Starfield

Starfield is the latest RPG from Bethesda, the makers of the Fallout and Elder Scrolls series. It's the publisher's first brand new IP in over 25 years, and is one of the most eagerly anticipated games of 2023.

Set during the year 2330, Starfield is a sci-fi RPG that takes Bethesda's trademark open-world formula into space. Players can travel to over 100 star systems and land on more than 1,000 individual planets.

Starfield was first announced during Bethesda's blockbuster E3 2018 conference, which also revealed The Elder Scrolls 6. Starfield is available Day One on Xbox Game Pass, and is also launching on Steam.

Platforms

PC
Xbox Series X/S

Initial releaseSept. 6, 2023

Developers

Bethesda Game Studios

Genres

Action Adventure
Open World
RPG
Science Fiction
Shooter
Shooter: First Person

Publishers

Bethesda Softworks

Starfield Spotlight

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
Alice Bell
1 year ago
297
Starfield's abandoned gore and dismemberment system sure would have made it less grey
But it wasn't "lowkey or realistic" enough, according to former Bethesda character artist
Ed Thorn
3 months ago
58
Starfield console commands and cheats list
The most useful Starfield console commands, and how to use them on Xbox
Ollie Toms
7 months ago
1
Starfield names list: All the names VASCO can say
Including a list of the funniest and rudest Starfield names
Ollie Toms
7 months ago
5

Starfield Feed

A woman in a space suit looks straight to camera down their nose in front of a large space ship in Starfield

News

Starfield's abandoned gore and dismemberment system sure would have made it less grey

But it wasn't "lowkey or realistic" enough, according to former Bethesda character artist

Jan. 14, 2025Ed Thorn

58 comments

Starfield gameplay trailer screenshot of the player character.

News

Should devs tell people about launch bugs in advance? “It’s an interesting problem” says Starfield and Skyrim designer

"The players expectations are that the game is flawless" says Bethesda's Bruce Nesmith

Oct. 15, 2024Nic Reuben

85 comments

A player in Starfield stands in front of the city of Neon wearing full Mantis gear and wielding a Wakizashi sword.

Guide

Starfield console commands and cheats list

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

Sept. 27, 2024Ollie Toms

1 comment

VASCO the robot in Starfield stands inside the player's ship. A speech bubble next to him says "WELCOME, CAPTAIN ERECTUS!".

Guide

Starfield names list: All the names VASCO can say

Including a list of the funniest and rudest Starfield names

Sept. 26, 2024Ollie Toms

5 comments

Guide

Best ships in Starfield

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

Sept. 25, 2024Whitney Meers

The player floats towards a large glowing artifact in Starfield: Shattered Space.

Feature

Starfield: Shattered Space looks like a wise return to Bethesda basics

Assuming you take "basics" to mean "massive complicated things"

Aug. 22, 2024James Archer

54 comments

News

All five of you will get a free buggy when you next boot up Starfield

More like CARfield amirite

Aug. 20, 2024Nic Reuben

77 comments

Stone steps leading upward to a ruined barrow made of collapsed arches on a mountainside in Skyrim.

Feature

How the checklist conquered the open world, from Morrowind to Skyrim

The first in a new interview series about a sprawling, exhausting genre

July 3, 2024Edwin Evans-Thirlwell

181 comments

New gear from Starfield's Shattered Space expansion

News

Starfield will get at least one more expansion after Shattered Space, Todd Howard says

Studio hopes to follow their annual DLC release cycle

June 17, 2024Matt Jarvis

20 comments

A person in a spacesuit stands amid unusual arcing rock formations lit by an eerie red light.

News

Starfield's Shattered Space expansion looks to amp up the horror later this year

First trailer looks almost Daedric

June 9, 2024Graham Smith

9 comments

Podcast

The Electronic Wireless Show podcast: a patch of patches

Think it's over at launch? Oh no. This is never over.

May 2, 2024Alice Bell

4 comments

The player character in Starfield looks around after the game's May 2024 update, showing points of interest markers on the updated HUD

News

Starfield’s biggest update yet fixes its rubbish maps, adds custom difficulty and expands ship decoration

In beta now ahead of a May 15th release

May 1, 2024Matt Jarvis

46 comments

Skyrim's dragonborn character in a helmet

News

Elder Scrolls and Fallout devs Bethesda want to release games more often, but making them last is more important

Also, Todd Howard ain't retiring anytime soon

April 30, 2024Edwin Evans-Thirlwell

41 comments

The Frontier starting spaceship lands on a planet in Starfield, under the orange rings of a gas giant

News

Todd Howard says Starfield's Shattered Space DLC arrives "in the fall", update fixing stupid map "really soon"

A released game may eventually be good

April 30, 2024Alice Bell

39 comments

A character pulls a face in a new photo mode update for Starfield.

News

Starfield's new beta update arrives next week and lets you smile in photo mode

Enters beta on Steam on March 6th

March 2, 2024Graham Smith

22 comments

News

Starfield is getting AMD FSR 3 support in beta sometime next week

Following DLSS 3 support added last year

Feb. 3, 2024Graham Smith

6 comments

Katharine Castle's Starfield Dad with "uwu" emojis where his eyes should be.

News

Starfield's biggest patch yet, focused on bug fixes and visual upgrades, is out now

Better eyes, they say

Jan. 30, 2024Graham Smith

21 comments

News

Starfield’s biggest update yet has been delayed by a few days

Steam Beta launch had been planned to land today

Jan. 17, 2024Matt Jarvis

26 comments

Peanut Butter the shiba inu dog speedruns a game using a custom controller (and the motivation of a treat)

News

This week’s Games Done Quick 2024 includes Starfield, Baldur’s Gate 3 and the world’s first speedrunning dog

Along with a race between Elden Ring and Sekiro

Jan. 15, 2024Matt Jarvis

17 comments

A screenshot of "improved" lighting in Starfield's character creator.

News

Starfield's biggest update so far focuses on bug fixes, launches in beta next week

Also "numerous graphic improvements"

Jan. 13, 2024Graham Smith

25 comments

Withers, the NPC you must find before you can respec your character in Baldur's Gate 3.

Feature

The RPS guides team looks back at 2023

Here are the games and guides that defined 2023 for us

Dec. 29, 2023Ollie Toms

11 comments

Baldur's Gate 3 image showing a Half-Orc and Shadowheart lying in their bedrolls by the campfire.

Feature

The art of the pause

Time crisis

Dec. 26, 2023Edwin Evans-Thirlwell

23 comments

Starfield gameplay trailer screenshot of a ship

News

Starfield will get updates every six weeks beginning in February 2024

Shattered Space expansion coming 2024 also

Dec. 21, 2023Graham Smith

60 comments

News

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

As well as mod support

Dec. 12, 2023Graham Smith

53 comments

The adoring fan from Starfield in the crosshairs of a weapon

Podcast

The Electronic Wireless Show podcast S2 Episode 40: the last voyage of the Bethesda review replies

They already hate us, this episode won't make it worse

Nov. 30, 2023Alice Bell

6 comments

Starfield Gallery

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

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

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