Overview
- Paul Della Bitta, a former Blizzard and Dreamhaven executive, will lead Wizards’ Digital Ventures and report to president John Hight.
- Archetype co-founder James Ohlen is leaving the studio head role, staying on as a creative consultant and shifting his focus to tabletop RPGs.
- Hasbro’s Abby Hodes said Ohlen felt his work on Exodus was complete with polishing and tuning now in the team’s hands.
- Exodus remains slated for an early 2027 release after multiple delays, following a new trailer shown at The Game Awards 2025.
- Hasbro is pursuing a larger AAA games strategy with roughly $1 billion in projects, and GM Chad Robertson has called Exodus “the tip of the spear.”