Everyone knew Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 was a frontrunner to clinch some of the biggest categories at The Game Awards 2025, but I don’t know that anyone expected it to sweep the night and set a new record for winning nine awards (The Last Of Us 2 earned seven back in 2020). Instead of resting on its laurels, Sandfall Interactive used the night to shadow-drop Clair Obscur‘s free mini-DLC to give fans a reason to dive back into the Belle Époque RPG.
This content drop was teased earlier this year and includes a new playable environment called “Verso’s Drafts” inspired by the character’s childhood. There’s also new late-game boss battles, more Luminas and Weapons, extra costumes, and the addition of a photo mode for players to document their dress-up sessions with. Here’s a trailer for the new area:
The photo mode comes with dozens of filters and the devs say they’re excited to see how players use them to capture moments from the game’s memorable cinematic scenes in completely new ways. And for anyone who hasn’t played Clair Obscure yet, it’s worth noting that the game is currently just $40. Normally $50, it’s 20 percent off on PC, PlayStation, and Xbox until December 16. It’s also still available on Game Pass.
Here are the full patch notes for the free 1.5 update:
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Verso’s Drafts, a new playable environment, taking the characters of Expedition 33 to a brand-new location with new enemy encounters and surprises to discover 🙂
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Located on the World Map, next to Lumière – Accessible from Act III
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Esquie’s Underwater ability is required!
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New text and UI game localizations into Czech, Ukrainian, Latin American Spanish, Turkish, Vietnamese, Thai, and Indonesian, bringing the total number of supported languages to 19, with more to come!
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New costumes for each member of the Expedition, giving even more customization options for players throughout their adventure
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New boss battles for late-game players to overcome in the Endless Tower – They are variations of iconic bosses from the main game, designed to be even more challenging
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Added new Luminas and Weapons
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Added the “Old Key” quest item to the final area of the game – Previously obtainable only during the Prologue, this addition gives players a second chance to collect all journals within a single playthrough
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Added Photo Mode with plenty of settings and options for players to get creative with while capturing your favourite moments from the game, accessible at any time from the pause menu!
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Added Lumina Sets feature, allowing players to save up to 50 different lumina loadouts for adapting to plenty of different fighting tactics at any moment
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Added Abandon Battle option in the pause menu which can now be opened in battle
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Added HUD Scale setting, allowing players to adjust the size of in-game HUD elements from 80% to 120%
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Added FSR 4 support, including AMD temporal upscaling for sharper visuals and Frame Generation for smoother gameplay on compatible GPUs
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Added new filters for Pictos and Luminas and improved the UI
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Added input remapping for controller
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The game is now certified on Steam Deck and ROG Xbox Ally!
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Global improvement of text legibility
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Fixed multiple fog and lighting issues:
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Overly intense effects during the Flying Manor boss fight (which also impacted some cinematics)
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Overexposed areas in the Visages
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Overly dark areas in the Endless Tower
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Fixed FPS being capped at 30 on Steam Deck
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VSync can now be properly disabled in the settings when playing on Steam Deck
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Graphic settings are now adjusted for Steam Deck users
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Improved first-time setup flow:
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External controllers now switch seamlessly with the Steam Deck controls
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Fixed an issue where using Battle Retry after a cinematic or automatic trigger could spawn the player out of the world if the last save was created in a different location
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The playtime displayed on save files now accurately reflects total playtime, including time spent on Game Overs
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Fixed inventory behaviour so that sort order now persists after closing the game menu
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Fixed issue preventing Intel XeSS Frame Generation setting from being accessible on PC Game Pass
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Fixed an issue where the usage of particular diacritic marks (e.g. ^, ~, ´, `) in Windows is blocked after launching the title
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Fixed Breaking Death always breaking all enemies when the character dies, it should only break the enemy that killed the character – As a result, it shouldn’t work when the character kills themself anymore
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Characters’ turn order during a First Strike, triggered by attacking an enemy on the map, now correctly respects characters’ Speed
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Fixed Boucharo giving +150% Critical chance instead of +50% Critical chance
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Fixed some Luminas giving unintended hidden +10% damage:
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Sweet Kill
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Teamwork
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Dead Energy II
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First Strike and others
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