Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 simply swept The Game Awards, successful a whopping 9 out of 11 of its nominations, together with Game of the Yr. In celebration, Sandfall Interactive took the stage to announce that its previously-announced DLC for the sport is out…now. Proper now!
We discovered again in October that this replace – which is free, by the best way – was occurring, we simply did not know when. On the time, Sandfall mentioned it will embrace a brand new dungeon, enemies, bosses, and extra, new language localizations, new costumes, and “much more surprises.”
It additionally shared the next picture on the time, which appears to trace at what story the DLC would possibly cowl…and we have a number of guesses from staring daggers at it, however we’ll allow you to speculate yourselves. Or, simply go play it now.
Following the information, Sandfall dropped a “Thank You” replace trailer that appears to cowl slightly extra of what to anticipate. There is a colourful new surroundings filled with toys, balloons, and diverse fine details that appears to be an Act 3 location, and feedback from Verso about how “Children have fairly the creativeness,” suggesting that this has one thing to do with- okay, I do not need to spoil it. It is an Act 3 factor. When you get it, you get it. We get a have a look at quite a lot of new fantastical enemies, a few of which look fairly brutal, and several other new costumes that appear to incorporate Maelle in a high hat. There’s additionally a sick photograph mode that permits you to get all the way down to a granular degree of element.
The trailer concludes with a slightly creepy-sounding clip of Esquie, and a fast glimpse of a boss combat – is that Simon, once more?
This is the complete record of what the replace contains, per Sandfall’s press launch:
- A brand new, playable surroundings, taking the characters of Expedition 33 to ‘Verso’s Drafts’ – a whimsical storybook journey with ties to a younger Verso. Gamers will encounter celebratory Gestrals, stunning new places and an encounter with a sinister, highly effective presence…
- New music tracks by Lorien Testard, the award-winning composer behind the Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 soundtrack, that are additionally now out there on digital streaming platforms. You’ll be able to take heed to the playlist on YouTube here.
- Difficult boss battles for late-game gamers to beat throughout the Countless Tower. Besting these highly effective adversaries will reward gamers with highly effective new Pictos, costumes and kit.
- A much-requested official Picture Mode, permitting gamers to pause the motion and commemorate their favourite moments from the sport’s story and battles.
- New textual content and UI recreation localizations into Czech, Ukrainian, Latin American Spanish, Turkish, Vietnamese, Thai and Indonesian, bringing the overall variety of supported languages to 19.
- Added FSR 4 assist, together with AMD temporal upscaling for sharper visuals and body era for smoother gameplay on appropriate GPUs.
- New High quality of Life enhancements, different new options and additional enhancements to the sport’s efficiency throughout platforms, together with on handheld PC programs.
Sandfall artistic director Guillaume Broche mentioned when the replace was first revealed that it was a “thanks” to followers for his or her assist, a message which he echoed onstage tonight accepting Game of the Yr on behalf of the beret-clad group within the viewers.
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is implausible, and we cherished it, giving it a 9/10 and writing: “Sporting its inspirations on its sleeve, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 paints itself into the pantheon of nice RPGs with a superb fight system and a gripping, harrowing story.” We’re hopeful that its riotous success means extra video games in the identical universe, as Broche has mentioned that Clair Obscur was a “franchise title” and Expedition 33 was only one story in it.
You’ll be able to make amends for all the things introduced at The Game Awards proper right here and see the complete patch notes for the Expedition 33 replace right here.
Rebekah Valentine is a senior reporter for IGN. Acquired a narrative tip? Ship it to rvalentine@ign.com.