Whereas we nonetheless don’t know the precise Starfield launch date, a current interview with a excessive rating Microsoft worker has indicated that, sure, it will likely be releasing someday after Redfall. Each Bethesda’s RPG and Arkane’s latest shooter have been delayed on the similar time earlier this yr, with launch dates but to be confirmed for each.
This comes from an interview head of Xbox Sport Studios Matt Booty, who spoke on the Buddies Per Second podcast and talked about how Bethesda and director Todd Howard aren’t simply making ‘Skyrim in area’ with Starfield, however as a substitute taking pictures for one thing extra.
“Having had the prospect over the past yr and a half or so to spend extra time with Todd Howard and see how he works and see what he brings to recreation design, I’m assured that he’s not gonna sit nonetheless on what was constructed earlier than.”
“It’s not [Howard’s] method to come back in and reskin one thing proper? So there’s going to be an terrible lot of issues that transfer ahead with this recreation, simply from my view […] the factor that excites me first is the visible type.”
Booty additionally confirms that Redfall could be releasing earlier than Starfield, which seemingly places the Bethesda RPG as popping out round Could/June time, as Booty mentioned Microsoft might be ‘trying down the calendar’ after Redfall at Starfield’s launch. You will discover Booty’s solutions about Starfield within the beneath video (on the 1:25:30 mark).
Regardless of being a methods off launch but, there’s lots to be enthusiastic about with Starfield, like how the Starfield Reddit seemed on the traits and thinks we’d be capable of ‘kill’ our mother and father within the recreation after we take away the related trait, or how the adoring fan Elder Scrolls NPC appears to be like like they’ll be making a return within the area RPG.
We additionally did a Starfield interview with an ex-Bethesda developer not too long ago, who talked about growing to the dimensions of the universe, constructing an entire new recreation universe, and the way the group has tailored to each.
If you’d like some preliminary Starfield guides, we’ve damaged down a few of what we already know concerning the recreation, like a Starfield traits information, Crimson Fleet faction information, and Constellation faction information.