Francisco Dominguez Social Links Navigation Education comms and copywriter. Writes about games sometimes. Bylines: IGN, Epic Games, Polygon, Slate, Nintendo Life, TechRadar. Latest articles by Francisco Dominguez Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 didn’t invent Final Frenchtasy or the J'RPG: the newly dubbed subgenre has a long and complicated history By Francisco Dominguez Published 30 May 25 Vive la J'RPG Pas mal, non? C'est français. 14 Comments Vive la J'RPG The biggest gaming news, reviews and hardware dealsKeep up to date with the most important stories and the best deals, as picked by the PC Gamer team.Contact me with news and offers from other Future brandsReceive email from us on behalf of our trusted partners or sponsors LATEST ARTICLES 1 Steam Week in Review: Steam Next Fest has over 8,000 demos, as worthless vibe coded slop levels up 2 23 devs teamed up to make a free game of 'innovative yet questionable volume sliders,' and it feels like browser-based WarioWare 3 Dark Souls 2 dataminer shows off massive prototype coliseum level from early development 4 Leaked AI safety bill from Anthropic only requires government intervention if 50+ injuries or $1 billion are at risk 5 The Outlast Trials' initial playtests went poorly: Designer says 6-year development took 'a f**king long time' and 'a s**t-ton of prototypes'
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 didn’t invent Final Frenchtasy or the J'RPG: the newly dubbed subgenre has a long and complicated history By Francisco Dominguez Published 30 May 25 Vive la J'RPG Pas mal, non? C'est français. 14 Comments