The Expanse: Osiris Reborn has a new mission to offer, and it is hardly a quiet night in. Owlcat Games debuted a mission gameplay trailer during the Golden Joystick Awards, sending the captain and crew after a couple of teenagers who thought antagonising space pirates would impress the OPA.
The Expanse: Osiris Reborn mission trailer at a glance
- What’s new: Official mission gameplay trailer, aired during the Golden Joystick Awards
- The mission: Rescue teenagers from a pirate stronghold in an abandoned asteroid mine — or walk away
- Also confirmed: One of the teens, Polly, can later be recruited as a companion; Brazilian Portuguese localisation at launch
- Xbox release: Spring 2027 on Xbox Series X|S, with Xbox Play Anywhere
- Developer / publisher: Owlcat Games
It starts in a seedy bar, where a patron asks for help after those over-enthusiastic kids picked the wrong fight. Whether you accept and head out to rescue them, or put your own mission first and leave them to it, is down to you. Take the job, and the trail leads to an abandoned asteroid that has become a pirate stronghold.
Owlcat says the rescue is not just a shooting gallery. The crew will have to lean on companions, pick their way through the mine and fight in zero gravity. One of the teenagers, Polly, has more than one trick up her sleeve — including a swarm of nanobots — and can later be recruited as a companion. The studio’s pitch is that small decisions and chance encounters are how someone actually becomes a captain, even if the job begins as a favour to a stranger in a bar.
The Expanse: Osiris Reborn will also ship with Brazilian Portuguese subtitles and interface localisation at launch, alongside the already announced languages: English, German, French, Spanish, Russian and Simplified Chinese.
Owlcat Games says the story-driven sci-fi action RPG launches on Xbox Series X|S in spring 2027, with Xbox Play Anywhere. You can find it on the Xbox Store.
