Starfield

Starfield will get updates every six weeks beginning in February 2024

Shattered Space expansion coming 2024 also

Starfield will get city maps and "new ways of traveling" next year

As well as mod support

Bethesda are individually rebutting Starfield Steam reviewers, defending the loading breaks and "empty" worlds

House of Skyrim quietly goes to war with detractors

Starfield’s player count slips below Skyrim on Steam, just two months after Bethesda’s ‘biggest launch ever’

Starfield is back on top by a few hundred players, but for how long?

Starfield's 'make everything cute' mod is just about the most horrifying thing I've ever seen

The eyes, THE EYES

Starfield's protagonist almost sounded like party members Sam Coe and Andreja

Bethesda woke up and chose silence

Latest Starfield update fixes one of the game's biggest annoyances - eating stuff - while adding DLSS

A Chunky patch indeed

Starfield mod unlocks the ability to build your own spacestations - "all of the code was already in the game"

You'll need an outpost and a spare spaceship

Join us for our Starfield RPS Game Club liveblog this Friday, November 3rd

We'll be chatting about Bethesda's big space RPG from 4pm GMT

Starfield’s lead quest designer joins other ex-Bethesda devs - plus Obsidian and BioWare vets - to work on upcoming open-world RPG Wyrdsong

Will Shen was also a writer on Skyrim and multiple Fallout games

Now Starfield’s out, Bethesda’s PR and publishing honcho Pete Hines is retiring after 20-plus years at the studio

“The time is right”

Starfield's greatest mystery is a boardgame nobody knows how to play

Search for rules continues

Only a month after Starfield’s release, someone has already surveyed every planet in its universe

There are far more than Todd Howard said, too

October's RPS Game Club pick is... Starfield!

Stars in our eyes

Starfield New Game Plus mods give you full control over the game's weirdest elements

Here be spoilers

Starfield's planets were initially much harsher, until Bethesda "nerfed the hell" out of status effects

A spacesuit for every occasion

Starfield's second update fixes infinite money puddles, but not flying cities

Also nixes AMD star flare glitches

If Bethesda are remastering Oblivion and Fallout 3, why not Morrowind?

They've already spent 17 years remaking Oblivion anyway

Starfield players are being haunted by asteroids

*loading a pistol and getting back on the rocket-ship*

Incoming Starfield updates will include DLSS, HDR controls, FOV slider and ultrawide monitor support

After a small hotfix aimed at smaller bugs and stability

No Man’s Sky is seeing its biggest month in years amid Starfield’s success

And in the wake of last month's major Echoes update

Yes, you can spacewalk in Starfield, and yes, I am trying to build an asteroid outpost

Witness Mary Read's fumbling efforts at orbital homesteading

Starfield rockets past Skyrim’s concurrent players record on Steam

It’s yet to overtake Fallout 4, though

Bethesda plan official Starfield mod support for release in 2024

Creation Kit 2 is on the way

Starfield's rotoscoped animated advert pokes fun at hoarding players

And the adoring fan

Starfield overtakes Skyrim and Fallout to become Bethesda’s 'biggest game launch of all time'

With more than six million players already

Thomas The Tank Engine has already been made into a ship in Starfield

Players are recreating some wild spacecraft, from iconic Star Wars and Halo ships to abstract shapes

Starfield modders are trying to join up maps into complete planets, cue memories of Minecraft's Far Lands

But how far can they go?

Starfield’s Potato Mode mod looks like a sci-fi Morrowind you could run on a 20-year-old PC

Perhaps this might help you play it on Steam Deck, at least

Starfield's mod community just took one giant leap with the release of the Script Extender

A Bethesda game tradition

Game developers shed light on why Starfield didn't use Unreal Engine

Re-Creation

Some of Starfield’s planets are meant to be empty by design - but that’s not boring, Bethesda insists

“When the astronauts went to the moon, there was nothing there. They certainly weren't bored."

