Starfield Showbiz and Celebrity Breaking News

Starfield has already vanished from many people’s collective consciousness, but Bethesda has begun defending the game from criticism in Steam reviews by replying to certain users.As spotted by YouTuber JuiceHead on X (formerly Twitter), Bethesda has started replying to Starfield reviews using the handles Bethesda_FalcoYamaoka and Bethesda_Kraken.In a reply to one review that criticised the number of loading screens in the game, a Bethesda developer wrote that “while there may be loading screens in between fast travelling, just consider the amount of data for the expansive gameplay that is procedurally generated to load flawlessly.”In a reply to another review, which called the game “wide as an ocean- shallow as a puddle”, the same developer wrote that “if you feel that things are getting boring, there is so much more to do than just the main mission! There are many side missions where you can learn more about the people and story of Starfield.”There’s currently no word from Bethesda as to why they’ve suddenly decided to reply to Steam reviews, however.Starfield launched in September of this year, releasing on the same day as the PS5 version of Baldur’s Gate 3, to fairly positive reviews. The game is currently sitting at 83 on Metacritic, with an 85 on Opencritic.NME’s own review of Starfield was positive, writing that “Starfield promises so much, but comes up short of perfection.

Starfield is getting a story DLC, Shattered Space, this autumn and a new, free update that will be announced in the next few days, according to Todd Howard.In an interview with Kinda Funny Games, with transcriptions from VGC, Bethesda director Todd Howard confirmed “Shattered Space is in the fall, but we have a big update that’s coming really soon for Starfield.”Shattered Space was announced last year, back in June, and comes included with the proce of Starfield‘s premium editions. Players who bought those should be able to download the DLC when it launches at no extra cost, while players who only have the base game or Game Pass version will be required to pay up.“There’s a lot of stuff… we redid the map stuff, so we have some city map stuff,” said Howard.

Starfield features a silent main character, actor Elias Toufexis has revealed he spent “months” voicing the game’s protagonist before being moved to another role.Toufexis, best known for voicing Adam Jensen in the Deus Ex series, took to Twitter yesterday (November 8) to confirm he was originally hired to be the players’ voice in Starfield, along with BAFTA-winning voice actor and The Owl House star Cissy Jones.“We worked for months,” he shared (via Gamesradar), although developer Bethesda Softworks ultimately decided to scrap the main character’s voice-acted lines.However, it wasn’t all bad news. Toufexis and Jones were instead given two different leading roles as members of Constellation – Toufexis as spacefaring cowboy Sam Coe, and Jones as ex-spy Andreja.

Starfield will introduce Nvidia DLSS (deep learning super sampling) support in an undated update, as well as “other optimisations and improvements”.AMD and Bethesda entered an agreement for the PC port of Starfield and as such, only AMD’s FSR 2 (FidelityFX Super Resolution) is supported in the game.Due to the ubiquity of Nvidia video cards, this omission was irksome for PC players, and a number of mods that added Nvidia DLSS support popped up shortly following Starfield‘s launch.We've been hard at work on @StarfieldGame updates and will be putting our next one into Steam Beta next week.This update will feature Nvidia DLSS support with frame generation, display and HDR controls for supported systems, and other optimizations and improvements. You'll be…— Bethesda Game Studios (@BethesdaStudios) November 1, 2023The forthcoming update, as announced on X, will officially integrate Nvidia DLSS support to Starfield with Bethesda stating that the feature will arrive in beta next week.This will be available for PC players playing on Steam with the appropriate video card – this won’t work for those using an AMD card.Furthermore, the Nvidia DLSS support will allow for “frame generation, display and HDR controls for supported systems, and other optimisations and improvements”.Once the beta is over, the feature will roll out for PC and Xbox Series X|S more widely.

Starfield modder has made a mod that replaces all of the sci-fi game’s ships with Thomas The Tank Engine.Modder Trainwiz shared that they have a number of Starfield mods in the works and that “some might be serious”. This one, in contrast, causes issues with building ships, flying ships in the third person perspective and any texture related mods that the player might be running.“For his crimes against God and his invention of murder, Thomas was smote, thusly,” read the description for the mod, titled “Really Useful Starfield”, on Nexus Mods.https://t.co/4JIM24WZB0I have replaced all ships in #Starfield with Thomas the Tank Engine.

