New Expanse Game Trailer Shows Asteroid Mine Rescue Mission

Owlcat Games used the 44th annual Golden Joystick Awards to premiere a three-minute gameplay trailer for The Expanse: Osiris Reborn. The video, called "Becoming a Captain," shows a mission where the player rescues a group of rebellious teens who have escaped to an abandoned asteroid mine now occupied by space pirates. The mission is optional and begins when the player speaks to a specific NPC at a bar. Completing it and bonding with one of the teens, Polly, may cause her to join the player's crew. Her special ability summons a swarm of nanobots, as seen in the trailer. Players also have other skills, including a spatial detection device, a small explosive projectile, and a lethal device that can hit enemies behind cover. The game appears to maintain the scientific realism of the Expanse series. The trailer shows no exterior sound during space fights on the asteroid, and the protagonist uses magnetic boots to stick to surfaces in zero gravity. The Expanse: Osiris Reborn is scheduled for release in Spring 2027.