Can the Upcoming ‘Expanse’ Game Avoid ‘Mass Effect’s’ Biggest Mistake?
Boone AshworthGearAug 18, 2026 9:00 AMCan the Upcoming Expanse Game Avoid Mass Effect’s Biggest Mistake?The universe may never tell you if your choices mattered. Owlcat’s Osiris Reborn might not either.Still from The Expanse: Osiris Reborn.Courtesy of Owlcat GamesCommentLoaderSave StorySave this storyCommentLoaderSave StorySave this storyA main theme of the nine-book sci-fi series The Expanse is that sometimes you may never know the consequences of a choice you made. The universe, utterly indifferent black box that it is, “never tells us if we did right or wrong,” as the character Naomi Nagata puts it in The Expanse TV show.That’s the line the developer of the upcoming Expanse video game has adopted as its own slogan.
- ▪Boone AshworthGearAug 18, 2026 9:00 AMCan the Upcoming Expanse Game Avoid Mass Effect’s Biggest Mistake?The universe may never tell you if your choices mattered.
- ▪Owlcat’s Osiris Reborn might not either.Still from The Expanse: Osiris Reborn.Courtesy of Owlcat GamesCommentLoaderSave StorySave this storyCommentLoaderSave StorySave this storyA main theme of the nine-book sci-fi series The Expanse is tha
- ▪The universe, utterly indifferent black box that it is, “never tells us if we did right or wrong,” as the character Naomi Nagata puts it in The Expanse TV show.That’s the line the developer of the upcoming Expanse video game has adopted as
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Boone AshworthGearAug 18, 2026 9:00 AMCan the Upcoming Expanse Game Avoid Mass Effect’s Biggest Mistake?The universe may never tell you if your choices mattered. Owlcat’s Osiris Reborn might not either.Still from The Expanse: Osiris Reborn.Courtesy of Owlcat GamesCommentLoaderSave StorySave this storyCommentLoaderSave StorySave this storyA main theme of the nine-book sci-fi series The Expanse is that sometimes you may never know the consequences of a choice you made. The universe, utterly indifferent black box that it is, “never tells us if we did right or wrong,” as the character Naomi Nagata puts it in The Expanse TV show.That’s the line the developer of the upcoming Expanse video game has adopted as its own slogan. The Expanse: Osiris Reborn is set to release in spring 2027.
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