Starfield (Xbox Series X|S) News Articles
Monday10th Oct 2022
News Starfield Is A 'Much Bigger Project' Than Past Bethesda Games, Says Ex-Dev
The team is twice as big
Things have been a little quiet regarding Starfield since its summer delay but we should, hopefully, begin hearing more about it soon in the lead up to its 'first half of 2023' launch. Well, that is if the game's scope hasn't caused any more delays. In a recent interview with PCGamesN, ex-Bethesda dev Nate Purkeypile...
Thursday1st Sep 2022
News Xbox's 'Approach' With Starfield Is Leading To More ActiBlizz Scrutiny
The UK CMA is once again concerned
Earlier today, we covered a little bit about the UK Competition and Markets Authority's concerns over the Activision Blizzard deal. Those concerns mostly related to how big some of Activision's games are, and whether Microsoft owning them could harm competition. Well, the whole first phase document has now been...
Monday15th Aug 2022
News Awesome Starfield, Bethesda Merch Created By Animal Charity To Celebrate Quakecon
Barkfield anyone?
Starfield and Redfall might have been delayed recently, but we're still incredibly hyped for this pair of Bethesda titles to hit Xbox Game Pass in 2023. The latter of the two is due to appear at this year's Quakecon even too, which kicks off August 18th, and ahead of the event, some awesome merch has been been revealed by Dallas...
Tuesday2nd Aug 2022
Video Starfield Analysis Breaks Down Xbox Games Showcase Demo
How the studio has evolved
A new video from IGN goes into a little more detail about Xbox's big Starfield blowout from last month. The game was finally fully revealed at the Xbox & Bethesda Games Showcase this year, with lengthy gameplay clips featured in the extensive showing. This analysis is focusing purely on publicly available footage from...
Friday1st Jul 2022
News God Of War's Cory Barlog Is 'So F***ing Excited' For Starfield
The PlayStation dev is ready to go hands on
It's safe to say we're all pretty excited for Starfield. Bethesda's first new IP in over a decade has been a long time coming, and following Xbox's purchase of Bethesda, it'll be a console exclusive for Xbox Series X|S! However, that isn't stopping PlayStation folk from getting hyped for it. God of War's...
Wednesday29th Jun 2022
News Xbox Exec Claims Crunch At Bethesda Is A Thing Of The Past
"We do not have a situation where people are crunching"
In a new Kotaku report, the outlet has shared details of a recent all-hands meeting featuring Xbox Game Studios head Matt Booty. He touched on various aspects of the Xbox business, including the continued handling of its studios and how the company is working on integration with the likes of...
Monday20th Jun 2022
News New Xbox Game Pass Trailer Provides Fresh Look At Starfield
Planetary variety
Starfield was probably the biggest game of Xbox's summer showcase, with a 15-minute deep dive finally showing us Bethesda's next game in action. Well, if that deep dive wasn't enough, and you're desperate for any Starfield you can lock your eyes onto, a few more clips have cropped up via a new Game Pass trailer. They're extremely...
Wednesday15th Jun 2022
News The Elder Scrolls 6 Confirmed To Be In Pre-Production Ahead Of Starfield Release
It's happening!
It's likely all hands on deck over at Bethesda Game Studios in order to get Starfield out ASAP, especially given its recent delay into 2023. However, as Starfield's main development period comes to a close, Todd Howard has confirmed that The Elder Scrolls 6 is being worked on. In a new interview with IGN's Ryan McCaffrey, Howard was...
News Bethesda Confirms You Can't Manually Land On Planets In Starfield
The team is focusing on planets and space, not what's in between
More and more details about Starfield are beginning to trickle out following the game's grand reveal at the Xbox & Bethesda Games Showcase. One question that fans posed after the reveal was 'how do you travel between planets?' Well, the answer is that flying isn't fully player...
Tuesday14th Jun 2022
News Bethesda: Your Starfield Character Won't Have A Voice
And all dialogue is in first-person
Bethesda will be going back to its old ways in its upcoming release Starfield, due out next year on Xbox in 2023. In a social media post, the company's official social media account confirmed the player's character in the space exploration RPG would not have a voice. In addition to this, all dialogue will play...