Starfield player challenged their self to recreate Chunks, the ubiquitously successful brand of food in the sci-fi game, and players have been won over.Chunks are small cubes infused with flavours that are reminiscent of natural and processed foods and drinks. The idea that the founder based his enterprise on was that the majority of people did not care what they ate as long as its taste was pleasant.As such, no one knows how Chunks are made in the world of Starfield.

Activision and Sledgehammer Games have revealed a number of Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 multiplayer maps that are the modernisations of the originals from 2009.All available at launch, these are Afghan, Derail, Estate, Favela, Karachi, Highrise, Invasion, Quarry, Rundown, Rust, Scrapyard, Skidrow, Sub Base, Terminal, Underpass and Wasteland. Revitalising the classics was something of a passion project for the art team, who apparently “lit up” when they were told of the move to bring these legacy maps back.“We [asked], ‘What was good about the movement of older games? What was good about the gunplay of older games?’” explained design director Zach Hodson in the intel drop.

Starfield with composer Inon Zur conducting the opening and closing melodies.Available to listen to through Bethesda‘s official YouTube channel, this was the first full concert dedicated to the sci-fi score. Check it out below:In NME‘s four-star review of Starfield, particular praise was paid to Zur’s contribution to the experience of exploring its mysterious galaxy by “capturing the excitement and danger of space”.Zur, who has worked on series like EverQuest, Dragon Age, Fallout, Prince Of Persia and Syberia, has scored tens of nominations over the years.

Starfield has become something of a golden goose for players by letting them loot the entire contents of a store without incurring a bounty.Jamie Moran took to X to post what they had stumbled upon on the planet of Akila. If the player walks over to the Shepherd’s store, located in Akila City, there are a number of muddy puddles on the path outside.

Starfield has suffered some ridicule for an assumed Irish character who fans are arguing doesn’t sound anything like an actual Irish person.Dr. Charlie Flynn, a non playable character found in Cydonia’s Reliant Medical Office, has been the target of this criticism. “The Irish accents in Starfield are… yeah.

Starfield features contributions from a former The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim writer who is now training to become a priest.Religion acted as a conduit for Starfield‘s themes of theology yet, as it is such a personal part of people’s lives, the team was aware they might mistakenly offend players. In the game, Sanctum Universum believes that God exists in the universe and that the Grav Drive (that allows for interstellar travel) is evidence that He is encouraging humans to find Him.In an interview with Polygon, design director Emil Pagliarulo shared that Bethesda reached out to one of their old employees for a realistic perspective on a fictional religion.“We actually had Shane Liesegang, who was one of our writers [on Skyrim and Fallout 4] … He’s now studying to be a Jesuit priest,” explained Pagliarulo.

Bethesda fans are the “smartest” in the gaming space according to director Todd Howard, who thanked the community for their patience and passion for Starfield over the years.“Hey everyone! Long time lurker here,” said Howard in a post to the game’s subreddit yesterday (August 30).“A quick THANK YOU for your passion and excitement for Starfield. I can remember when this sub started, and as it’s grown, your excitement has fuelled all of us at Bethesda.

Imagine Dragons have released ‘Children Of The Sky’, a song created for upcoming sci-fi role-playing game (RPG) Starfield.Incorporating the game’s main musical theme from Inon Zur, the song’s official music video takes the viewer on a tour of the array of planets that Starfield will feature. Check out ‘Children Of The Sky’ below:“Bethesda created iconic games we’ve been playing for most of our lives, and we’re honoured to have collaborated on this song for Starfield,” said frontman Dan Reynolds in a press release.

The Elder Scrolls 6 is in active development at the moment, however, it is not Bethesda‘s priority due to the upcoming launch of Starfield.Pete Hines, head of communication at the company, spoke to Vandal about how the teams are splitting the workload between support for Starfield and the next chapter of The Elder Scrolls series.“We have all our studios focused on making this game the best it can be,” he replied regarding the imminent release of Starfield. “And yes, there are people working on The Elder Scrolls 6, but this is what the studio has focused on.”Hines confirmed that The Elder Scrolls 6 is now in active development, which is an uplifting announcement for fans.

