Clair Obscur: Expedition 33: How the 'Game of the Year' was made

The makers of a video game that even impressed the French president tell the unusual tale of its development.

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"Bored in their job and wanting to do something different."

Working for French gaming giant Ubisoft at the time, he had an idea for his own project - a role-playing game inspired by one of his childhood favourites, the classic Japanese series Final Fantasy.

That would become Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 which, five years later, has become a sensation.

It sold one million copies in just three days, topped Spotify viral charts with its soundtrack, and even won praise from French President Emmanuel Macron.

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