After Exodus, now the Protagonist of The Expanse: Osiris Reborn Has a New Voice Actor and an Updated Face

Mass Effect-like RPG The Expanse: Osiris Reborn ropes in David Gaider, the original lead writer of Bioware's Dragon Age series

The Expanse: Osiris Reborn looks like it's carrying the best bits of Mass Effect forward, and in an encouraging move, the developers have been collaborating with David Gaider.

After Exodus, now the Protagonist of The Expanse: Osiris Reborn Has a New Voice Actor and an Updated Face

Actor Blythe Melin is now the voice of the male protagonist and his brother, J, in The Expanse: Osiris Reborn. This comes after fan reaction to the beta, which accused the voice work of being “flat” and “boring.”

Owlcat recasts Osiris Reborn's male lead and reveals Blythe Melin as the new voice - Gamereactor

Owlcat Games has revealed a recast male protagonist for The Expanse: Osiris Reborn, pairing a redesigned default model with a new voice actor, Blythe Melin, in an update posted on 6 November 2026. The Russian-founded studio, best known for Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous and Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader, confirmed the change in an announcement video titled An update from the team. Melin takes over as the male captain and also voices his mor…

David Gaider has been working on Owlcat's Expanse RPG: 'The Expanse has long been one of my favourite series, and so obviously I jumped at the opportunity to be involved'

Owlcat has also just shown off the new voice for the game's male protagonist.