Starfield’s DLSS mod is a worthwhile tweak mired in tedious DRM discourse

Paid mods? Cracks? Look mate, I’m just here for the frames

God of War writer flies to a planet in Starfield without the loading break, sort of

"Pluto confirmed flat!"

Starfield's BetterHUD mod makes the UI less distracting during combat

The first of many

Watch out Starfielders, there might be a shark in that elevator

Also, Bethesda feel their rep for bugs isn't "particularly fair"

Todd Howard hails Starfield as "our best performing game" and Starfield redditors as "gaming's smartest fans"

It's been a "long and winding" journey since 2013

Our Starfield review is going to be a little late

Here's why

Starfield's "are planets planets" debate recalls the amazingly weird cosmology of Elder Scrolls

Plane or planet?

Starfield's endgame includes Legendary Ships, but space derelicts may house its best stories

Bethesda "solicited stories from people outside the design team"

Starfield's opening is a lot of shades of literal grey

One underwhelming step

Starfield's new live action trailer probably inspires more emotion than the entire game will

And that's not saying much

The latest Starfield controversy is a reminder that gamers really love pacifism

Really

Todds away - Starfield preloads are live on Game Pass today

Ready your (Settled) systems

Starfield info drop covers pacifist runs, player houses and contraband

Also, the prospect of battlemechs

Bethesda’s new Starfield lore timeline leaves Earth's fate a mystery

Will we beat climate change, then?

Bethesda and AMD announce limited edition Starfield GPU and CPU at Quakecon

But you can't buy them

Starfield’s multiple ideas of time have fans asking about black holes

And Todd Howard is being a tease about it

Starfield's animated trailers offer some player motivation for life among the stars

I'd rather be a postman

Starfield's entire skill tree supposedly laid bare after someone spent 200 hours stitching together trailer footage

With an accompanying 44-page document to boot

Todd Howard says Bethesda will talk about Starfield on Steam Deck "down the road"

But it'll have a large font mode to help

Elder Scrolls 6, announced five years ago, is still "five-plus years away"

Press the T button to wait

No, Skyrim Grandma isn’t in Starfield

And she’d much prefer Elder Scrolls 6 anyway, thanks very much.

Literally every QA employee at Xbox is working on Starfield, says Phil Spencer

Quality thoroughly assured, maybe

Starfield’s system requirements are up, wants a GTX 1070 Ti and 125GB SSD space at minimum

A galaxy is big, turns out

Starfield's different playstyles lets you be more than just a shooty-shooty space cowboy

You can also be a sneaky-sneaky space ninja

Starfield's spaceship combat is more than just holding down a trigger and hoping for the best

Bang bang boom boom

Starfield’s ship building still threatens to produce the most cursed crafts in sci-fi

Flight of fugly

Oblivion's Adoring Fan and his chronically bad hairstyle are in Starfield

Go away! Go away!!

Starfield's character creator is so versatile, Bethesda used it to create the game's NPCs

Those beards are looking a bit iffy, mind

Players will get to join a rag-tag group of space explorers in Starfield

Constellation want to answer humanity's biggest questions

Starfield's exploration looks like searching a quarry for the best piece of gravel

Freedom, but freedom to what?

Starfield companions include a knock-off HK-47 and a space cowboy you can kiss

All a growing girl needs

Xbox Games Showcase 2023 and Starfield Direct liveblog

All the latest from Microsoft and Bethesda’s NotE3 shows

Starfield's pillow talk will make me swear a vow of space-celibacy

[Physical skill check failed]

Microsoft put a time and date on their 2023 not-E3 Xbox Games Showcase

The Starfield Direct will also follow directly afterwards

Starfield's new release date is September 6th 2023

Bethesda are also airing a Starfield Direct in June

Microsoft's mass layoffs will affect Starfield, Halo Infinite, and Gears Of War developers

Staff at the studios are among 10,000 workers being let go

Google and Nvidia offer objections to FTC over Microsoft buying Activision Blizzard

