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Wednesday13th Sep 2023
News Bethesda Announces Six 'Top-Requested' Features Coming Soon To Starfield
"Expect a regular interval of updates"
Bethesda has announced today that a variety of features will be coming to Starfield across Xbox and PC as part of a "regular interval of updates", including some pretty big ones targeting the likes of HDR and DLSS. "This is a game we’ll be supporting for years and years to come, so please keep all the...
News Starfield Could Have Had Fallout's Version Of Earth
Todd Howard: "We talked about it"
Starfield has thousands of planets and worlds to explore, and if you didn't already know - Earth is one of them. While we'll refrain from any further spoilers, there was actually a point in the space RPG's development where the Fallout version of Earth was considered. Speaking to The Washington Post, director Todd...
News Starfield Has Given Xbox Series X|S Sales A Huge Boost In The UK
The best performing week of 2023 so far
Some fresh data is coming out of the UK at the moment that suggests Starfield has had a huge impact on Xbox Series X|S sales already. According to gamesindustry.biz, UK sales of Xbox Series X and S jumped up 73% in the week ending September 2nd - when Starfield was becoming available via early access. This...
Tuesday12th Sep 2023
News New Starfield Test Suggests It Could Run At 40-60FPS On Xbox Series X
"Most of the time we're beyond 40FPS"
The tech wizards over at Digital Foundry have been trying to answer the question of whether Starfield could run at 60FPS on Xbox Series X, and the answer isn't simple - but it does give us hope for the future! In order to test this, the team put together "the actual Xbox Series X CPU via the AMD 4800S Desktop...
Monday11th Sep 2023
News No Man's Sky's 'Biggest Month In Years' Coincides With The Launch Of Starfield
We wonder why it's doing so well...
No Man's Sky is having its "biggest month in the last few years", says Hello Games founder Sean Murray, and we can't help but think that a certain Xbox exclusive may have played a part in the game's newfound success. Yes, of course, we're talking about Starfield, which launched its own space odyssey into orbit...
News Bethesda Is Looking Into 'Issues' With HDR Support In Starfield
"Our team is still investigating"
The technical makeup of Bethesda's Starfield has mostly been praised so far, well, aside from the lack of any sort of 60FPS option on console. However, users across Xbox and various different PC set
News Starfield Hits New Peak Player Count On Steam During Opening Weekend
Almost 100k more than our last check-in!
During early access, Starfield hit an impressive peak player count on Steam, especially considering that users had to shell out around $100 to play early on the platform. Since then, the game has of course arrived in its standard edition form, and it's now smashed that early access player count number...
News Xbox Boss Reiterates Platform Exclusives Will Be Determined On A 'Case-By-Case Basis'
"It's really about giving players choice"
Bethesda's brand-new space exploration RPG Starfield officially launched last week and it really is exclusive to Xbox and PC platforms - there's no definitely no sign of it ever coming to PlayStation or Nintendo. If this has got you wondering about the future of certain Xbox game releases going forward,...
Friday8th Sep 2023
News Starfield Players Are Loving Xbox Quick Resume, But Some Users Are Reporting Issues
"Fixed this by turning off quick resume I think"
Quick Resume was heavily touted as one of the top Xbox Series X|S features as we headed into this generation, and on the whole it's worked pretty well so far. The option — which allows users to suspend games and resume them right where they left off — seems a great fit for single-player adventures...
News Oh Look, Starfield Is Getting Review Bombed On Metacritic
Surprised, anyone?
Masses of user reviews for Starfield are starting to roll in on aggregate platform Metacritic, and as you probably guessed, the overall user rating is significantly lower than the average critic score. This is becoming a bit of a formality when it comes to huge, particularly hyped AAA video games - and Starfield hasn't escaped...
News Starfield Is Now Bethesda's Biggest Game Launch Of All Time
It's already surpassed 6 million players
There's already been a lot of fantastic news about the launch of Starfield and now Bethesda has announced the new IP has surpassed 6 million players, making it the company's "biggest" launch of all time. This puts the space exploration title ahead of the company's long-running RPG franchises The Elder...
Thursday7th Sep 2023
News It Looks Like Hideo Kojima Is Spending His Spare Time On Starfield
Can you blame him?
Now that Starfield is available to all it's safe to assume lots of Xbox fans are playing it, and well, it turns out that famous game designer Hideo Kojima is no different! The Metal Gear Solid creator has taken to Twitter to let us all know that his adventure amongst the stars has begun. Kojima is playing on Xbox Series X, as you...
News Todd Howard Explains Why There Aren't Any Land Vehicles In Starfield
"It's something we considered"
Getting around in the world of Starfield has been a hot topic since the game first arrived in early access, and in a new interview with Bloomberg, Bethesda's Todd Howard has touched on the topic of Space travel in Starfield. Responding to a fan question asking why there aren't any land vehicles in the game, Todd said...
News Xbox Boss Says Starfield 'Exceeded' 1 Million Concurrent Players On Launch Day
All of them exploring the stars
Starfield is now officially out in the wild for all players, including those on Xbox Game Pass, and the title's monumental launch has led to a very impressive concurrent player count across all platforms. Xbox boss Phil Spencer has taken to Twitter to inform us all that more than one million players booted up...
Wednesday6th Sep 2023
News Check Out This Amazing 6000 Piece Starfield LEGO Set
Bricking it
A LEGO Builder on X.Com (that's Twitter for those of us who like to keep it real) has shared a phenomenal-looking recreation of Starfield's New Atlantis. The 6000 piece beast, which took Taris120_Builds a whopping 50 hours to create, before kindly sharing the results on X and on the game's Reddit forum, has got some amazing details...
