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Hasbro should stop looking for a Baldur's Gate 4 studio and take a leaf out of Larian's book by trying something new

Baldur's Gate has peaked, but D&D still has a lot to offer.

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'Baldur's Gate 4' Was Offered to Original Creators, But Both Larian Studios, James Ohlen Declined

"Baldur's Gate 4" was offered to Larian Studios and original designer James Ohlen, but both declined, leaving the RPG's future uncertain.

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Baldur's Gate 4 could've been headed by a Baldur's Gate 2 veteran, but the RPG legend "wouldn't want to compete" against Larian: "That would be insanity"

"Swen's always going to be the master of building those kinds of things"

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Baldur's Gate 2's co-lead designer was asked to make Baldur's Gate 4 after Larian declined: 'Having to compete against Baldur's Gate 3? That would be insanity'

He declined as well.

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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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Exodus: Everything you need to know about the sci-fi RPG from former Mass Effect devs

All of the latest news and everything you need to know about the new sci-fi action-adventure RPG, 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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Baldur's Gate 2 almost had a 'time travel plot', letting you visit an alternate future where BG1's main villain rules the Sword Coast

Sadly Sarevok never got his do-over.

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Star Wars: The Old Republic lead told BioWare bosses "I hate massive multiplayer games" before agreeing to run the MMO and becoming a "highly paid, completely useless person"

He left in 2018

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Star Wars: The Old Republic's original director hadn't played a single MMO before launching its development studio: 'How the hell did they trust me with this much money?'

"The next day, I created a WoW character."

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'It nearly killed me': Why studio head James Ohlen left sci-fi RPG Exodus mid-development—and why EA crushing his Star Wars: The Old Republic reboot was the 'beginning of the end' at BioWare

"I just needed to step away."

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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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Less than a week after dropping a big new trailer at The Game Awards, Exodus studio head James Ohlen has stepped down because he 'felt his work on the game was complete'

Exodus is currently set to launch in early 2027.

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BioWare legend James Ohlen steps aside at studio headed up by Mass Effect veterans after reportedly deciding his work on sci-fi RPG Exodus "was complete"

Exodus is due in 2027

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Playing Final Fantasy 7 "scared" Baldur's Gate 2's writing lead into adding romance to the RPG series: "These guys kicked our ass"

"This is how a game should be"

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'He was scared s***less': Baldur's Gate director was so panicked after playing Final Fantasy 7 that it changed the entire shape of Baldur's Gate 2 (and nearly every RPG since)

Which, hey, fair enough.

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Baldur's Gate 2 writer was unconvinced anyone would care about romance in an RPG: "People don't come here to romance, they come here to fight s**t and battle dragons"

Hear me out: date the dragons

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25 years ago today, Baldur's Gate 2 set RPGs on the path to becoming the industry-defining genre they are today: 'We were putting all the fantasies that we had into the game'

The game's original developers let us in on the story of its ambitious and turbulent journey to release.

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Former BioWare devs' new RPG Exodus will potentially age your loved ones while you're away: "Decisions a player makes will compound over a significant period"

Big in 2025 | Archetype Entertainment's studio head and executive creative director, James Ohlen, tells us more about this promising space-hopper

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Former Mass Effect veterans' new RPG Exodus puts us in the shoes of an organization that has "inspiration from the Jedi"

What new sci-fi adventure doesn't have a little Star Wars to it

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Mass Effect veterans have another Normandy-type "major hub" in their new space RPG Exodus, but this time it's an entire city

And it'll change over the course of in-game decades

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Exodus, the new game being led by BioWare veteran James Ohlen, finally reveals some gameplay, and boy it sure looks like Mass Effect

I'm still intrigued by the setting, but the actual gameplay is awfully familiar.

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BioWare veterans place their new sci-fi space adventure Exodus on two crucial RPG spectrums: Skyrim to Final Fantasy, and Dragon Age to Mass Effect

It's "leaning more towards the BioWare science fiction game"

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Matthew McConaughey is dropping daily Exodus trailers like some kind of deep space David Attenborough, and they have 100% convinced me to pay attention to this game

Exodus is the new sci-fi RPG being led by BioWare veterans James Ohlen and Drew Karpyshyn, and even though we haven't seen any gameplay yet I'm very interested in what it's got going on.

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New space RPG from Mass Effect veterans has choices that impact you, your home world, your character progression, and your "loved ones"

Ripples through space and time

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