The top 25 best open-world games out right now, ranked The best open world games that anyone can pick up and play right now ranked in order of which you should play first to last. Destructoid · May 14, 2025
Even Starfield's community patch modders are growing 'disenchanted' with the sci-fi RPG, as volunteers depart in droves: 'If nobody comes forward, we may have to retire the project' Project leader is "opening up the floor" for a replacement. PC Gamer · May 10, 2025
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. Windows Central · May 7, 2025
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 · May 7, 2025
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. PC Gamer · May 6, 2025
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 · May 6, 2025
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 · Apr 18, 2025
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 · Mar 26, 2025
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. PC Gamer · Mar 25, 2025
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 · Mar 18, 2025
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 · Mar 7, 2025
'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. Player One · Mar 7, 2025
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 · Mar 6, 2025
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 · Mar 6, 2025
PC Gamer · Mar 6, 2025 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.
GamesRadar · Feb 20, 2025 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
Space · Feb 12, 2025 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.
Inverse · Feb 8, 2025 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 · Feb 4, 2025 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 · Jan 27, 2025 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"
PC Gamer · Jan 19, 2025 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 · Jan 14, 2025 '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 · Jan 9, 2025 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 · Jan 6, 2025 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 · Jan 6, 2025 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"