Bethesda's Todd Howard made an appearance on the MrMattyPlays YouTube channel today, where he confirmed that Starfield will get a second year of content alongside another paid expansion following 2024's Shattered Space DLC.
Howard's first mention of a "year two" for Starfield came during a segment in which he was discussing the recent June update for the game, explaining that there might be "more of a gap" until the next major update:
"There'll probably be more of a gap after this, there'll be some bigger gaps next year as we look at those big beats for kind of "Year Two" that we're planning..."

Following up on this, MrMattyPlays asked about the plans for expansions after Shattered Space, questioning whether an annual strategy could be in the works. Howard confirmed that at the very least, we're getting a second one:
"I would say we want to [have annual expansions], more or less, yeah. How long that continues... hopefully a very long time, but we're planning for the one after [Shattered Space], so there will be another one."
Let's not get too ahead of ourselves though! Shattered Space is obviously the focus right now, and Howard noted during the interview how it'll take place mainly in one city, comparing it "content-wise" to Fallout 4's Far Harbor expansion.
If you're interested in Shattered Space and you're playing Starfield on Xbox Game Pass, keep in mind that it's available with the Premium Edition Upgrade, which also includes a few other in-game benefits for £31.49 / $31.49 altogether.
Excited for Starfield's upcoming content? Let us know down in the comments section below.
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I like the idea of Starfield having anual expansions along side updates.
Ideally, I'd like to see updates adding in more POIs, features some smaller fleshed-out settlements and new universe variations.
Outrageous that they are trying to charge £7 for a 15 min quest in the creation club. Apparently there's going to be several more short Trackers Alliance quests all costing the same. Should have been £7 for the lot and would have been more fair.
This alone means I'm out completely and won't be touching any DLC. I will not be supporting scummy practices.
Loving that this game is seeing large expansions. I loved the game even before they fixed a lot of the problems. I’ll definitely be diving back in each and every time they drop some decent DLC for this game.
one big city or area, good. i don't like space travel(long loading screens).
Starfield is a good game but it can certainly use more features and content. I look forward to Shattered Space and that rover they're adding, whenever that is added!
great news for me. I absolutely loved starfield last year, but waiting til shattered space and a bunch of creation content is out before I dive back in.
I will be playing Shattered Space because I bought the premium edition, but with so many games coming next year I'm not sure I'll end up paying more for another expansion.
I put a fair amount of time in but it didn’t pull me in like previous games. Still installed and looking forward to getting back into it now. Will start once shattered out. Interested to see price. I can see this game being a potential to go to PS and would be cool with that if secures more DLC ongoing
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I love starfield. The more expansions the better. This game rules and I plan to add it to the bethesda games I replay every couple years alongside skyrim,oblivion, fallout 4.
I have the game both on pc and xbox I am a bethesda fan. I have not really been keeping up with he updates is there a lot of good stuff they added I read the comment about the creation club and that makes me think they have gone off their rocker 7 dollars for 15 minutes is it the 80's and long distance calling?
Starfield was good not great it wasnt as good as elder scrolls or fallout
Oh wow, didn’t even know I’m getting SS “for free” after I bought the premium upgrade last year. I only bought it for the steelbook it came with.
I’m a bit split on this. Looking forward to Shattered Space, but I wasn’t blown away by Starfield overall. And waiting yet another year for DLC pushes this long development even longer, frankly I’d rather they just focus on Elder Scrolls 6.
And as @Kooky_Geezer said it’s absolutely outrageous they are selling such short single missions for so much. £7 for a short trackers alliance mission. I won’t support that.
I’m struggling to finish starfield, it’s so repetitive. Might jump in again when shattered space release.
Shattered Space is the main thing I am looking forward to, but I am glad there is more in the pipeline. Once the game is finished I will pick up for PC and mods.
I’ll never go back to the game. It’s too cringe and a repetitive snoozefest. For unexplored space why is the same mining facility on every planet 🤣 dog poo game.
Im checked out on this game sorry
Starfield had a first expansion? Rofl
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