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Updated · Game Informer · Aug 25
Game Informer Unveils Exodus Cover for 35th Anniversary Issue, Adding 14-Page Feature
Updated
Updated · Game Informer · Aug 25

Game Informer Unveils Exodus Cover for 35th Anniversary Issue, Adding 14-Page Feature

3 articles · Updated · Game Informer · Aug 25

Summary

  • Game Informer’s September/October issue will spotlight Archetype Entertainment’s sci-fi RPG Exodus, with Salt the Awakened octopus featured on the cover and a 14-page story available now in the digital edition.
  • Four hours of hands-on play in Austin shaped the feature, which details Exodus’ setting 40,000 years in the future, its time-dilation mechanic, and early locations including Persepolis and the Khonsu space station.
  • Six more pages in the issue expand beyond the game itself, covering Exodus tie-ins including novels, a tabletop RPG and an episode of Secret Level.
  • The issue also marks Game Informer’s 35th anniversary with a 12-page retrospective, quotes from industry figures and a poster collage drawn from the magazine’s 380 covers.
  • That anniversary push comes as Game Informer expands physical subscriptions to 40 new countries, making the Exodus issue the first print edition for readers in those markets.

Insights

How is a 35-year-old gaming magazine successfully expanding physical print to 40 new countries in an era dominated by digital media?
Why is a brand-new studio risking a massive transmedia rollout for its debut sci-fi universe before the game even launches?
How will an RPG from industry veterans turn time dilation into a playable mechanic where choices echo decades into the future?