{"id":376393,"date":"2026-08-30T03:44:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-30T10:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/?p=376393"},"modified":"2026-08-30T03:44:06","modified_gmt":"2026-08-30T10:44:06","slug":"exodus-finally-has-a-release-date-a-new-sci-fi-rpg-for-mass-effect-fans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/exodus-finally-has-a-release-date-a-new-sci-fi-rpg-for-mass-effect-fans\/","title":{"rendered":"Exodus finally has a release date: a new sci-fi RPG for Mass Effect fans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Archetype Entertainment says <a href=\"https:\/\/exodus.en.softonic.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Exodus<\/a> is coming on <strong>April 7, 2027<\/strong>. If you&#8217;ve been waiting for something in that big, companion-driven, <a href=\"https:\/\/mass-effect.en.softonic.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Mass Effect<\/a> vein, this is one to keep an eye on.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You play The Traveler in a single-player, third-person action RPG set in the Omega Centauri cluster, where you&#8217;re stealing Celestial technology and making choices that shape the story around your crew and companions. The lineage is pretty obvious. <strong>James Ohlen<\/strong> and Drew Karpyshyn, both former BioWare leads, bring the kind of background that immediately brings Mass Effect, <a href=\"https:\/\/dragon-age-origins-ultimate-edition-1.en.softonic.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Dragon Age<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/star-wars-knights-of-the-old-republic-2.en.softonic.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Knights of the Old Republic<\/a> to mind.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The part that really stands out is the <strong>time dilation<\/strong> hook. You head out on near-light-speed missions that take only days for you, but back home, decades can pass. Relationships shift. Politics move on. Whole civilizations might change beyond recognition, or disappear outright. That&#8217;s where the game gets a little Interstellar.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So far, early previews and fan reactions have leaned cautious rather than excited. Some players want to see how that time mechanic actually works once you&#8217;re playing, not just hearing about it. Others aren&#8217;t sold on parts of the character visuals or the broader art style.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Still, if you&#8217;ve missed story-first space operas, Exodus looks like it could be worth picking up when it arrives. There&#8217;s <strong>Matthew McConaughey<\/strong> playing C.C. Orlev, the game is built in <a href=\"https:\/\/unreal-engine.en.softonic.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Unreal Engine 5<\/a>, and Archetype is already pushing the setting beyond the game itself with Peter F. Hamilton novels and a tabletop RPG. Then there was Gamescom 2026, which introduced Salt, an intelligent octopus in a mech suit. According to Archetype Entertainment, PS5, Xbox Series X\/S, and PC.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Archetype Entertainment says Exodus is coming on April 7, 2027. If you&#8217;ve been waiting for something in that big, companion-driven, Mass Effect vein, this is one to keep an eye on. You play The Traveler in a single-player, third-person action RPG set in the Omega Centauri cluster, where you&#8217;re stealing Celestial technology and making choices &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/exodus-finally-has-a-release-date-a-new-sci-fi-rpg-for-mass-effect-fans\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Exodus finally has a release date: a new sci-fi RPG for Mass Effect fans&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9333,"featured_media":376392,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[1015],"tags":[],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-376393","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/376393","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9333"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=376393"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/376393\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":376394,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/376393\/revisions\/376394"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/376392"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=376393"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=376393"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=376393"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=376393"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=376393"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=376393"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}