{"id":48455,"date":"2025-05-28T16:18:29","date_gmt":"2025-05-28T07:18:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=48455"},"modified":"2025-05-28T16:18:32","modified_gmt":"2025-05-28T07:18:32","slug":"clair-obscur-expedition-33-devs-use-tekken-8-mods-to-settle-an-in-game-score","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/clair-obscur-expedition-33-devs-use-tekken-8-mods-to-settle-an-in-game-score\/","title":{"rendered":"Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 devs use Tekken 8 mods to settle an in-game score\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Given <strong>Clair Obscur: Expedition 33<\/strong>\u2019s popularity, it comes as no surprise that people want to put aspects of the game into other titles. Upon discovering that Renoir and Verso were modded into Tekken 8, Expedition 33\u2019s associate producer Vincent Constantin and game designer Victor Deleard took a break from working on <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/tips\/how-clair-obscur-expedition-33-alleviates-some-of-the-randomness-of-turn-based-battle-systems\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the turn-based RPG<\/a> to play some good-ass Tekken.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Just a lunch break at work trying to settle who would win Verso VS Renoir 1v1 between <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Vincent_Aros?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Vincent_Aros<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/deleardvictor?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@deleardvictor<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TEKKEN?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@TEKKEN<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/IqzJxxEdWQ\">pic.twitter.com\/IqzJxxEdWQ<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Sandfall Interactive &#8211; CO:E33 out now! (@SandfallGames) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SandfallGames\/status\/1927007462298701928?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 26, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tekkenmods.com\/mod\/5853\/vic-clv-33-expedition\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The mod in question<\/a> was created by Tekkenmods user <a href=\"https:\/\/tekkenmods.com\/user\/99841\/PaRaDin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">PaRaDin<\/a>, and it replaces certain cosmetics for Tekken 8\u2019s Victor and Clive with clothes and hair fitting Clair Obscur: Expedition 33\u2019s Renoir and Verso respectively. While the clothing colors cannot be changed, PaRaDin was kind enough to include the option to change both characters\u2019 hair colors.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"[RedOne] Tekken 8, VIC, CLV - 33 Expedition\" width=\"1160\" height=\"653\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9juQdp7yHSE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Both characters still move and act like their regular Tekken selves when in a match. Coincidentally, Victor\u2019s nationality and spoken language help add to the authenticity, as Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is a game made by French developers. <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/final-fantasy\/final-fantasy-16-protagonist-clives-tekken-8-inclusion-meets-mixed-reception-as-players-lament-tifas-absence\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Clive Rosfield<\/a> and Vero also share the same English voice actor (Ben Starr), making it easy to imagine that Verso was isekai\u2019d into the fighting game.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Is that a leverless controller? You\u2019re a serious fighting game player! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4eYcvtEDZV\">https:\/\/t.co\/4eYcvtEDZV<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Katsuhiro Harada (@Harada_TEKKEN) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Harada_TEKKEN\/status\/1927478258896982113?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 27, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The official <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TEKKEN\/status\/1927358063800877268\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Tekken<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BandaiNamcoUS\/status\/1927057931058503806\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Bandai Namco<\/a> X accounts, as well as Tekken producer <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Harada_TEKKEN\/status\/1927478258896982113\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Katsuhiro Harada<\/a>, commended the Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 developers on how they spend their time off. Harada even noticed Delard\u2019s use of a leverless controller, calling him a \u201cserious fighting game player.\u201d Despite the difference in genre, it\u2019s nice to see the games\u2019 creators lifting up (and playing) each other\u2019s work. Considering <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/armor-king-returns-to-tekken-8-as-third-season-2-character\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Tekken 8\u2019s upcoming fourth season 2 character<\/a> is supposed to be a new challenger, it wouldn\u2019t be entirely impossible to see a Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 character appear as a guest fighter.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is available for PlayStation 5, Windows, and Xbox Series X|S.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Upon discovering that Renoir and Verso were modded into Tekken 8, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33&#8217;s devs went straight to fighting it out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":48458,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[18],"class_list":["post-48455","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-global-news"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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