Microsoft has nixed the Xbox Game Pass offer that introduced new customers to the subscription service for £1, one week before Starfield‘s launch.According to Games Radar, players realised that the offer disappeared over the weekend (August 26) and that the timing appears to be related to the upcoming launch of Starfield.Originally, players were able to get their first month of Xbox Game Pass for £1 in order to see the benefits of the service, such as playable first-party launches on day one, discounts and backwards compatible classics from the Xbox 360 era.In March, Xbox’s head of global communications Kari Perez said that the offer had been killed off as it “[evaluates] different marketing promotions for new members in the future”. The company then rolled out a system where current users could invite five of their friends to free two-week trials of Xbox Game Pass.Following that, the offer was resurrected in July, but it was shortened to 14 days of Xbox Game Pass for £1 for new customers just a month later.Xbox Game Pass is available in three different versions – console, PC and Ultimate.

Starfield is available to pre-load, it’s been found that the game weighs in at 139GB on PC.On the other hand, Starfield is 100GB for the Standard Edition or 117GB for the Premium Edition on Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S. Those who bought the sci-fi odyssey on the Microsoft Store are able to pre-load on PC now, however, purchases through Steam won’t unlock until August 30.Especially fervent fans should consider opting for pre-ordering the Premium Edition which allows them to start their journey on September 1 rather than September 6.As well as early access, this version of Starfield offers the Old Mars Skin Pack for the Laser Cutter, Deep Mining Helmet and Deep Mining Pack, the Constellation Skin Pack for the Equinox Laser Rifle, Spacesuit, Helmet and Boost Pack, the digital artbook and original soundtrack and the Shattered Space expansion.The Constellation Edition is the priciest of the three versions at £249.99 ($299.89).

Starfield is now less than a month away from releasing, and in the run-up to launch, Bethesda has shared a timeline that covers 300 years of history in the sci-fi game’s universe.As visible on Bethesda’s website, the timeline begins with humanity first arriving on Mars in 2050, and runs up to 2328 – just two years before Starfield takes place in 2330.As for what the timeline includes, after landing on Mars it takes humans another 50 years to begin living in space. Settlers then make it to the Alpha Centauri star system by 2156 and establish one of the game’s major factions, the United Colonies (UC).However, 2188 sees the foundation of rival faction The Freestar Collective, which ultimately goes to war with the UC in 2196.

Starfield Direct let fans feast their eyes on a vast range of planets and their odd environments, humorous character traits, flexible skill systems and more — placing an emphasis on Bethesda‘s role-playing systems within the game.Previously, Bethesda’s presentations introduced us to Starfield‘s “NASA punk” aesthetic, where “everything is well used, worn and lived in.”Today (June 11), another look at the game explained that the game’s planets will fall into one of two categories: colonised or barren. The former is where players will meet friends and foes, spurring their quest through the stars onwards, and the latter are resource-heavy and possess risks and rewards.

Starfield Direct (June 11) treated sci-fi fans to its sparkly settings, customisable spaceships and character creation, it also saw the return of one of The Elder Scrolls’ most aggravating characters.Traits, which are an optional aspect, alter how the game reacts to the player’s character. For example, the Freestar Collective Settler trait allies the player with that faction and will allow for greater faction rewards, however, crime bounties towards other factions are significantly increased.However, Hero Worshiped means that a blond citizen will appear randomly and fawn over the character — seemingly never tiring, requiring food or water, or running out of things to say.You can see it in action through the timestamped video below.As spotted in the footage, there’s no doubting it: that NPC is another iteration of the Adoring Fan that appeared in The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion.

Bethesda’s Todd Howard has taken part in a Q&A-style interview during which he revealed more details about Starfield’s dialogue system as well as a first look at the persuasion minigame that will feature in the space role-playing game (RPG).The persuasion system is a rehashed look at the simplistic system that featured in 2006’s Oblivion. During an earlier discussion in a developer roundtable, Howard had said that the new Starfield persuasion minigame “feels like you’re having a conversation where you’re actually trying to persuade somebody of something” (via, The Loadout).An unlisted video on Bethesda’s YouTube channel takes a deeper look into exactly how the persuasion system will work, which was spotted by Biosnake on ResetEra.

