Archetype Entertainment's EXODUS Shows Mass Effect-Style Choices At TGS 2026
The demo puts the Mass Effect choice framework back in front of players under a different studio banner, which is the specific thing the veterans behind EXODUS are being asked to reproduce.
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Archetype Entertainment, a studio staffed by former BioWare developers who worked on Mass Effect and Dragon Age, brought its sci-fi action RPG EXODUS to Tokyo Game Show 2026 at Makuhari Messe. A hands-on demo followed protagonist Jun Aslan on a rescue mission for an intelligent frog called an Awakened, joined by companions Saliman and Elyse. Scenario writer Drew Karpyshyn, who handled the main scenario for Mass Effect and Mass Effect 2, spoke with the press.
The playable section at Tokyo Game Show 2026 is not the opening of EXODUS. It starts with Jun Aslan already grown to a certain degree, taking jobs to obtain the spaceship parts needed for interstellar travel.
The mission shown is a rescue: an intelligent frog who manages a space station in orbit, one of the beings the game calls Awakened. Animals that have gained intelligence and can speak. An octopus named Salt, a companion in the game, is another. Saliman, who turns invisible to get behind enemies, and Elyse, who wears a powered suit and bombards from range, joined the run.
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