Monday13th Jun 2022
Gallery Feast Your Eyes On These Brand-New Starfield Screenshots
Is it 2023 yet?
Following the extensive gameplay reveal of Starfield at yesterday's Xbox and Bethesda Games Showcase 2022, Bethesda revealed a few more official screenshots of the game online, and we've gathered a bunch of them below. If you're looking more Starfield coverage, check out the following stories: Read
News Todd Howard Says There Will Be 'Over 1,000 Planets' In Starfield
That's "just how big" this game is...
Arguably the highlight of today's Xbox and Bethesda showcase was the end-of-show Starfield gameplay reveal. The one and only Todd Howard was there to introduce us to this expansive new universe. Just how big is this game though? According to Todd, it's going to be absolutely huge - with 100 systems, and 1,000...
Sunday12th Jun 2022
News Bethesda Shares An Extensive First Look At Starfield Gameplay
Lots to dig into here
Well, here we go! Bethesda has revealed an extensive first look at Starfield gameplay as part of the Xbox and Bethesda Games Showcase 2022, giving us an idea of what to expect when it arrives at some point in 2023. You can check out the entire 15-minute gameplay video above, and let us know what you think in the poll! "Watch...
Thursday9th Jun 2022
News Bethesda Is Putting The 'Finishing Touches' On Starfield, Says Todd Howard
Despite the delay
Xbox delivered the kind of megaton announcement we're not so fond of recently, when it delayed Starfield into 2023. Despite that unfortunate news, it seems the game is coming along nicely, at least according to studio head Todd Howard. Multiple Xbox execs and devs recently spoke about the company's upcoming plans ahead of the big...
Monday23rd May 2022
News Another In-Development Starfield Image Has Leaked Online
Opening new doors
Starfield may have been delayed to 2023 recently, but that seemingly hasn't stopped the leaks. We've seen some screenshots appear before, including a set of five just last month, and now another one has cropped up, aiming to prove the game has... doors. That's right, a Reddit user has dropped this
Thursday19th May 2022
Random Forget Phil's Shelf, Xbox Boss Drops Hint In New Profile Picture
We're heading to the Starfield
Phil Spencer's shelf became a bit of a meme during his time conducting home office interviews. It often hinted at upcoming announcements, so much so that folks began scouring the shelf each time the Xbox boss appeared on camera. Well, now the hints are coming from profile picture changes. Phil has just swapped out his...
Thursday12th May 2022
News Xbox's Phil Spencer Issues Statement In Response To Starfield And Redfall Delays
"We hear the feedback"
Head of Xbox and Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer has taken to Twitter today to comment on the unfortunate delays of Bethesda's Starfield and Redfall to 2023, admitting that Xbox needs to "better meet" certain expectations. In his message, Spencer supported the decision to give the development teams more time on both games,...
News Bethesda Devs Reportedly Feared Starfield Becoming The 'Next Cyberpunk'
With its initial 2022 release date
It's happened folks, Starfield has officially been delayed and we're still coming to terms with it. However, delays often result in better games, and a Tweet from Bloomberg's Jason Schreier only serves to highlight what could have happened without a delay. Schreier dropped this little anecdote on Twitter, just...
News Bethesda Delays Starfield And Redfall To First Half Of 2023
Ouch, this one hurts
Well, the news we were hoping we wouldn't have to hear has unfortunately come true... Bethesda has announced today that both Starfield and Redfall have been delayed from 2022 to the first half of 2023. In a statement, the studios explained that they needed more time to realise their "incredible" ambitions: "We can't wait for...
Wednesday11th May 2022
News Starfield Is 'Pretty Awesome' Says Actor Rumoured To Feature In The Xbox RPG
If you say so!
We don't know much about Starfield ahead of its launch this November, but we do know plenty of acting talent will be required to bring Bethesda's RPG to life. One such Actor, Stephen Ford, has been teasing some sort of involvement with the game for months now, and they've even jumped to defend it on Twitter. A Twitter user replied to...
