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News Starfield Update 1.7.33 Now Live, Here Are The Full Patch Notes
"Featuring improved performance and general gameplay fixes!"
Another Starfield title update has just dropped! Yep, version 1.7.33 of Bethesda's latest RPG is now live on Xbox & PC, and it contains a fairly brief list of changes and fixes for the Xbox and PC versions of the game. "This update addresses some issues with performance and stability...
News Starfield Has Already Surpassed 10 Million Players
It's not even been out for a month yet
2023 has been an amazing year in the world of video games, and one of the biggest success stories so far has been Bethesda and Xbox's open-world space RPG, Starfield. After its arrival at the beginning of this month, it's already become Bethesda's biggest game launch ever ahead of the Fallout and Elder Scrolls...
News Starfield's Latest Sales Data Reveals Major Success For Xbox In Europe
"The biggest Xbox launch this generation"
The good news keeps on coming for Starfield, with new GSD data revealing the game has not only enjoyed one of the biggest European launches in 2023, but it's also the biggest Xbox launch of the generation in that continent. You can see the full top 10 for "European 2023 Week One Sales" below, but keep in...
Pick One Which Is The Best Bethesda Game Studios RPG?
Is Starfield now #1?
It's time for another round of Pick One! This week, with Starfield now having been out for a little while on Xbox Game Pass, we're interested to know if you think it's knocked any other BGS games off the #1 spot! There's obviously a lot of competition here in the form of Skyrim, Oblivion
Guide Starfield: How To Build An Outpost, Best Outpost Skills, Best Outpost Locations
Home sweet homes
At some point during your adventures in Starfield you're likely gonna want to build yourself an outpost. It may not seem like the most exciting thing, we avoided it for as long as we possibly could, but the fact is Outposts are incredibly useful for a host of reasons. Let's take a look at how they work and where we reckon is best to...
News Starfield Puddle 'Glitch' Allows You To Make Unlimited Money On Xbox & PC
All that from one puddle?!
There's a big topic doing the rounds in the Starfield community at the moment and it concerns... a puddle. Yes, players have discovered a way to use an in-game puddle to access the entire inventory of a store, meaning you can loot it all without any cost or negative implications whatsoever - and then you can do it again...
News Starfield Update 1.7.29 Now Live, Here Are The Full Patch Notes
"Targeted at the few top issues we're seeing"
You may have noticed that a new Starfield update just dropped on Xbox and PC! This is update 1.7.29, and it's only around a couple of GBs in size. The focus for this update is on improving stability and fixing a few quests. "This first update is a small hotfix targeted at the few top issues were are...
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...
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...
Guide Starfield: The 10 Coolest Things We've Found So Far
Space, the final fro...oh look over there!
Starfield is an enormous RPG that's stuffed to the intergalactic gills full of planets to explore, enemy camps to raid, huge spaceships to steal and magic powers to discover and wield. There's plenty to be getting on with, is what we're trying to say, and there's also lots of very cool little references and...
Guide Starfield: All Achievements List
All 50 achievements listed
Need a quick checklist of all achievements in Starfield? We've got you covered. From completing your very first mission to ranking yourself all the way up to level 100 and beyond, the following list includes every achievement in the game and how to complete it. Starfield: All Achievements List: A Legacy Forged –...
Guide Starfield: Digipick Guide - How To Pick Locks, Where To Find Digipicks
Digital deviance
Bethesda has finally moved on from the good old tumbler and pin locks that have been a mainstay in their RPGs for a long time in favour of fancy new digilocks in Starfield. If you're having trouble getting used to this new way of nicking lots of sweet gear and opening up locked doors, we've got a quick guide for you. Starfield:...
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...
Guide Starfield: All Powers, Best Powers, How To Unlock All Powers
Power Up!
Besides an absolute ton of guns and other weapons to pick up, and a massive skill tree to get busy unlocking, Starfield also gives players 24 powers to wield in battle. The game's powers begin to unlock a little ways into the game, and you'll need to do some travelling in order to get them all, but it's worth the hassle as there are some...
Guide Starfield Console Mod Support: Are Mods Coming To Xbox?
Making your own modifications
Starfield is Bethesda Game Studios' latest open world RPG, so naturally, fans are going to want to know about mod support. Of course, on PC you can always turn to unofficial mods, but what about official Bethesda-supported mod tools, and what about Xbox mod support? Are Mods Coming To Starfield?: On PC, official...
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,...
Poll Based On What You've Played So Far, What Score Would You Give Starfield?
It's time to gather some votes!
Alright, it's time to get down to the serious stuff! Starfield has now been available for a few days on Xbox Game Pass and even longer in early access, and we really want to get your initial verdict on Bethesda's epic new RPG. This is obviously the kind of game that you could play for tens if not hundreds of hours...
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...
Guide 13 Useful Mechanics Starfield Doesn't Tell You About
A spooky number of things that are easy to miss!
Starfield is a huge game with tons of systems, controls and various bits and bobs to get a handle on. Most of this is well guided and there are plenty of tutorials to dig into if you're stuck. However, some things just don't really get explained very well, so let's take a look at a few of the best...
Guide Starfield: How To Level Up Quickly, Tips For Levelling Up
Earn XP faster with these tips
Starfield is an absolutely huge game with large skill trees that are gonna take you to over level 300 to fully max out. That's a lot of levels. Unfortunately, the way things are balanced right now, going through the game's main and side missions doesn't net you all that much in the way of XP. So we need to look...
