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[Tom]

Bethesda's space opera Starfield is officially delayed. The game was supposed to appear on November 11, 2022. Instead, it will appear in Q1 2023.

Bethesda didn't offer any detailed explanation for the Starfield delay, beyond citing quality control thoughts.

In a statement released via Twitter, the publisher noted that Bethesda Game Studios require more time on their project to make it the "best, most polished" title it can be.

"We can't wait to share our first deep dive into the gameplay for Starfield soon" says Bethesda. Expect that at the Xbox and Bethesda Games Showcase, which will take place on June 12.

Starfield needs no introduction. The game sells itself as an entertaining space expedition to "answer humanity's greatest mystery" and marks Bethesda's first new IP in 25 years. To help kill time and make the wait for the game more bearable, why not watch the video below for things we know so far about the Xbox-exclusive Bethesda RPG.

 

[David76]

Bethesda has revealed its global release times alongside the minimum and recommended PC specifications ahead of its early access release date of Friday, September 1.



Bethesda Game Studios shared the details in a blog, giving important details to those of us still living on the "old neighborhood" called Earth. First up, it shared the release timing for those who will get access to Starfield via early access.

If you pre-ordered or purchased the premium edition, premium edition upgrade, or the Constellation Edition, you will be able to take off into the great beyond on September 1 (or even earlier!). If you have the standard edition, you will have to wait until September 6.

You can see the image below for the full global release times, but those in Eastern and Pacific time zones will be able to play Starfield right at 5pm PT/8pm ET on August 31. That translates to September 1 at 1am BST/10am AEST.

As for Starfield's PC specs, both the minimum and recommended options require an SSD and will require 125 GB of avaialble space. Check out the full minimum and recommended specs for Starfield below;

MINIMUM:

• OS: Windows 10 version 21H1 (10.0.19043)
• Processor: AMD Ryzen 5 2600X, Intel Core i7-6800K
• Memory: 16 GB RAM
• Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 5700, NVIDIA GeForce 1070 Ti
• DirectX: Version 12
• Storage: 125 GB available space
• Additional Notes: SSD Required

RECOMMENDED:

• OS: Windows 10/11 with updates
• Processor: AMD Ryzen 5 3600X, Intel i5-10600K
• Memory: 16 GB RAM
• Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080
• DirectX: Version 12
• Network: Broadband Internet connection
• Storage: 125 GB available space
• Additional Notes: SSD Required

 

[Legion]

I'm 4 hours in. I really like it so far.

Definitely Bethesda's most polished game on release. Even the 30fps seems ok, very steady and playable.

Skyrim in space is fine by me.

 

[Ginger Ted]

It's decent, but it takes like 4 hours to actually get to a point where it's decent. Such a slow starter.

 

[Gemma]

I decided to buy the upgrade.

I've only had the chance to play a couple of hours, enjoyed what I have seen so far. Looking forward to getting back to it over the weekend!

I did manage to get arrested, though I'm not sure why, maybe it's just part of the story. I was offered the chance of doing an undercover mission to avoid jail time but declined though the mission is still available and those that proposed the mission are now a enemy.

 

[Black Sheep]

I'm having a lot of fun on Akila as a ranger.

That's the main campaign gone for the next while. I'm busy as a space ranger and bounty hunter on a lawless planet

 

[Gemma]

Enjoying this. The side missions have side tracked me a little though.

I've just go completed my 6th main mission which was gaining my first "power", on my way to Neon now.

Think I've done about 11 side missions with another 5 in progress). I've also got the Mantis legendary gear and ship (much better than the default Frontier).

 

[David76]

Decided to play around with the outposts for 30 minutes on today. That turned in to like 4 hrs and well I'm still playing around with outposts building myself a mining and shipping empire.

Can't believe how much time you lose whilst trying to figure out why you Hydrogen extractors don't seem to have any power and why all of a sudden did that hydrogen generator just cut out. It's very tedious but when you start seeing ships landing and taking off every 5 mins it feels good.

 

[Ray Gin]

Must say I'm loving it so far, seems like any detour leads to hours of side content, went to kill a bounty, got a distress call from a farm, rebooted satellites, brokered a defense treaty and am now leading a small fleet to combat.

Also starting to delve in ship building out of necessity, getting my ass handed to me in ship combat (usual 3v1) at hard difficulty, any reason to keep the frontier? Took a bounty hunters ship so might start using that as my base ship.

 

[David76]

Must say I'm loving it so far, seems like any detour leads to hours of side content, went to kill a bounty, got a distress call from a farm, rebooted satellites, brokered a defense treaty and am now leading a small fleet to combat.

Also starting to delve in ship building out of necessity, getting my ass handed to me in ship combat (usual 3v1) at hard difficulty, any reason to keep the frontier? Took a bounty hunters ship so might start using that as my base ship.

I'm playing on hard difficulty too. The trick with ship combat is to be aggressive in your movement, which necessitates putting power into your engines. So having a speedy ship is very useful.

My current combat ship is a fast glass cannon essentially. It can't take too many hits, but it's also very hard to hit due to how I pilot it, and it's weapons tear ships apart.

I'm sure there are other tactics to employ. But being aggressive works for me.

 

[Tom]

A new Starfield title update has been released. Patch version 1.7.33 of Bethesda's latest RPG is now live on Xbox & PC, and it contains a fairly brief list of changes and fixes for the Xbox and PC versions of the game.

This update addresses some issues with performance and stability as well as a few general gameplay issues.

Here are the full patch notes for the Starfield 1.7.33 update:

General​

• Characters: Fixed an issue that could cause some characters to not be in their proper location.
• Star Stations: Fixed an issue where Star Stations would be labeled as a player-owned ship.
• Vendors: Addressed an issue that allowed for a vendor's full inventory to be accessible.

Graphics​

• AMD (PC): Resolved an issue that caused star lens flares not to appear correctly AMD GPUs.
• Graphics: Addressed an upscaling issue that could cause textures to become blurry.
• Graphics: Resolved an issue that could cause photosensitivity issues when scrolling through the inventory menu.

Performance And Stability​

• Hand Scanner: Addressed an issue where the Hand Scanner caused hitching.
• Various stability and performance improvements to address crashing and freezes.

Ships​

• Displays: Fixed an issue that would cause displayed items to disappear when applied to in-ship mannequins.
• Displays: Fixed an issue that would cause items stored in Razorleaf Storage Containers and Weapon Racks to disappear after commandeering another ship.

The team is also "continuing to work on a larger update" that'll address some top-requested community features - you can read all about those down below:

Bethesda has announced today that a variety of features will be coming to Starfield across Xbox and PC as part of a "regular interval of updates", including some pretty big ones targeting the likes of HDR and DLSS.

This is a game we'll be supporting for years and years to come, so please keep all the feedback coming! Even if we don't get to your requests immediately, we'd love to do it in the future, like city maps. Our priority initially is making sure any top blocker bugs or stability issues are addressed, and adding quality-of-life features that many are asking for.

Here's the list of those "top community requested features" for Starfield that are coming soon:

• Brightness and Contrast controls
• HDR Calibration Menu
• FOV Slider
• Nvidia DLSS Support (PC)
• 32:9 Ultrawide Monitor Support (PC)
• Eat button for food!

We're also working closely with Nvidia, AMD, and Intel on driver support, and each update will include new stability and performance improvements.

Along with this, there are a couple other things to mention. Firstly, Bethesda has reiterated that built-in mod support will arrive early in 2024, and "will work across all platforms similar to what we've done with Skyrim and Fallout 4".