Hearings aren't due to begin until August

Microsoft are indeed showing off Redfall, not Starfield, on January 25th

Along with new stuff for The Elder Scrolls Online, Forza Motorsport and Minecraft Legends

We could see more of Redfall, not Starfield, at an Xbox and Bethesda showcase this month

It's claimed a stream will highlight Arkane's open-world horror game

Zenimax QA workers just formed the largest union in video games

Microsoft voluntarily recognised the union

Bethesda support site reconfirms Starfield's release for "the first half of 2023"

Ready for takeoff

Starfield’s faction quests are more like Skyrim than Fallout

It doesn't sound like you can collect them all, though

Todd Howard says Starfield will let you get into "more complex relationships"

One of many tidbits from a 3 hour interview

Starfield has more talking than Skyrim and Fallout 4 combined

Todd Howard says its points-based persuasion system is his favourite

Starfield's character creator seems to be inspired by genetic engineering

The sliders look like gel electrophoresis, a.k.a. sciencey stuff

Bethesda reveal Starfield with 15-minute explain-o-gameplay video

Fallout with spaceships innit

Starfield and Redfall have both been delayed until 2023

The stars have not aligned

Microsoft set a date for 2022’s Xbox and Bethesda Games Showcase

Will we finally see Starfield in action?

Starfield's latest developer video dives into its music

Soundtrack to the stars

Starfield devs talk companions and old school RPG stats in new video

Lots of exciting hints

Starfield is aiming for a "very realistic take" on a scifi future

Artists describe their style as "NASA-punk"

Here's what's coming to Xbox Game Pass for PC at launch next year

Starfield, Redfall, Slime Rancher 2, and loads more

Starfield's devs discuss its shared DNA with other Bethesda games

From cups to step-out moments

The Elder Scrolls 6 will be exclusive to PC and Xbox

Just like Starfield

We should see more of Bethesda's Starfield next summer

Todd Howard provided tiny details on mod support and character creation

Todd Howard says Fallout 4 nearly had a "BioShock style" underwater vault

It would've had a sentient octopus, but was cut

Bethesda's new Starfield trailer introduces mercenary and pirate factions

As well as a little detail about the Settled Systems' history

I'd like to get high on the dopefish in the pleasure city, please

And in Starfield, Bethesda's next RPG

Does the Starfield trailer tease The Elder Scrolls 6's setting?

Maybe High Rock and Hammerfell, maybe a red herring, maybe nothing

Starfield is "like Skyrim in space" or a "Han Solo simulator"

Never tell me the odds

Bethesda's Starfield comes out November 2022

Skyrim! In! Space! Maybe?

Microsoft wants Bethesda games to be "either first or better or best" on their platforms

Not a big surprise, admittedly

Bethesda's Starfield map will be bigger than Fallout 76's, Todd Howard says

Bethesda are overhauling their game engine to help beef it up

Bethesda announce all-new "space epic" Starfield

Spaaace!

Mass Defect: Starfeld

Review: Starfield review: an impressive RPG that's so big it feels small

There's so much space it's hard to find a connection

Best ships in Starfield

We break down Starfield's best ships for combat, cargo, and more

Starfield console commands and cheats list

The most useful Starfield console commands, and how to use them on Xbox

Starfield Item IDs list

All 750+ Item IDs to use with commands in Starfield

Best Starfield mods

Transform your game with these top Starfield mods

Starfield Missed Beyond Measure walkthrough

Here's how to say goodbye to your close companion in the Missed Beyond Measure mission

Starfield One Giant Leap walkthrough

Here's how to complete Starfield's main mission and become Starborn in One Giant Leap

Starfield Revelation walkthrough

Here's how to successfully work your way through epic battles to complete the artifact collection in Revelation

Starfield Final Glimpses walkthrough

Here's how to upgrade your ship or acquire a new one to complete the Final Glimpses mission

