A second DLC story expansion has been confirmed to be in the works for Starfield by one of its developers in a new podcast. Starfield Lead Creative Producer, Tim Lamb, dropped the news in a recent Bethesda Game Studios Developer Spotlight, where he also shared that there are more surprises in store, along with new features and updates. It’s rumored the new DLC is called Starborn (MP1st via Kitguru) and could launch in early 2026. It’s also claimed that PS5 owners waiting for it to crossover will have to wait a bit longer still, possibly spring 2026, when some other QoL updates roll out.
“We have some cool stuff coming, including free updates and features the players have been asking for, as well as a new DLC story.”
– Tim Lamb, Starfield Lead Creative Producer
“I can’t go into all the details just yet, but I will say part of the team has been focused on space gameplay to make the travels there more rewarding.”
– Tim Lamb, Starfield Lead Creative Producer
Lamp goes on to share that new game systems are getting added as well, one such rumor on this is the ability to fly out of a planet’s atmosphere as opposed to the current loading screen method. If true, it would be a welcome change, adding a greater level of immersion. Here’s hoping the next DLC will fare better than the previous. For months, fans looked forward to the launch of Shattered Space, which, at best, got a lukewarm reception from players. Hopefully, Bethesda has zeroed in on what works and doesn’t, and can provide a more involving story expansion this time around. It’s also been claimed that weak sales following the launch of Shattered Space led to the decision to delay a PS5 release as well. At this rate, if it does arrive on PS5 in 2026, it will have been the better part of three years since its September 2023 release.
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Join Discussion →I've played and moved on almost a year ago now... went back to play it and the whole reset the world mechacnic.. made go naaah... I've done all this.
This always happens to me with bethesda games, when they come out, I enjoy them, put 100 hours in them. But by the time the expansions come out, I'm like: Nah, I'm good, can't be bothered to re-learn the mechanics and get back into the grind.
Same happened with Oblivion, Skyrim, Fallout3,4, and now this. I never finished any of the expansions for any of them.
I guess I should count myself lucky that I only put about 30 or so hours into playing it the 1st time around. Maybe I'll go back again after all this comes out, but that's hard to say since I also usually don't feel a need to back again. Since I've never played Oblivion, there's far more of a chance happening with that if/when the remaster goes on sale.
Starfield was included with my Hellhound RX 7800XT. It was kryptonite for my ARC cards. Took months before it would even start on one. Months longer before it was remotely playable. It will probably never be a good experience on them compared to same price tier AMD.
Good to see them still actively supporting the game though. As these are the kind of titles I revisit a decade later after I've forgotten most of the game and all of the DLC is available. I usually do it on APUs or some other low end modern hardware that can play as well as fairly expensive systems at the time of the game's launch.
Man I should play the copy I got on release that I have maybe 1 hour in. I didn't even get past the tutorial.