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'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.

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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.

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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.

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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

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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.

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

Sicko central.

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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.

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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.

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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

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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.

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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.

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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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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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Warhammer 40k: Rogue Trader dev Owlcat comes out swinging in support of Stop Killing Games: 'Every player deserves lasting access to what they’ve paid for'

Which, in fairness, is pretty easy for an old-school CRPG dev to say.

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Pathfinder and Warhammer CRPG studio declares support for Stop Killing Games: "Every player deserves lasting access to what they've paid for"

We're closing in on the final days of Stop Killing Games' EU petition with 1.4 million signatures in tow

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The Expanse RPG's developers are 'humbled' by comparisons to BioWare's heyday, but don't expect it to be a straight Mass Effect clone: 'We make our story a little bit differently'

"We’re making more choices and consequences."

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Warhammer 40k: Rogue Trader just received another 'massive' update, this time directed at its expansion

Update 1.4.1 makes a new party character appear earlier in the game, among many other changes.

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