It may still feel like ages away, but the Starfield release date is inching ever closer, with Bethesda’s spacefaring role-playing game being hotly-anticipated by many.
The first major release from Bethesda since the company was acquired by Xbox/Microsoft (not counting Deathloop, which launched on PS5 last year due to a pre-existing agreement), Starfield could be one of the biggest games of 2022 when it finally arrives on our consoles and computers.
Fans are hoping to learn more about Starfield in the upcoming Xbox/Bethesda live stream, which will be hosted on YouTube on Sunday 12th June at 6pm BST. Until then, we’ve got all of the exciting details for you to peruse below.
Starfield release date
The Starfield release date is 11th November 2022, the game’s developers have confirmed.
To get ahead of the game, you can pre-order your copy of Starfield now at GAME or CD Keys. It’s also worth noting that Starfield will be available on day one of its release for Xbox Game Pass subscribers at no extra cost.
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Is Starfield an Xbox exclusive?
Yes, Starfield is an Xbox exclusive. Now that Bethesda is owned by Xbox, it should come as no surprise that Starfield will be available via Xbox Game Pass on Xbox Series X/S and Microsoft Windows PC.
The Xbox blog says that Starfield is dedicated to “Harnessing the power of next-gen technology”, which makes it sound very unlikely that Starfield will come to Xbox One consoles.
And here’s some bad news for Sony loyalists: Starfield will not be available on PS4 or PS5. And don’t expect to see it on Nintendo Switch, either.
What is Starfield about?
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For quite some time, we knew very little about Starfield. It’s a Bethesda single-player RPG set in space – and that was just about everything we knew, until very recently.
Thanks to the Starfield trailers, we now know that players will join an organisation called Constellation, a faction who want to uncover the mysteries of the galaxy.
The latest trailer for Starfield revealed a key part of Starfield’s lore: the Colony war, a battle fought 20 years prior between the United Colonies and the Freestar Collective.
Starfield mods
During an AMA hosted by Bethesda’s director Todd Howard in November 2021, more information about Starfield was revealed.
Talking about mod support, which featured heavily in Bethesda’s Fallout and The Elder Scrolls franchises, Howard said: “Our plan [is to] have full mod support like our previous games. Our modding community has been with us for 20 years. We love what they do and hope to see more make a career out of it.”
Starfield character customisation
Talking about character customisation in Starfield, Howard revealed in the aforementioned AMA that players will get to pick their pronouns and tinker with their in-game avatars in numerous ways.
Howard said: “Really excited about what the team has done with character creation here. Including choosing background, skills, etc. You also can pick your pronoun (he, she, they) and we’ve recorded all the relevant dialogue to support that choice.”
Starfield trailer
Ahead of the Starfield release date on 11th November you can check out the latest trailer below. This promo video gave us our best look yet at the actual world and story of the game, so feast your eyes here!
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