WotC Reveal Exodus, a New Video Game from the Decelopers of Mass Effect and Neverwinter Nights

[Parmandur]

New trialer just dropped at the Game Awards, with a press push, for Wizards of the Coast upcoming cider game from their Austin studio, from James Ojlwn and a bunch of other BioWare veterans. Huge Mass Effect energy here, looks cool.

"Founded in 2020 under Dungeons & Dragons publisher Wizards of the Coast, Archetype is led by a few veterans of BioWare, the past-its-heyday studio behind Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, Baldur’s Gate, Neverwinter Nights, and the Mass Effect trilogy. On Thursday, at The Game Awards 2023, Archetype (and Matthew McConaughey?!) revealed its RPG Exodus, complete with a lengthy cinematic trailer that sets the stage for its original sci-fi universe. Earlier in December, I spoke with executive producer Chad Robertson and executive creative director James Ohlen about returning to the RPG scene, with Exodus’ defining design concept in tow."


https://www.polygon.com/game-awards-tga/23992111/exodus-release-date-bioware-rpg-archetype .

 

[Parmandur]

@Morrus @darjr

Dunno if this is front page relevant: this is from WotC, and they have said in the past this new IP project will have tabletop tie-ins.

 

[darjr]

@Morrus @darjr

Dunno if this is front page relevant: this is from WotC, and they have said in the past this new IP project will have tabletop tie-ins.

James Ohlen is also the head of the team that did Chains of Asmodeus for WotC for Extra Life on the DMsGuild.

 

[Parmandur]

James Ohlen is also the head of the team that did Chains of Asmodeus for WotC for Extra Life on the DMsGuild.

Yeah, that's a side gig to working on this game. Dude likes RPGs with epic stories.

 

[Parmandur]

They have some pretty neat lore up on the official website already:

THE TRAVELER'S CREED
We sail on the edge of lightspeed, where time moves differently.

As each day goes by, years pass for those we leave behind.

Our service - our sacrifice - discovers worlds, seeds hope, breaks empires.

WE ARE THE TRAVELERS

EXODUS

Introducing EXODUS - A new AAA science fiction action-adventure role-playing game franchise from Archetype Entertainment.

www.exodusgame.com

 

[Scribe]

Hmm.

 

[vecna00]

Now that I have some more information, I'm feeling better about it!

 

[Parmandur]

Now that I have some more information, I'm feeling better about it!

Too early to say if it is good, but it is clearly well resourced and they have been spending considerable time working on it. Those are good steps towards being good.

 

[vecna00]

Too early to say if it is good, but it is clearly well resourced and they have been spending considerable time working on it. Those are good steps towards being good.

Oh indeed, as long as it's not forced out early it can be a solid game.

 

[Paul Farquhar]

@Morrus @darjr

Dunno if this is front page relevant: this is from WotC, and they have said in the past this new IP project will have tabletop tie-ins.

We have hypothesised before about the possibility of WotC releasing a SF RPG. Usually, in terms of a revival of a latent IP (Star Frontiers, Star Wars D20), but it might be easier to start with a clean slate and establish it systematically across multiple media.

It is becoming apparent that every genre has a limited shelf-life, and planning for the future WotC shouldn't keep all their eggs in the fantasy basket.