Owlcat Games recently offered fans a look behind the scenes of the third-person action RPG The Expanse: Osiris Reborn. The new dev diary is a collaboration with former NASA astronaut and ISS commander Leroy Chiao. It showcases the studio managing to blend realism and playability.
One prominent example is that real astronauts use tethers so they don’t float off into space. That wouldn’t translate well to a game, so magnetic boots replaced tethers. Another example is that astronauts tend to favor spicy food to regain some of the sensations that are lost while in space. This means a lot of the characters eat or crave spicy food.
It’s pretty much accepted that if a game takes place in space, the weapons will still make noise. It’s just one of those things, like how lasers in media make some sort of pew-pew noise. The team opted to make the game sounds a little more realistic by muffling some of them; players will have to use vibrations, breathing, and radio sounds as audio cues.
The Expanse: Osiris Reborn will launch on PC via Steam, Epic Games Store, and GOG, and on console via Xbox Series X|S, and PlayStation 5. Fans can wishlist the game now.
About Owlcat Games
Owlcat Games is a developer and publisher with a passion for RPGs and narrative-driven experiences. What began as a small team of games industry veterans with a love for tabletop roleplaying has evolved into a truly international studio. Headquartered in Cyprus with over 450 employees worldwide, Owlcat continues to grow, drawing talent from across the globe — and still finds time to roll dice together every week, in person and online.
Previous titles include the critically acclaimed Pathfinder: Kingmaker, Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous, and Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader.
About Alcon Interactive Group
Founded in 2016 by Scott Parish and Dan Offner, the Alcon Interactive Group (AIG) is a publisher of original video games such as Blade Runner: Revelations and the award-winning indie game In My Shadow. AIG also develops video games based on Alcon’s original properties, such as The Expanse: A Telltale Story, Blade Runner: Enhanced Edition, and the Emmy-nominated Blade Runner 2049: Memory Lab.
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