Tuesday26th Apr 2022
News New Starfield Video Delves Deep Into The Game's Music And Audio Design
Turn it up
Can you believe we're only like six months out from Starfield? We know, we know, remain calm. Anyway, to satiate our appetites Bethesda has dropped another of its video docs, and this one is all about audio. Bethesda Game Studios audio director Mark Lampert, and Starfield composer Inon Zur discuss all things Starfield audio, including...
Wednesday6th Apr 2022
Video Bethesda Introduces Us To Starfield's Robot Companion, VASCO
Your favourite new companion
Bethesda is still trickling out little bits of information about the highly-anticipated Starfield, and the latest is a video looking at one of the game's companion characters, VASCO, described as "Constellation’s expeditionary robot." The video gives us an idea of what to expect from the "primarily peaceful" robot,...
Monday4th Apr 2022
News Five More Starfield In-Game Images Have Leaked Online
Based on a 2018 build of the game
Update: How about a few more?! Here's another fresh set of leaked images (still from a few years ago): Original story: Although Starfield is arriving later this year, Bethesda still hasn't really shown all that much of it in the lead up the release. While we're expecting to get additional details and footage...
Wednesday30th Mar 2022
News Bethesda Says 'Players Are Going To Lose Their Minds' Over Starfield
There's a lot going on
You could say that Bethesda has been drip feeding info regarding Starfield since its initial reveal a few years ago. Even if concrete details have been scarce, we're still loving what we're seeing, and even more so after this new developer interview. A new Bethesda blog post sits down with Design Director Emil Pagli
Friday18th Mar 2022
News Bizarrely, Some People Think Hogwarts Legacy Might Affect Starfield
More likely the other way around
We got our first look at gameplay for Hogwarts Legacy yesterday, and it looks fantastic. It also got a release window of Holiday 2022, so guess what? It's already being compared with Xbox's Starfield, which also launches this Holiday. Many of these "comparisons" are people spouting things like "RIP Starfield" on...
Wednesday16th Mar 2022
News Bethesda Details New Persuasion Mechanic In Latest Starfield Video
Todd Howard delivers the goods
Bethesda has just released another Starfield ViDoc, where Todd and the team tease a little bit more about Starfield's world. This time, player companions are discussed, along with the game's factions, story mechanics, and the journey we'll all go on come November 2022. First up, companions return and the first one is...
Sunday20th Feb 2022
News Bethesda Artist Describes The Aesthetic Of Starfield As 'NASA-Punk'
"We wanted a very realistic take"
Bethesda treated us to a new behind-the-scenes video of Starfield this week focusing on the game's "Journey Through Space" key art, and its Lead Artist (Istvan Pely) has been talking to Xbox Wire about what to expect f
Friday18th Feb 2022
News New Starfield Video Shows How The Game's Key Art Was Put Together
A quick look at some (inter)stellar artwork
It's still quite a while until we finally get our hands on Bethesda's highly anticipated Xbox-exclusive sci-fi RPG, Starfield, with the game not due to launch until 11th of November this year. In the meantime, however, eager fans can go ahead and check out a quick artwork video which Bethesda just dropped...
Wednesday9th Feb 2022
News Xbox Boss Wants Starfield To Be The 'Most-Played Bethesda Game Ever'
Even more than Skyrim?!
Xbox boss and Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer recently talked to Axios as part of a new interview, and some quotes that didn't quite make the cut have been doing the rounds since then, courtesy of reporter Stephen Totilo. One of them is that Spencer wants Bethesda's Starfield to be "the most-played Todd Howard game ever"...
Wednesday2nd Feb 2022
News Bethesda Shares More Gorgeous Starfield Concept Art Featuring Neon City
Seriously, is it November yet?
It feels like an age since Starfield was announced, and we're clinging onto anything Bethesda shows us on the game. Recently, these showings have been of concept art, giving us a glimpse of Starfield's vast and varied world. The team's latest post shows the "pleasure city" Neon, where residents can enjoy the 'Aurora'...
