Cover Reveal — Exodus: what Game Informer saw in Archetype’s sci‑fi RPG

The useful part

Video editor Eric Van Allen and I traveled to Austin, Texas, to visit Archetype and play roughly four hours of its upcoming sci-fi adventure. Exodus is set 40,000 years in the future, when humanity had to leave the Earth behind. Time dilation, along with talking animals and highly-advanced Celestials, is a foundation of Exodus' worldbuilding.

How it works

• Eric and I explored an early mission set in the Traveler Launch Center that introduces Salt, a sentient Octopus who pilots a mech and stars on the cover of our September/October issue.
• Then, we got to stroll around Persepolis, Exodus' hub city, and play a second mission set on Khonsu, a space station inhabited by a society of giant, talking frogs.
• Hamilton and folks at Archetype about all the non-video game Exodus projects, including the novels, the tabletop RPG, and the episode of Secret Level.
• Former editors like Elizabeth Olson, Andy McNamara, Ben Hanson, and Dan Ryckert indulge us with strolls down memory lane.
• On the home team, executive editor Kyle Hilliard spoke with the developers of The Talos Principle 3, who told him that the next entry will be the series' definitive end.

What to take from it

For more Exodus, stay tuned: we'll have plenty of written and video coverage of the game in the coming weeks on our coverage hub. Amsterdam in the titular city, and broke down his gameplay impressions across six pages. Finally, executive editor Brian Shea spoke with members of Sonic Team about the blue hedgehog's legacy for the series' 35th birthday (the same age as Game Informer – isn't that cute?).

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Related coverage

• Rpgsite: Exodus' Opening Night Live showcase also further introduces Salt, an Awakened octopus mercenary and bounty hunter.
• Pcgamesn: Archetype Entertainment have confirmed an April 7 2027 release date for Exodus, with a new cinematic gameplay trailer also revealed at Gamescom's Opening Night Live.