Summary
During the 2024 Xbox Games Showcase, Microsoft and Sandfall Interactive reveal a new reactive turn-based RPG calledClair Obscur: Expedition 33. The annual Xbox Games Showcase arrived to plenty of excitement, with rumors and speculation swirling in the days and weeks leading up to June 9. Similar to other industry events, leaks are fairly common, spoiling big reveals ahead of schedule, such asDragon Age: The Veilguardnews arriving a few days aheadof its official reveal. .
In terms of Microsoft, there has been plenty of discussion online with what the company could be showing at its annual summer event. Summer Game Fest kicked things off earlier in June, though to the surprise of many, Microsoft barely had any presence at all, leading many to speculate that the company was planning to hold its anticipated announcements for theXboxGames Showcase happening just days later. While some announcements may have been spoiled earlier, fans were still treated to a number of big reveals, including a visually impressive RPG from Sandfall Interactive.
Being developed by a relatively new studio based in France, Sandfall Interative is a company made up of industry veterans from studios like Ubisoft who aim to deliver games with a focus on production value. Revealed at the2024 Xbox Games Showcase, Sandfall’s first major title is Clair Obscure: Expedition 33, described as a reactive turn-based RPG with a style based on France’s Belle Époque.
What is Clair Obscur: Expedition 33?
Alongside these new reveals, the Xbox Showcase also revealed a few more surprises, like therevampedPerfect Darkfrom The Initiative. A game that has had no shortage of development issues, many likely didn’t expect to see Perfect Dark at this point, with rumors indicating that it may still have a long road ahead of it. However, the trailer now only showed off the game, but revealed some potentially interesting story details that may be of interest to longtime fans of the series, namely that Joanna Dark seems to be hunting her former boss, Daniel Carrington.
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