Starfield Unearthed walkthrough

Here's how to gain a new artifact, fight the Starborn, and make a big decision

Starfield In Their Footsteps walkthrough: Meeting The Hunter

Here's what happens when you come face-to-face with The Hunter and The Emissary during In Their Footsteps

Starfield Unity walkthrough

Here's how to solve puzzles and uncover important answers about Unity, the artifacts, and Starborn

Starfield No Sudden Moves walkthrough

Here's how to successfully steal an artifact from Captain Petrov in No Sudden Moves

Starfield Short Sighted walkthrough

Here’s how to help your companions make urgent repairs to The Eye in Starfield’s Short Sighted mission

Starfield Further Into the Unknown walkthrough

It's time to fight the Starborn for the first time and gain two new artifacts in Further Into the Unknown

Starfield Starborn walkthrough

Here’s how to uncover more interplanetary mysteries in Starfield’s seventh main mission, Starborn

Starfield All That Money Can Buy walkthrough

Here's how to successfully negotiate another artifact for your collection in All That Money Can Buy

Starfield Into the Unknown walkthrough

Collect two more artifacts during the Into the Unknown main mission

Starfield: How to get the Star Eagle ship and complete the Freestar Collective quest line

A step-by-step guide to getting your hands on Starfield's Star Eagle ship

Starfield Overdesigned Walkthrough: How to get the best ship

Secure the best ship from Walter Stroud’s side mission and add it to your Starfield fleet for free

Starfield Red Tape Blues Walkthrough: Delete the competition

Here’s how to hack your way into Deimos Mining in the Red Tape Blues mission

Starfield Background Checks Walkthrough: Find the mole

Here’s how to track down the mole leaking confidential files from Ryujin Tower

All missions and quests in Starfield

Every main, companion and faction mission (plus all the side quests we know about)

Starfield Back to Vectera walkthrough: How to save Barrett

Here's how to rescue Barrett and get yourself a new companion

How to get adhesive in Starfield

Avoid getting yourself into a sticky situation while resource hunting

How to get lubricant in Starfield

Your best bet is relying on these shops

How to recruit mercenaries in Starfield

They might all be nameless, but they'll make great additions to your crew

Starfield planet traits explained

What and where are they?

All Starfield free ships and how to get them

Short on credits? Here are all the Starfield ships you can get for free

All Starfield ships and how to get them

From class C to class A, check out every one of your ship options

All the best Starfield Traits

Here are the best traits to pick in Starfield

How to get new Starfield ship modules

You don't have to stop at every location in the Settled Systems to find the Starfield ship modules you need.

Starfield max level explained

Your level can be as expansive as the game's universe

How to level up fast in Starfield

Level up fast in Starfield with these XP farming strats

All Starfield Skills, and the best Skills to upgrade

What are the best skills to get first in Starfield?

How to pass time in Starfield

Get some well-deserved rest

How to switch characters in Starfield

Yes, your second playthrough still exists

Best Starfield Powers, and how to unlock them all

Here's what all 24 powers in Starfield do

How to romance Sarah Morgan in Starfield

Learn how to romance and marry Sarah Morgan

How to romance Sam Coe in Starfield

Learn how to romance Sam Coe in Starfield

How to horizontal boost in Starfield

Learn this hidden boosting trick in Starfield for extra speed

Starfield: Where to sell contraband

Here's the easiest and best place to sell contraband in Starfield early on

Starfield romance options: How to romance each companion in Starfield

How to romance Sarah, Sam, Barrett, and Andreja

How to set up a Cargo Link in Starfield

How to use Cargo Links to transfer resources between your bases in Starfield

What is Quantum Essence in Starfield?

Here's what you need to know about Quantum Essence in Starfield

Starfield Alternating Currents mission walkthrough

Alternating options

Starfield Entangled mission walkthrough

The best of both worlds

Starfield: How to change ship color

Give your missions a little flair by changing your Starfield ship color

Starfield: How to change ships

Tired of your trusty 'ol Frontier? Here's how to change ships in Starfield for some new options

Can you respec in Starfield?

