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SHOCKING: Exodus - What They Never Told You

“They were the weirdest things. He was asking me, ‘What do you think I should play over this stuff?’” When Joe Satriani got an exclusive preview of new Metallica material during lessons with his student Kirk Hammett

As the …And Justice for All arrangements grew crazier, Hammett sought help from the master

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Exodus Finally Has a Release Date — But Its Octopus Sniper Might Be the Real Star of Gamescom

Exodus finally has an April 7, 2027 release date — but Gamescom's real star was Salt, an octopus mercenary in a sniper mech. We look at whether its strangest companions can help it escape the Mass Effect comparisons.

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Exodus is out early next year, and I think I'm finally on board with the general Mass Effect vibes of it all

You'll meet Salt and the gang in April 2027.

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Everything we know about Exodus: Release date, story, gameplay, companions, and more

Archetype’s sci-fi RPG releases in early 2027.

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“Cliff played For Whom The Bell Tolls all the time. The rest of us would stiffen up and go, ‘What the heck was that?’” The stories behind every song on Ride The Lightning, in Metallica’s own words

Lars Ulrich and Kirk Hammett break down their band’s landmark second album, released on this day in 1984

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“There was a lot of interference and push to be commercial. We went along for the ride – and got left in the middle of nowhere”: The thrash metal bands who deserved to make it – but didn’t

For every success story like Metallica from the ‘80s metal movement, there are countless bands who didn’t make it. Some of them never gave up

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Archetype Entertainment founder and BioWare veteran wishes Exodus didn't look so much like Mass Effect

But he thinks the team is doing a "good job" moving it further away from BioWare's sci-fi romp.

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How excellent companions turn good RPGs into great ones, straight from the Exodus devs: "That's really what I think a lot of players love"

Big Preview | Exodus developers dish on the sci-fi RPG's companions

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'Exodus' Draws 'Mass Effect' Comparisons as Developers Reveal Time Dilation System For Sci-Fi Game

"Exodus" sci-fi RPG "Mass Effect" comparisons but introduces time dilation, deeper choices, and a vast universe to define its own identity.

Player One

Exodus somehow looks even more like Mass Effect than it did before it dropped a big gameplay reveal at the Future Game Show

It's not bad, to be clear, just really familiar.

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Conversion Therapy Figurehead Who Said Gay People Should 'Pray to Cure Their Sexuality' Has Been Charged With Soliciting a Boy of 14

Alan Chambers, former leader of Exodus International, was arrested in Florida for allegedly soliciting sex from a minor. The arrest followed a four-month undercover operation by local authorities.

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"A riot broke out. The barrier had collapsed and broke somebody’s leg...people were just tearing stuff apart!" From being hired, fired and hired again by one of metal's most influential bands to a life of sobriety, Exodus' Rob Dukes reveals all

He's had one of the most unique career trajectories in metal - but now Rob is back where he belongs

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The Mass Effect-like Exodus 'is effectively D&D in space,' Hasbro CEO says

I guess you could make that argument, but I sure wouldn't.

PC Gamer

Hasbro cancels Dungeons & Dragons game from God of War and Star Wars Jedi veteran after seeing early concept

At least we have Exodus

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"It's been a while since Mass Effect 2 and 3" – Hasbro boss says "there's a big need in the marketplace" for a BioWare-esque space RPG and Exodus is ready to fill it

He's hopeful the bet pays off

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Exodus Movement Q1 Earnings Call Highlights

Exodus Movement (NYSEAMERICAN:EXOD) reported lower first-quarter revenue and swap volume as management emphasized a strategic shift away from crypto trading dependence and toward payments, following the completion of its Monavate and Baanx acquisitions. On the company’s first-quarter 2026 earnings

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“We were spun out on meth at the time. I’d go to the rehearsal room, crank everything insanely loud and just jam”: Gary Holt and Lee Altus on why Exodus will never be a legacy thrash act –and the song that took 27 years

The Bay Area thrash stalwarts return with the face-ripping Goliath, an album that finds them with nothing to prove but Holt's still out for blood anyway

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Exodus mainman Gary Holt on his singer situation, cartel violence, and what he listens to in the car

"Most of what I listen to in my car is Adele. She's the greatest vocalist of her generation." Exodus are back, but don't expect retro thrash

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Exodus, the sci-fi RPG from former Mass Effect devs, couldn't look more like Mass Effect in the teasers we've been getting this month

Not to be confused with The Expanse: Osiris Reborn, which also looks like Mass Effect.

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"I started chemo and got in touch with my Native American roots." How Testament's Chuck Billy survived cancer (and grunge) to become a thrash metal legend

Testament, Marvel's What If...?, an upcoming biography: Chuck Billy is a man of many talents

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“Makes Hieronymus Bosch’s visions of Hell look like a nursery school”: Thrash veterans Kreator bring demons, wicker men and the most fire this side of Parkway Drive to stunning London show

Supported by Nails, Exodus and Carcass, the German luminaries reach a new level of pageantry

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“They gave me an MRI and said it looked like I’d been in a car crash”: Gary Holt once gave himself clinical-grade whiplash because he headbanged to his riffs too hard

The guitarist says he “dodged a bullet” by avoiding surgery

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Exodus, the space opera epic with trailers narrated by Matthew McConaughey, drops a trio of gameplay clips that still look a lot like Mass Effect

They look fine—I just wish they looked more than fine.

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"It'll be a fat cheque!" This thrash guitarist reckons he's due some cash from Metallica for his role in writing Creeping Death — and it's not Dave Mustaine

Gary Holt jokes that his lyrics on Exodus' 1983 demo Die By His Hand should entitle him to a cut of those sweet Metallica royalties

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"It's a way of life. I love my job, so working isn't a problem." Gary Holt has seen it all with Slayer and Exodus – and he's not ready for it to end yet

Thrash guitar hero Gary Holt on life on the road with Slayer and Exodus

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