EXODUS Sets April 7, 2027 Release for PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S
Archetype, a studio of former BioWare developers, is pitching a Mass Effect-style third-person shooter built around time dilation, so the demo's mid-game mission and the developers' comments about making players suffer are the first concrete read on how the studio's space opera design is landing.
Reporting from 1 source: Automaton.
Wizards of the Coast will release EXODUS, an action RPG by Archetype Entertainment, on April 7, 2027, with a Japanese release on April 8 and support for PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S. At Tokyo Game Show 2026, Automaton played a mid-game infiltration mission on the space station Cons and interviewed the developers, who said they are ready to make players suffer.
The demo began a few hours into the story, on a job to infiltrate the space station Cons, which was already under attack by the armed group the Zealots. Two companions joined the run: Suliman, a nihilistic spy, and Elise, who pilots mech armor and fires missile barrages.
Archetype is made up of former BioWare developers who worked on Mass Effect. The game's central theme is time dilation, where a crew member may spend a year aboard a near-light-speed starship while decades pass at home. The protagonist, Jun Aslan, leaves the colony Lidon, which is threatened by a virus called the Rot, to travel space and use a multifunctional artifact called the Gauntlet for both puzzles and combat.
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