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Starfield's latest patch adds new very low settings perfect for gaming handhelds

The latest update for Starfield is in beta testing on Steam, with bug fixes, bigger file sizes for Creations, and new low settings that seem perfect for gaming handhelds.

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As Oblivion Remastered gets all the love, Starfield's biggest modders are in the process of abandoning Bethesda's latest RPG for good

Not so adoring fans

GamesRadar

Starfield gets a new beta update on Steam with bug fixes, a 'Very Low' display setting, and no new content

Some players are happy the game hasn't been abandoned, but others are wondering why it took six months for this.

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Xbox has become a Game Pass machine and nothing more — Is it enough to justify Microsoft's console over a costly gaming PC?

I can't think of many reasons to buy an Xbox over competing platforms when Microsoft has dwindled its appeal to one place: Game Pass.

Windows Central

Corsair's custom shop Drop announces possibly the best thing to come out of Starfield

The collab focusses on the very customisable CSTM80 ten-keyless mechanical board, but that means you can get most of it separately too.

PC Gamer

By the time Bethesda was on Starfield, you'd 'basically get in trouble' for breaking schedule, says former dev: 'A lot of the great stuff within Skyrim came from having the freedom to do what you want'

Fus by numbers.

PC Gamer

Former Bethesda dev who quit Starfield to go solo says it's 'much less stressful as an indie' without daily meetings or 'office politics': it's 'very refreshing to just care about the game'

Nate Purkeypile released his first solo game, The Axis Unseen, last year.

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Starfield could be getting a PS5 release after fans spot a PlayStation logo on work-in-progress Creation

Starfield could be getting a PlayStation 5 release sooner than we think.

TechRadar

Starfield promises it still exists as silence drives fans to space-madness, but it mostly just annoys everyone: 'They are deliberately choosing not to communicate more'

In space, no one can hear you say nothing.

PC Gamer

'Starfield' Update, Additional Content Coming Soon as Part of Bethesda's Massive Plans This Year

Starfield is still on track to get updates that will deliver fresh and new content as well as improvements from Bethesda.

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Bethesda says Xbox's Starfield is about to have a big 2025 with new updates — is the 'Starborn' DLC coming out?

After months of silence, Starfield developer Bethesda has hinted that something big is coming to the RPG this year.

Windows Central

Bethesda breaks silence as Starfield fans hope for an update: "We have a lot of exciting things planned for the game this year"

Starfield is still very much alive

GamesRadar

Baldur's Gate 3 and Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 show that the future of RPGs is in games way more ambitious, weird and unexpected than anything Bethesda and BioWare have to offer

Dragon Age: The Veilguard and Starfield came and went—meanwhile, a new breed of RPG dominates the conversation.

PC Gamer

The Elder Scrolls 6 sleuths use Starfield math to narrow down the Skyrim sequel's potential release window, and sorry folks, it's still looking like it's ages away

According to these calculations, we still shouldn't expect the next RPG anytime soon

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Win a chance to see a SpaceX rocket launch thanks to Bethesda, creators of 'Starfield'

Xbox and Bethesda have teamed up with Lonestar to send one 'Starfield' fan to Florida to witness the launch of a historic space mission to the Moon.

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Xbox Game Pass Just Quietly Added The Most Overlooked Sci-Fi RPG of the Decade

Bethesda's latest RPG Starfield is now available to all tiers of Xbox Game Pass.

Windows Central

Xbox Game Pass is getting Obsidian's Avowed, another EA sports game, and more

Obsidian Entertainment's RPG Avowed, EA's Madden NFL 25, and more games are coming to Xbox Game Pass soon.

GamesRadar

Phil Spencer isn't ruling out Xbox exclusives like Starfield making the jump to other platforms: "There is no reason for me to put a ring fence around any game"

"To keep games off of other platforms, that's not a path for us. It doesn't work for us"

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Bethesda intended Starfield to be more violent, including 'meat caps' for beheaded astronauts, but the gore was toned down for technical reasons and because it 'didn't fit thematically'

"It turned into a big Rat's Nest."

PC Gamer

'I think geniuses come up with terrible ideas, too': Former senior artist at Bethesda likens Todd Howard's struggles with complete creative control to George Lucas

"If you don't have somebody to help you filter through these things and give you an honest assessment, it actually does hurt you."

GamesRadar

Skyrim's iconic opening was done by Starfield's quest lead, but only after he was brutally called out for "everything we're doing wrong" in front of the Bethesda team

Will Shen ended up redoing all his Skyrim work after the "super brutal" callout

PC Gamer

Former Starfield lead quest designer says we're seeing a 'resurgence of short games' because people are 'becoming fatigued' with 100-hour monsters

Will Shen says people already have huge, open-ended games they like, so it's tough for new ones to find room.

GamesRadar

Ex-Starfield lead looks at the open-world game boom and says "you can see Dark Souls and Elden Ring being a secondary trend: let's make third-person action combat really hard"

"Everything became survival crafting because Minecraft became super popular"

GamesRadar

Former Starfield lead says "people are fatigued" with huge games, and "I'm sorry" because "part of what happened is the success of games like Skyrim and Fallout 4"

Will Shen says "before, it was MMOs for that" never-ending experience

PC Gamer

Starfield is surprisingly absent from Steam's 2024 bestsellers list despite taking a top spot in 2023

Steam's "Best of 2024" list runs down the top-selling and most-played games of the year.

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