'You've seen the number of releases from AAA publishers dwindle and dwindle and dwindle': Clair Obscur's runaway success was helped by staying smaller scale in a world of inflated budgets

‘You’ve seen the number of releases from AAA publishers dwindle and dwindle and dwindle’: Clair Obscur’s runaway success was helped by staying smaller scale in a world of inflated budgets

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is a tight, 30-hour RPG from a relatively small team that, since release, has sold over 3.3 million copies. In short, it’s been a resounding success—singular and distinct, it looks and feels like nothing else around. It’s a game that’s particularly interesting when compared to probably the most well-known turn-based RPG…

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David ‘Solid Snake’ Hayter found out Raiden was replacing him in Metal Gear Solid 2 ‘in the booth while we were recording, and I’m like: ‘What the hell?”

In recent years Konami has remembered it owns a series called Metal Gear, and last month saw the release of the (pretty good) Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater. This UE5 remake of MGS3 was as faithful as they come, possibly too faithful if anything, but it at least shows Konami is capable of producing…

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‘PLEASE DON’T NERF COYOTE’: The new Helldivers 2 warbond has a fire-breathing rifle so good that players are begging Arrowhead to leave it alone

While the metroidvania inclined celebrate the release of a long-awaited bug game, Helldivers 2’s stalwart protectors of freedom are hard at work ensuring no bugs will know another day of peace. This week, the Into the Unjust update kicked off a new offensive into Terminid strongholds, a directive that’s proving tougher than expected. A new…

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Final Fantasy 7 remake director says he hopes Revelation will get ‘some kind of physical edition’ despite the industry and Sony’s ‘shift away’ from discs

Final Fantasy 7: Revelation is on the horizon, but there’s a looming shadow—Sony’s recent mandate that there’ll be no disks in the publisher and console developer’s future, a move that’s been controversial, to say the least. It had multiple developers, including the minds behind Clair Obscur Expedition 33, mourning the loss of physical copies. For…

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