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...
Guide Starfield: Almagest Jackpot Guide - Casino Location, How To Get The Almagest Vault Code
How to rob the casino vault
The Almagest is a casino location in Starfield that you'll find situated within the orbit of Nesoi in the Olympus System. Not only does this area have some cool zero-grav to get through where you'll need to blast a bunch of enemies as you all barrel around, it's also got a nice big vault with a wad of credits inside, and...
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...
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...
Guide Starfield: How To Store Items On Your Ship
Cargo hoooooooold
It's easy to run out of space to carry all the essentials (and junk) that you pick up as your blast around in Starfield, so it's a good idea to put some of it away in your ship's hold until such time as you wish to equip or sell it. Let's take a look at how to do this. Starfield: How To Store Items On Your Ship: Using your very...
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...
VATS entertainment
Depending on how much you bought into the hype during the long run-up to the release of Bethesda's Starfield, it's hard to know quite what you might have been expecting when you finally sat down to press the start button and get stuck in. Was this going to be some monumental step forward for video games, a piece of interactive art...
Guide Starfield: How To Get The Boost Pack, How To Use The Boost Pack & All Boost Pack Upgrades
You absolute rocket
Wandering across large expanses on foot or tearing around the cosmos in your spaceship is all well and good, but there is another way to travel in Starfield and that's by using your boost pack! Let's take a look at how it works. Starfield: How To Get The Boost Pack, How To Use Your Boost Pack And All Boost Pack Upgrades: How...
News Xbox Cloud Gaming Employs 'Wait Times' In Response To Extreme Starfield Demand
"Lots of people are playing!"
It's been mentioned in the not-too-distant past how Xbox Cloud Gaming is actually the least popular feature of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, but it's certainly proven a hit over the past 24 hours due to the launch of Starfield. We've seen numerous people taking to the web to share that they've experienced "wait times"...
Hands On Starfield's Constellation Edition Is A Thing Of Beauty
Here's a closer look
Starfield is available in three different forms this week — the Standard Edition, the Premium Edition and the Constellation Edition — and courtesy of GAME, we've been lucky enough to get hands-on with the most luxurious of all. Yes, the Starfield Constellation Edition is available right now, and it not only includes the...
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...
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 Being An Xbox Exclusive Allowed For Greater 'Focus', Says Todd Howard
It's worked out well for Bethesda
Bethesda's Todd Howard has been doing the rounds today in a variety of interviews to promote the full launch of Starfield, and he had some particularly interesting comments to share about Xbox exclusivity with the BBC. In recent years, there's been a lot of discussion around the decision to make Starfield exclusive...
Guide Starfield: How To Change Your Character's Appearance
It's never too late for a makeover, baby
We've all been there, in a game's character creation suite for hours on end making the coolest looking protagonist we can, only to realise later that we hate what we've done with their hair, that beard is too long and OMG, we really need to do something about that chin, mate. Thankfully in Starfield you can...
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...
Guide Starfield: How To Get A Free Ship Early In The Game
I'd buy that for no dollars
There are a ton of spaceships to get your hands on in Starfield, loads of very cool rides to buy and/or steal from your enemies. However, stealing stuff can be hazardous to your health at the best of times, and buying stuff, well...it costs money. However, if you'd like a very nice ship for free at an early stage of the...
Guide Starfield: The Best Weapons And Where To Find Them
In space no one can hear you pew, pew, pew!
Guns! Everybody loves them and Starfield has no shortage of boomsticks with which to decimate anyone foolish enough to stand in your way. Of course, with a game this absolutely enormous, it's gonna take a while before we've found every one of the very best guns in the game. For now though, what we can do...
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...
Guide Starfield: All Traits, Best Traits And How To Remove Traits
Gift yourself some sweet little boosts
During your time in the character creation suite at the beginning of Starfield, you'll have the opportunity to choose up to three traits that give you various boons and quirks to your build that can aid you on your journey through the game. Traits are totally optional, you can skip them if you want, but we...
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...
Guide Starfield: How To Get One Of The Game's Best Spacesuits Early
Suited and booted
Digging into Starfield you'll find that it's absolutely jampacked full of very cool spacesuits for you to find and acquire, all of which give you various boosts and protections to enjoy. Straight out the gate, as expected, you'll need to work your way through lower level gear to get to the really good stuff. Or! You could just...
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...
Guide Don't Forget, Starfield Is Playable On Xbox One With Game Pass Ultimate
Through the magic of Xbox Cloud Gaming
If you've been wondering whether Starfield is playable on Xbox One, the answer is yes! However, you'll need a couple of things in order to get started, including a subscription to Xbox Game Pass Ultimate. Starfield doesn't have a native version for Xbox One, so the way to access the game on that console is...
Guide Starfield: How To Solve The Mantis Quest Puzzle
Best foot forward
One of the standout early quests in Starfield sees you venture off in search of a character known as The Mantis. During the course of this mission you'll happen upon an environmental puzzle that could leave some players scrabbling for an answer, so let's take a look at the solution. Starfield: How To Solve The Mantis Quest...
Guide Starfield: Where To Find And Equip Weapon & Spacesuit Skins
This is my rifle, this is my gun
If you've been digging into Starfield you may have noticed that, as you upgrade and mod your spacesuits and guns at workbenches, there's an option available to apply a skin. But where do you actually find these skins? Let's take a look. Starfield: How To Unlock Skins: So far, the only way that we know for sure...
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...
