{"id":91908,"date":"2026-10-22T17:37:24","date_gmt":"2026-10-22T21:37:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/?p=91908"},"modified":"2026-10-22T18:40:03","modified_gmt":"2026-10-22T22:40:03","slug":"after-the-bioware-shutdown-mass-effect-spiritual-successor-exodus-gets-a-new-look","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/?p=91908","title":{"rendered":"After The BioWare Shutdown, Mass Effect Spiritual Successor Exodus Gets A New Look"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the wake of the news that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/articles\/ea-shuts-down-dragon-age-mass-effect-studio-bioware\/\">EA has closed down BioWare<\/a> and ended development on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/articles\/the-leaked-mass-effect-5-trailer-is-absolutely-heartbreaking\/\">Mass Effect 5<\/a>, Archetype Entertainment\u2014co-founded by former BioWare devs Chad Robertson, James Ohlen, and Drew Karpyshyn\u2014has given players a brand-new look at its upcoming title, a very <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/articles\/exodus-the-new-sci-fi-rpg-from-former-bioware-devs-finally-gets-a-launch-date\/\">Mass-Effecty sci-fi RPG called Exodus<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Specifically, Archetype has revealed a visual rework of its male player-character model. When <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/articles\/not-since-mass-effect-has-a-sci-fi-rpgs-choices-broken-my-heart-like-exodus\/\">GameSpot previewed Exodus<\/a> in late August, the male version of protagonist Jun Aslan could be seen sporting a five-o&#8217;-clock shadow and very different bone structure. Now, he has a whole new face. In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=InxJpKrYQAE\">new video<\/a> uploaded to Archetype&#8217;s YouTube channel today, Archetype general manager Chad Robertson showed off male-Jun&#8217;s new look, which he explained is a result of player feedback.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>  https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=InxJpKrYQAE  <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;We&#8217;ve seen your conversations and feedback over the last few months around our male Jun character model,&#8221; Robertson said. &#8220;We&#8217;ve been listening, and we take that feedback seriously. We&#8217;ve continued to refine Jun as we&#8217;ve worked on him and the rest of the game.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Archetype hasn&#8217;t yet revealed Jun&#8217;s female character model, but the devs say her reveal is on the way.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Is FemJun on your mind?&#8221; a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.exodusgame.com\/en-US\/news\/october-2026-community-update-an-updated-look-at-jun\">new post<\/a> on the official Exodus website<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the wake of the news that EA has closed down BioWare and ended development on Mass Effect 5, Archetype Entertainment\u2014co-founded by former BioWare devs Chad Robertson, James Ohlen, and Drew Karpyshyn\u2014has given players a brand-new look at its upcoming title, a very Mass-Effecty sci-fi RPG called Exodus. Specifically, Archetype has revealed a visual rework&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":57,"featured_media":91910,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-91908","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-external"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91908"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/57"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=91908"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91908\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":91911,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91908\/revisions\/91911"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/91910"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=91908"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=91908"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=91908"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}