News Starfield Players Warn Of 'Major' Bug And How To Avoid / Fix It
"It may cost you HOURS of progress"
To Bethesda's credit, we haven't been hearing much about bugs in Starfield so far, but you're always going to get a few issues in a game that's this big, and there's one in particular that seems to have resulted in a few painful realisations. Over on Reddit, we've seen multiple people describe a bug that relates...
News Original God Of War Director Puts Starfield In Their 'Top 3 Games Of All Time' List
"You owe it to yourself to get Gamepass for a month and try out Starfield"
Starfield may have only just arrived on Xbox Game Pass, but as you've probably seen, it's been playable for a number of days in early access. That's given eager-to-play folks plenty of time to try the game out already, and well, one industry figure from the PlayStation side...
News Phil Spencer Congratulates Bethesda On The 'Incredible Achievement' Of Launching Starfield
"They poured themselves into Starfield"
Starfield has finally arrived on Xbox Game Pass after what's felt like an eternity of waiting, and the Xbox boss is well aware of what Bethesda has had to go through to get this game out the door. In a post on Twitter, Phil Spencer congratulated Bethesda Game Studios on the launch of Starfield. The Xbox Boss...
News Ready For Launch! Starfield Is Now Available On Xbox Game Pass
Bethesda's epic RPG is finally here
The biggest Xbox Game Pass release of September 2023 and the entire year so far has arrived! Starfield is now officially available on Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S and PC (and Xbox One through cloud gaming) as part of the service. You've got a couple of ways you can tackle this one - if you want to dive in...
Tuesday5th Sep 2023
News Microsoft Unveils The Next 3 Games Coming To Xbox Game Pass
The latest official roundup
Microsoft has announced the first wave of Xbox Game Pass titles for September 2023, which obviously includes tomorrow's release of Starfield along with Lies of P and the previously unannounced Solar Ash. Don't forget about Gris as well, which arrived on the service just a few
News Starfield Fan's Potato-Filled Spaceship Shows Off Impressive Physics System
Maris tie fighter
There's lot of serious business to be done and dusted while playing Starfield - after all, we are exploring multiple galaxies trying to figure out some of the mysteries of the universe. However, there's also time for some silly stuff, like collecting as many potatoes as can feasibly fit into your spaceship cabin. Yep, following...
Monday4th Sep 2023
News Starfield Has A New 'Phil Spencer' Mod, And It's Absolutely Ridiculous
His starring role
One of the benefits of playing Starfield on a Windows PC is that you can take advantage of the many user-created mods that are doing the rounds on the likes of Nexus Mods, and one of them even features Xbox boss Phil Spencer himself! As highlighted by The Verge's Tom Warren earlier today, there's a mod on that website called "Phil...
Video Digital Foundry Review Dives Deep Into The Tech Behind Starfield
"I was genuinely surprised by the leap in fidelity"
As you'd expect, the folks over at Digital Foundry have already spent lots of time poring over every little detail in Starfield, resulting in a huge deep dive tech review. We've included the video version of this up above — which almost feels like a documentary on all-things Starfield tech — so...
News Streamer Proves You Can Fly All The Way To 'Pluto' In Starfield
It only takes 7 hours to get there manually!
Even before its main launch, Starfield has been touted as Bethesda's most expansive RPG ever, so naturally, players are already putting that theory to the test by travelling to the far reaches of space to see what's out there. Streamer Alanah Pearce has dipped into some spacefaring travel during the...
News Starfield's Game Pass Upgrade Is Currently The Best-Selling Item On Xbox
Flying off the virtual shelves
Starfield's early access period lasts for a couple more days before the base game launches worldwide, and it's looking like those few days of early play have been very enticing for Xbox players - especially those subscribed to Game Pass. Microsoft's 'Premium Edition Upgrade' for Starfield, aimed squarely at Game Pass...
Saturday2nd Sep 2023
Poll Starfield Explorers, What Do You Think Of Fast Travel So Far?
Some aren't so sure about it
One major talking point that's come up since the early access launch of Starfield is about the game's fast travel system. Basically, if you have played it - space jumping makes it easier for players to zip around the galaxy and get where they need to be...fast. Anyway, it's raised some discussion online, with some...
Friday1st Sep 2023
News Starfield Players Are Causing Chaos Already, Like Blowing Up Entire Space Crews For No Reason
What did they do to deserve this?!
As most of you probably know at this stage, Starfield is officially live on Xbox and PC in early access form, and we're starting to see lots of impressions, gameplay footage and crazy clips hit the web. Starfield's main quest may well be the core focus for lots of players right now, but, that isn't stopping some...
News Starfield Is Hitting Impressive Concurrent Player Numbers On Steam Already
It costs $100 to play in early access!
Starfield is only out in early access at the moment, but that isn't stopping folks from turning up in their hundreds of thousands to play Bethesda's brand new RPG as soon as possible. Even if we only take the Steam player numbers into account, Starfield's early launch is looking like a mighty successful one for...
News Bethesda Thanks Fans For Their Support As Starfield Enters Early Access
Todd also thanked everyone on the game's subreddit
It's a huge day for Bethesda, with the Xbox-owned company releasing its first brand-new IP in over 25 years. To celebrate the launch of Starfield, it's also issued a message to its fans, thanking them for their ongoing support over the years and for getting it across the line with this latest...
News Starfield Players Discover Bethesda's Touching Tribute To Super Fan
Alex Hay passed away before the game's launch
It's an exciting day for Bethesda fans with the arrival Starfield, but unfortunately, not everyone is here to see it. One fan from the Starfield subreddit known as Alex Hay died of cancer earlier this year, and while the entire game's community was already prepared to pay respects, it seems Bethesda's...