How to reallocate your skill points

How to refuel in Starfield

Are there interstellar refueling stations?

Best Starfield pistols

Discover the best pistols in Starfield

Starfield Infinity's End walkthrough

Let the old man go free, or put a bullet in his head?

Where to find the Strix System in Starfield

Travel to the Strix System for a fantastic XP Farm!

How to romance Barrett in Starfield

Learn how to romance Barrett in Starfield

How to romance Andreja in Starfield

Learn how to romance Andreja in Starfield

Starfield Mantis puzzle solution: Mantis quest walkthrough

Learn how to solve the Mantis puzzle in Starfield

Where to sell Survey Data in Starfield

Learn where to sell Survey Data in Starfield

How to get to the Wolf System in Starfield

Here's how to reach The Den in The Wolf System for all your smuggling needs

Starfield Dream Home guide and location

Everything you need to know about the tempting trait

How to rename your Starfield ship

Follow these steps to change the name of any ship you own in Starfield

How to pay a Starfield bounty

Learn how to clear a Starfield bounty and remove it before you face its consequences

Best Starfield Backgrounds

Which is the best Starfield background for you to pick?

How to transfer items to companions in Starfield

Give them a gift, or make them hold your stuff

Starfield Starborn: How to get the Starborn Ship and Starborn Armor

Learn how to get the Starborn Ship and Starborn Armor in Starfield

How to grav jump in Starfield

And how to avoid those pesky grav jump errors

Starfield best melee weapons

Discover the best melee weapons in Starfield

Starfield tips and tricks

Our Starfield guide is packed with essential tips and tricks

Best Starfield weapons and guns

Discover the best weapons in Starfield

How to scan everything in Starfield

Planets, flora, fauna, and resources

How to disable turrets in Starfield

Get rid of these pesky machines with three different methods

How to get Shielded Cargo in Starfield

Learn how to get Shielded Cargo in Starfield

Starfield: How to sell ships

Here's how to make a killing selling Starfield ships

Can you play Starfield offline?

Is internet required in space?

Starfield Earth landmarks: How to find landmarks on Earth

Discover all 10 Earth landmarks in Starfield

Starfield skill book locations

Learn where to find Starfield skill books

How to make money and get rich quickly in Starfield

Want to make money fast in Starfield? Here's how to do it.

All 1692 Starfield planets and where to find them

Locate all planets and moons in Starfield with our index

Starfield Ship Storage location, and how to upgrade it

Here's how to access your ship storage from anywhere, and upgrade it when your Cargo Hold is full

Starfield voice actors list

And where else you've heard them before

Starfield Emissary or Hunter choice explained

Should you side with the Emissary or the Hunter in the Unearthed mission?

Starfield High Price To Pay mission walkthrough

Should you stay at The Lodge or go to The Eye?

Starfield Neon location

Here's how to reach Neon City in Starfield

Starfield outposts explained

Learn how to harvest all the resources you'll ever need

How to heal all status effects in Starfield

Here's how to cure all status effects and afflictions in Starfield

How to fix Lung Damage in Starfield

Here's how to cure Lung Damage with ease in Starfield

How to install mods in Starfield

Here's how to get started modding Starfield

How to delete an outpost in Starfield

Goodbye, Outpost 1, it is time for Outpost 2

Starfield ship ideas: Best ship designs in Starfield

Discover the best ship designs in Starfield

Best Starfield outpost locations

These are the best planets to build outposts on in Starfield

Is Starfield multiplayer?

Will it be possible to play Starfield multiplayer in the future?

Starfield difficulty levels explained

Which difficulty level should you pick for your first Starfield playthrough?

