Starfield will be available to play relatively soon on select platforms, according to a new Bethesda Support document that states the new sci-fi RPG from the studio behind The Elder Scrolls and Fallout series will arrive exclusively for the Xbox Series X|S and PC in the first half of 2023.
“Starfield arrives exclusively on Xbox Series X|S and PC in the first half of 2023,” reads the answer to the question, “What is Starfield’s release date?”
There is nothing more to the support document, but it seems to confirm that Starfield won’t be released on competing platforms, including PlayStation 5 and Nintendo Switch consoles.
Bethesda previously teased a H1 2023 release for Starfield back in May 2022, sharing a tweet that month that revealed the game would be delayed to 2023 so the team could fulfill its “incredible ambitions” for the title and making sure that it’s polished.
“Starfield is the first new universe in 25 years from Bethesda Game Studios, the award-winning creators of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim and Fallout 4,” reads a description for the game directed by Todd Howard, who is also leading The Elder Scrolls VI.
“In this next generation role-playing game set amongst the stars, create any character you want and explore with unparalleled freedom as you embark on an epic journey to answer humanity’s greatest mystery.”
Howard revealed in October 2022 that Starfield would have over 250,000 lines of dialog, dwarfing the amount of voice work that can be found in previous Bethesda games, such as Fallout 4 and The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.
Redfall, Arkane Austin’s vampire shooter, is also slated for release in the first half of 2023.
Discussion (12 replies)
Join Discussion →Kinda looking forward to this one.
I hope this will be the year gaming finally turns around and we actually get some great games.
I'm looking forward to this one.
It looks pretty promising, provided the dual first/third person things works out.
Being Bethesda, it will probably be similar to how it was implemented in the Fallout series, which wasn't bad.
In my head I'm kind of picturing it as an "Outer Worlds" but more gritty and less goofy. I hope I'm right.
I'm looking forward to this one as well and really hoping it launches in a decent state so that it's not another game I have to wait 1-2 years to get finished after release. They've got a decent track record but it has been a while since a truly original release and not some kind of remaster/repackage. I never got far into Outer Worlds. It came free with my X570 board, or something else I bought back then when doing the 3700X build. It just didn't draw me in at the time and I've always thought about giving it another try but haven't made the time. Bethesda is very hit-or-miss with me.
I got a 3 month games pass subscription with my 3700x that's how I played Outer Worlds. Can't believe it was over 3 years ago now. But here is my take on it: http://madblog.shacknet.us/outerworlds/
I'll have to check it out later, I keep getting this error with Chrome and Firefox when I click on that link:
Yeah, he linked his internal IP.
Not going to be able to load anything from 192.168.1.2 :p
That's in the private address range!
Kept thinking that looked familiar. Migraine kicking in, it's been one of those days but only a little over an hour to go.
Just copy and paste the address, for some reason the forum didn't update the link when I edited it only the text.
There, I fixed it, but had to go into BBcode mode in the editor.
Got it.
Alright, with that fixed, I agree with that review.
I thought it was a fun game that didn't feel forced. It was a little short, and I didn't like the way they did the expansions, so when you came back to play them you had to load a save from before the end of the game to access them.
I would have preferred it with less of the goofball shit (like the moon helmets, and stuff like that) and instead more gritty and realistic, but that's just me. Judging by how it keeps popping up in all of these titles, there must be someone out there who loves the goofy shit. That's just not me.
One annoying thing that I couldn't get over was how everyone wears their helmets all the time, even when back on the ship, and how there was no way to remove a helmet once you put it on for the first time (other than going into game options and hiding helmets, which was kind of a hack). It would have been nice if they had auto-hidden helmets in non combat scenes.
All together, pet peeve's aside I enjoyed that game. I thought the story was well told and it made for a fun game.
I agree with your review as well but I only put maybe 2 hours into the game. It didn't rub me wrong, just didn't stay interested enough to keep going.