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The Expanse: Osiris Reborn preview — Filling a Mass Effect-shaped void

A great game in the making.

Destructoid

I was worried Owlcat couldn't pull off Mass Effect-style cinematic action in its big new RPG, but after an hour of blowing stuff up in The Expanse: Osiris Reborn, I'm feeling very reassured

The Pathfinder: Kingmaker studio is making a confident leap from isometric to third-person.

PC Gamer

Owlcat's had some unusual problems writing romance: 'we realized we had three female romanceable characters, and all three were cannibals'

I can fix them.

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Owlcat reveals two new 40K companions, one for Rogue Trader and one for the upcoming Dark Heresy

I'll be honest, one of these seems much cooler than the other.

PC Gamer

'The Expanse: Osiris Reborn' has lots of 'Mass Effect' DNA, but its developers are teasing a far more grounded sci-fi RPG

Owlcat Games' take on The Expanse is wearing its influences proudly, while also carving out its own hard sci-fi identity.

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Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous' 232 subclasses make it the ultimate RPG for buildcrafting freaks—especially the overpowered Ranger who gets to ride a griffon from level 1

By sickos, for sickos.

PC Gamer

Owlcat says everything in its new Expanse RPG 'will definitely 100 percent be human-made,' but also that generative AI will be used for 'vision coordination' and 'inspiration'

Another highly-anticipated RPG has been spotted with its hands in the generative AI jar.

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The Expanse: Osiris Reborn is coming in early 2027, with closed beta in April

Owlcat's biggest challenge is almost here.

Dot Esports

The Expanse: Osiris Reborn will get pre-orderers in for beta testing nearly a year before launch

The new RPG from Owlcat will be out next spring, but special edition pre-orderers will get access to one mission this April.

PC Gamer

The Expanse: Osiris Reborn devs "do not think of ourselves as a successor to the Mass Effect series," even if the Owlcat team "really enjoyed" and take "great inspiration" from BioWare's sci-fi RPGs

Ultimately, "we are making our own game," says game design director Leonid Rastorguev

GamesRadar

The companions in Owlcat's new Mass Effect-inspired RPG stand ready to have heart-to-heart chats, drag you into their sidequests, and blow a lot of stuff up

Meet the party of The Expanse: Osiris Reborn in our exclusive reveal.

PC Gamer

These are my 20 RPG freak pick must-plays for $10 or less in the Steam Spring Sale

Sicko central.

PC Gamer

Owlcat: ‘Inside the 40K borders, we are totally free in telling the stories we want to tell, in a way we would prefer to tell them’

Dot Esports interview with CRPG masters.

Dot Esports

Owlcat just teased a new Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader DLC, and it's all about everyone's favorite relic-hoarding necron, Trazyn the Infinite

Trazyn's vault awaits, along with a mysterious new companion.

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The Expanse: Osiris Reborn: Release date rumors, gameplay, & everything else we know about this sci-fi RPG

The next video game set in The Expanse's sci-fi universe is a cutting-edge RPG with highly detailed third-person shooter action.

GamesRadar

The Expanse: Osiris Reborn is a Mass Effect-shaped rocket that could finally propel Owlcat into the RPG mainstream: "We’d been feeling a growing ambition to go bigger"

Big in 2026 | After years of dominating the CRPG space, Owlcat is poised to capture the hearts of even more RPG lovers

PC Gamer

Warhammer 40,000: Dark Heresy shows off equal helpings of sleuthing and smashing in its new trailer, as its first playable alpha test goes live

Ogryn and bear it.

PC Gamer

I've already been getting my hopes up for The Expanse game from RPG factory Owlcat, and its main theme just skewered my Mass Effect-loving lizard brain

The quickest way to my heart: Swelling, uplifting synths.

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RPG developer Owlcat launches free game dev learning resource: 'A rising tide truly lifts all ships'

Owlcat worked with Midwest Games, Fireshine Games, Gaijin Entertainment, and 11 Bit Studios to start the GameDev Learning Drop.

GamesRadar

If Baldur's Gate 3 and Pentiment were blasted into space, you'd get Warhammer 40K: Dark Heresy – and after checking it out for an hour, I couldn't have plucked a better RPG from my dreams

Preview | The Elder Scrolls 6 who? If you loved Baldur's Gate 3, Dark Heresy should already be your most-anticipated game

PC Gamer

Now that I'm done mourning BioWare, these are the RPG developers I'm expecting to carry the torch for the next decade

The baton isn't being passed as much as looted off a collapsed old hero.

PC Gamer

The Mass Effect vibes are overwhelming in the latest showcase for Owlcat's The Expanse game—and yes, it has a loyalty system

And I am 100% on board.

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The Expanse: Osiris Reborn could be the Mass Effect successor we've all been waiting for (preview)

The Expanse: Osiris Reborn looks set to be the next big RPG, and a major breakout moment for developer Owlcat Games.

PC Gamer

Steam and GOG are having an isometric games sale with discounts on enough CRPGs to fill your entire inventory

Good thing digital games don't have encumbrance.

PC Gamer

One of the most infuriating little things about playing games in 2025: When the quality-of-life update fixes that one problem right after you finish a game

Patient gamers have got the right idea.

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