The best SSDs for Starfield

Warp speed SSD upgrades to satisfy an unusual system requirement

Best Starfield builds

Dominate the Settled Systems with the very best Starfield builds

Here's how to fast travel in Starfield

Here's how the confusing Starfield fast travel system works

Stafield length, and how long to beat Main story

How long is Starfield? You'd better set aside more than just a weekend to play the game

Here's how to join all Starfield factions

From Ryujin Industries to the Crimson Fleet, we've joined them all

How to dock in Starfield

How to dock with any station or ship - even enemy ones...

Starfield Kid Stuff trait: Parents location in Starfield

Learn where to find your parents in Starfield

How to upgrade your ship in Starfield

Learn how to upgrade your ship in Starfield

Starfield DLSS mod: How to install DLSS in Starfield

Learn how to install the Starfield DLSS mod

Deals: The cheapest AMD GPU to come with a free copy of Starfield is this £186 RX 6600

But the RX 6650 XT at £225 is slightly better value...

Deals: Pick up the gorgeous Starfield Xbox Wireless Controller for £5 off

NASA-punk limited edition.

Come and chat all things Starfield with us in today's RPS Game Club liveblog

From 4pm GMT

Chunks is the perfect symbol for Starfield: square, mildly unholy, but still quietly fascinating

No, YOU'RE obsessed with Starfield's gourmet scene...

Starfield's zero-G gunfights are a rare treat, but I do enjoy them

Floating points

Starfield's adventures are hidden indoors, not in the stars

You'll need to open your menu for this one

The Starfield no-planets run: Honey, I broke the Universe

Mary Read vs the laws of physics

Supporters only: Are all of Starfield's side quests dull MMO fodder?

Please someone tell me if there are good missions

Dishonored 3 is the only exciting thing on Bethesda's leaked 5-year plan, and I'm worried

I will also give you Ghostwire: Tokyo 2, that game owned

Supporters only: Can Starfield NPCs please stop making fun of me for wearing my spacesuit?

Or attack me over it, one of the two

Please tell me I'm not the only one with a terrifying Starfield dad

What is wrong with his mouth???

The Starfield no-planets run: five reasons Starfield is genuinely, indisputably better as a pure space sim

A listicle for the doldrums

Supporters only: The art of the pause

Time crisis

Starfield PC performance and the best settings to use

The full version this time

For the love of all things good, do not install Starfield on a hard drive

It really does need an SSD to... well, work

The Starfield no-planets run: Golden Age of Piracy

Mary Read faces her greatest foe yet - schoolchildren

Starfield Steam Deck performance report: a frontier too far

She can’t take much more, cap'n

Got Starfield on PC Game Pass? Here’s how to play it with a Steam Deck

Local play is bleh, but Game Pass Ultimate holders can still call upon the cloud

The Starfield no-planets run: space pirate Mary Read is born

Sink me, another diary feature!

Visiting every Starfield planet: a diary with Turbo Eclipse

Day one in the Narion system

Starfield's map is even worse than Fallout and Skyrim's

The question isn't where, but when?

I have consumed Starfield's universe and it tastes of whole milk and cinnamon

Bethesda literally fed us their space adventure at Gamescom

Supporters only: Pete Hines saying Starfield is "irresponsibly large" makes me want to walk into the sea

Make them smaller or, so help me God, do not make them

In person, the Xbox Showcase is a pilgrimage for the most enthusiastic clappers

WORLD PREMIERE

Our 101 most anticipated games of 2023

Our personal picks for the year ahead

Citizen Sleeper made me realise that I don't really need Starfield

And helped me process some of my anxiety

Supporters only: Starfield's big reveal helped suppress my inner skeptic

Can't take me anywhere

Bethesda could have shown us anything with Starfield and they chose grey rocks again

And Howard wept, seeing as he had no more worlds to conquer

Our 43 most anticipated games of 2022

Time to break out those wishlists

Starfield's "explore the galaxy" premise is hard to beat, but it'll be even harder to deliver on

I really want to believe in it, though

What does the future hold for RPGs?

There will be incremental change, but machine learning could be a revolution

The Cheerer and the Jeerer - Bethesda's show at E3 2019 as it happened

A liveblog, but different