Archetype Entertainment
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- Founded
- 2019
- Employees
- 51-200
- Offices
- 1
About Archetype Entertainment
Archetype Entertainment is an Austin, Texas-based AAA video game development studio specializing in story-driven, single-player science-fiction role-playing games. Established in 2019, it operates as an internal development division of Wizards of the Coast, part of Hasbro. The studio was created to develop original narrative-driven intellectual property outside Wizards’ established Dungeons & Dragons and Magic: The Gathering franchises.
Its development focus combines narrative design, world-building and player agency with third-person action-adventure gameplay. Branching storylines and consequential choices are central to its approach. Its production capabilities span game concept and design, narrative writing, cinematic design, character modeling, animation and environment creation, alongside gameplay systems, artificial intelligence, combat mechanics and interface design.
Debut project
The studio’s first announced game, Exodus, was unveiled at The Game Awards in December 2023. Built using Unreal Engine 5, it is a single-player science-fiction action RPG set in the Centauri Cluster. Players take the role of Jun Aslan, a salvager who becomes a Traveler and ventures across hostile alien worlds.
Relativistic time dilation is a central element of the setting and story: interstellar journeys carry consequences shaped by the passage of time. The project brings together science-fiction world-building, exploration, action combat and narrative decisions within an original universe. British science-fiction author Peter F. Hamilton contributed as a world-building and creative consultant, helping develop the extended universe and companion novels.
As of October 2026, Archetype remains in active production on Exodus. The report records an April 7, 2027 release date for PC, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S, announced during Gamescom Opening Night Live in August 2026. Its team includes developers with experience at BioWare, Naughty Dog, Blizzard Entertainment, 343 Industries and Sony Santa Monica.
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Founding and early leadership
Wizards recruited James Ohlen to lead the new studio in April 2019. When its public name was revealed in January 2020, leadership appointments included Chad Robertson as Studio General Manager and Vice President, and Drew Karpyshyn as Narrative Director. These are historical appointments rather than confirmation of their current positions.
Operating model
The research describes Archetype as having substantial creative autonomy within Wizards of the Coast’s digital games portfolio.
Development collaborations
- Blur Studio contributes cinematic animation.
- Certain Affinity provides co-development engineering.
- EB Studio contributes environment art.
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Where Archetype Entertainment is based
- 11902 Burnet Road, Suite 200, Austin, Texas 78758, United StatesAustin, Texas, United States
Austin office
HeadquartersOverall headquarters and primary development facility, operating on an on-site/hybrid basis.
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