuhei Yoshida revealed at the Busan Indie Connect Festival 2026 over the weekend that he warned Expedition 33 developers not to give the game that label (via Automaton). Expedition 33 initially managed to sell a fitting 3.3 million copies in its first month, before bumping that to 5.5 million copies by October 2025.
GYLD raises $1m to fund proprietary games research system that marked Clair Obscur as a potential hit Critical Compass has already supported over $100 million in funding and publishing outcomes across more than 45 projects Games publishing and investment agency GYLD has raised $1 million in funding to support its proprietary games research system Critical Compass. The tool, which the firm has been developing since 2020, delivers a deep analysis of a game's features and potential audience and has been used at "some of the largest publishers and platform holders in games," co-founder Lex Suurland tells GamesIndustry.biz. "The system kept improving because real money kept depending on it, and somewhere along the way we realised we'd built something the industry lacked." Critical Compass has subsequently been used by a range of companies "making games on budgets from $300,000 to over $60 million" says Surrland. Our Pre-Launch Viability Report starts from $5,000, delivered in days.
For the quickest way to join, simply enter your email below and get access. We will send a confirmation and sign you up to our newsletter to keep you updated on all your gaming news. Yoshida spoke about Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 and the guidance he'd given other indie publishers during his tenure as PlayStation's indie division lead during the Busan Indie Connect Festival 2026, reports Japanese site 4Gamer, in a write-up which was translated by Automaton. So while Yoshida loved Expedition 33's "combination of turn-based JRPG mechanics and real-time action inputs reminiscent of The Legend of Dragoon" – the PS1 fantasy game Yoshida produced in 1999 – he was skeptical.
BAFTA Games Awards updates voting requirements and entry fees as it opens entries for 2027 ceremony Association has revised its AI policy alongside making several changes to its entry fees Entries for the 2027 BAFTA Games Awards are now open, alongside updates to its entry requirements, fee structure, and AI policy. The BAFTA Games Committee reviews eligibility criteria, voting, and campaigning rules annually. BAFTA is the arbiter of all category eligibility and reserves the right to request additional information regarding any entry, this could include: - Supporting credit information - Supporting materials with regards to human creativity and development BAFTA has also introduced several changes to its entry fees, including: - Removal of the Early Entry/Month of Release Discount (previously a 50% discount) - Introduction of a 25% discount on entry fees for eligible independent and small developers - Introduction of a new base entry fee covering entry into up to four categories of entrant's choice and will include additional entry into Best Game, British Game, Performer in a Leading Role and Performer in a Supporting Role, where applicable - Introduction of a reduced single-entry fee for Evolving Game, recognising that entries may only be submitted to one category - Introduction of an additional fee for categories entered beyond those included in the base entry fee The Evolving Game category will now be open to a member-wide vote in all rounds. BAFTA said this change will "enable a broader range of industry expertise and player perspectives ensuring the category remains relevant, robust and reflective of today's games landscape." The eligibility window for the 2027 BAFTA Games Awards is for games released between November 15, 2025 and November 19, 2026.
Разработчики Clair Obscur Expedition 33 сравнили свой офис с особняком из игры Геймдиректор Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Гийом Брош рассказал об офисе, в котором трудится студия Sandfall. По его словам, когда в команде было всего 10 человек, приходилось ютиться в маленьком и не очень удобном помещении, однако ситуация изменилась после подписания контракта с Kepler Interactive. С формированием более крупного коллектива правительство Монпелье предоставило Sandfall помещение, которое сотрудники назвали «Поместьем». Ранее стало известно, что Clair Obscur Expedition 33 получила три награды на Develop: Star Awards.
For the quickest way to join, simply enter your email below and get access. We will send a confirmation and sign you up to our newsletter to keep you updated on all your gaming news. Clair Obscur Expedition 33's studio is a manor that looks just like the one in the RPG, but it was a pure coincidence: "It shouldn't feel like coming to an office" The office that developer Sandfall Interactive works out of is actually a whole manor that looks exactly like the one found in the studio's breakout sensation, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, but the similarity was purely coincidental. Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 - Game Overview | Xbox Developer Direct 2025 - YouTube "Our philosophy was, if you come to the office, it shouldn't feel like coming to an office, it should feel like entering a house where you're just making games with friends," Broche continues.
Despite finding massive success with a modern turn-based classic, the director of Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 doesn't have a preference between action combat and turn-based battles. In fact, he loves both, so long as the fighting itself is attached to a game that's, you know, actually good. Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 creative director and Sandfall Interactive CEO Guillaume Broche says as much in an interview with Automaton when asked about whether he has a preference when it comes to RPG combat styles. Having previously gushed over the sword-swinging Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and overlooked turn-based gem Lost Odyssey, his answer probably won't surprise you.
For the quickest way to join, simply enter your email below and get access. We will send a confirmation and sign you up to our newsletter to keep you updated on all your gaming news. Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 on Switch 2 is a "big technical challenge" because many Unreal Engine features "don't work," leads say, but Sandfall is "interested" in pulling it off If you're holding out for the Nintendo Switch 2 port of Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, sadly you might be waiting a while still. "It's a big technical challenge because we tried to do something beautiful with the game, but of course, the Switch 2 is not as powerful as the PlayStation [5] or the Xbox Series X," Tom Guillermin, CTO and co-founder of Sandfall Interactive, adds.
It's surprisingly fun to speculate over Sandfall Interactive's next game, because based on Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 — the studio's debut — its follow-up project could be just about anything. At the very least, you'd expect it to be just as creative and, for lack of a better word, weird as its predecessor. But will it be some kind of sequel? Or will the French developer try its hand at something new?
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 devs are working on a Nintendo Switch 2 version, but note the "big technical challenge" of getting it up and running Shifting Sandfall. Do you want to play Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 on Switch 2? But it probably won't be as straightforward as simply porting the game across to Nintendo's platform, and now - in a new interview with Automaton - Sandfall Interactive has outlined the realities of getting a version of the game running on Switch 2. Watch on YouTube "It's a big technical challenge because we tried to do something beautiful with the game, but of course, the Switch 2 is not as powerful as the PlayStation or the Xbox Series X," notes Tom Guillermin, chief technical officer and lead programmer at Sandfall Interactive.
Дебютный проект Sandfall Interactive — Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 — мало кого оставил равнодушным, так ещё и продался отлично. Больше 8 миллионов копий за год! Коллектив уже погрузился в разработку новой игры и в беседе с Automaton затронул тему создания интерактивных развлечений. Также речь зашла про порт «Экспедиции» для Switch 2 и отказ Sony от дисков.