Epic science fiction role-playing sport Exodus was revealed throughout the 2025 Sport Awards to be releasing in early 2027. Preliminary rumors had recommended that the sport would have a 2026 launch date. It has not been confirmed whether or not Exodus’ launch date shift was made to keep away from clashing with Grand Theft Auto 6, which is at the moment debuting on November 19, 2026, its second main delay. Nonetheless, developer Archetype Leisure revealed that, as a smaller studio, they did have to contemplate elements akin to when Grand Theft Auto 6 would arrive when navigating their very own launch date.
In a dialog with Sport Rant, Archetype Leisure Vice President and Studio Normal Supervisor Chad Robertson, Exodus Sport Director Chris King, and Narrative Director Drew Karpyshyn have been trustworthy about the necessity to contemplate the shifting launch dates of main tasks. All three have in depth expertise within the online game trade, engaged on titles akin to Mass Impact and Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, and are intimately aware of the need of fastidiously figuring out the perfect launch date for a sport. Whereas they have been unable to immediately affirm or deny whether or not Grand Theft Auto 6 was the first motivator behind the selection to launch Exodus in 2027, they indicated that the extremely anticipated upcoming sport did have not less than some affect.
As Archetype’s First Sport, Exodus Will Set up A Fame
Exodus isn’t Karpyshyn, Robertson, or King’s first sport, however it is going to be the primary launch from Archetype Leisure, which was established by Dungeons and Dragons writer Wizards of the Coast in 2019. The acknowledged purpose of Archetype Leisure is to broaden Wizards’ profile past Dungeons and Dragons and Magic: the Gathering and set up the corporate throughout the video gaming area. Robertson acknowledged that the group could be very conscious that Exodus will play a serious function in shaping the studio’s repute. He mentioned:
“We’re a brand new studio from a comparatively new online game writer. This sport is tremendous vital to us to determine Archetype, and set up Wizards [of the Coast] and Hasbro, hopefully, as severe opponents, and other people that may make nice video games that get followers excited.”
Due to this, Robertson felt that himself and the remainder of Archetype’s management have been “very cognizant of main launch dates to make it possible for we do not put ourselves [in] a window the place there’s a lot competitors that we get form of misplaced within the sign.” He was not capable of explicitly affirm whether or not the now-delayed Grand Theft Auto 6 was a part of the “competitors” that the group was contemplating, however it’s a particular chance.
The upcoming newest entry within the Grand Theft Auto franchise is likely one of the most anticipated video games of the previous a number of years. At present, it’s deliberate to launch on November 19, 2026. There have been a number of delays concerning Grand Theft Auto 6’s launch date — it was initially purported to be a 2025 launch, earlier than being introduced for Might 2026 and later shifted to its present November plan. Earlier in 2025, a number of publishers indicated that they have been holding off on asserting video games or were prepared to delay release dates in order to avoid competing with Grand Theft Auto 6, and it’s positively doable that Exodus was a type of titles.
“Everybody’s Figuring Out How To Navigate Timing” — Exodus Is Not The Solely Impacted Title
Robertson went on to say that he felt Archetype Entertainment and the Exodus group weren’t the one ones affected by doable timing issues concerning main releases akin to Grand Theft Auto 6. “We’re not alone,” he mentioned emphatically. “All of us have colleagues which are in related conditions with their very own video games.” He didn’t specify any names, however Archetype is actually removed from the one studio contemplating the potential impacts of upcoming main releases in 2026 and past.
The present state of affairs is especially difficult for builders, as a result of it isn’t outdoors the realm of chance that Grand Theft Auto 6 could see another delay into 2027 or even further, which means that titles akin to Exodus shifting their very own launch dates to that 12 months may not assist them in the long run. Exodus is a sport that already has many keen followers wanting ahead to its launch, however the group is sensible about the truth that many avid gamers have been ready over a decade for Grand Theft Auto 6 to return out. The ever-increasing worth of video games, which was a serious matter of debate all through 2025, can be an element builders have to contemplate — typically, gamers can’t afford to buy each sport they’re fascinated with.
Robertson spoke bluntly concerning his emotions on the present state of sport publishing and the sport trade normally:
“Everyone’s attempting to determine learn how to navigate that timing, to make it possible for they do not put [their] sport out at a time when folks simply both do not have the eye or the sources to buy one other sport, no matter it could be.”
Regardless of issues concerning navigating the perfect launch date, Robertson does have hope that Exodus will attain its meant viewers. “We’re actually hoping that Exodus, [if] we time it proper, [if] we have made the best sport for the proper of followers, that they will find it irresistible.” Exodus‘ new trailer at the Game Awards 2025, which supplied a extra in-depth take a look at protagonist Jun Aslan and the risks that threaten Jun’s homeworld, was met with applause and cheers, which positively appears to point that Robertson’s hope isn’t unfounded.
There’s positively some disappointment amongst excited followers desirous to play Exodus that they should wait till 2027 to take action. The sport has generated main hype ever since its reveal in 2023 and the announcement of Matthew McConaughey’s role as C. C. Orlev. Nonetheless, Robertson, King, and Karpyshyn are devoted to offering the very best sport expertise doable, and are dedicated to releasing Exodus on the good date and time for Archetype Leisure’s debut sport.
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2027
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Archetype Leisure
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Wizards of the Coast