Starfield, assuming the state of the game’s launch after other Bethesda open-world titles.Called the Starfield Community Patch (via PCGamesN), this collective effort from a number of modders aims to “fix bugs, errors and other inconsistencies present in the game,” before it’s even out yet.The mod page for the upcoming Starfield mod lists the scope of the project, which includes fixing: misplaced objects, script errors, inconsistencies in item properties, faulty quests, game-breaking exploits, missing attributes like tags and spelling errors.It doesn’t intend to fix new content, any balance changes (outside “obvious errors”) and tweaks that are not in keeping with the game’s “original vision.”As the Starfield Community Patch is open to all players anyone can contribute, but there is a core team behind it as well.“The Community Patch (in whole or in part) should never require payment to access, this includes any “early access” builds,” reads the mod page. “The patch itself will allow donations and will earn reward points via the Nexus Mods Donation Points Scheme.

Starfield director Todd Howard has shared that the city of New Atlantis in Starfield is bigger than any city Bethesda has previously made.Speaking to IGN, Howard shared that while Starfield will have four major cities, New Atlantis – the capital of the United Colonies – will be the largest in the game.In fact, New Atlantis won’t just be Starfield‘s largest city: it will be the biggest settlement Bethesda has ever made. This means that players can expect New Atlantis to loom over every city from Skyrim or the Fallout series, as well as Oblivion‘s sizeable Imperial City.As to what the city will offer, Howard shared that “it has all the services you would expect, and you can work on your ship there”.

Starfield –Vasco, a robotic companion.An official Vasco behind the scenes video has been shared to IGN’s YouTube channel providing a bit of detail on the companion character. “We’re excited to introduce you to one of our favourite companions in the game, Constellation’s very own expeditionary robot Vasco,” Starfield lead artist Istvan Pely begins the video.“As an early model built by Lunar Robotics, Vasco was refurbished to meet the requirements of Constellation’s mission,” continues Pely.

Bethesda has revealed that its upcoming sci-fi RPG Starfield has drawn inspiration from Oblivion with its persuasion mechanic.On Tuesday (March 16), Bethesda shared a video titled ‘Made for Wanderers‘, which goes into more detail regarding Starfield‘s RPG systems.One of these systems – a persuasion system that will let players influence NPCs in the world – has now been detailed.“We knew we wanted to do some kind of persuasion mini-game thing,” shared Emil Pagliarulo, design director at Bethesda.Lead quest designer Will Shen then added “we sat down, and it was funny: we didn’t start with “let’s look back at the old Oblivion system”, but there are a couple of beats there.”“You have to think about, “What’s my risk here? Which one do I want to choose?” We didn’t want it to be a system where there was definitely the right thing to say,” Shen explained.“It feels like a conversation where you’re actually trying to persuade somebody of something,” added game director Todd Howard. “As far as new systems in dialogue, I think it’s definitely one of the most successful ones that we’ve had.”During the rest of the video, which is just under six minutes in total, the developers also discussed several other elements of Starfield – including the fact that it was inspired by “older, hardcore RPGs”. The team also discusses the various factions in Starfield, how players will be able to interact with them, and what companions will add to the world.

Bethesda Software has released a new video blog about the creation of Starfield, with game director Todd Howard saying it’s inspired by “older, hardcore RPGs”.Speaking about how a lot of the team behind Starfield have been making games for a long time now, Howard explained how it was “nice to go back to some things we didn’t do [on previous titles like] the backgrounds, the traits, defining your character, all those stats.”He went on to say that a lot of modern games have started incorporating those elements “and people are ready for something that does the things those older, hardcore RPGS that we used to make, did (but) in a new way.”In recent years, Howard has worked on Skyrim and Fallout 4.The video also sees the team talk factions, persuasion and the possibility of romance with repeated mentions about the importance of “immersion”.“It’s a level of immersion that we really focus on, you’re not just playing a game but really living in this world, in this universe,” said Istvan Pely, lead artist with design director Emil Pagliarulo describing Starfield as “a giant open world for the player to do what they want”.Lead quest designer Will Shen added: “You feel like you’ve had an impact on the world, you really feel like you’re there”.Pagliarulo said: “We don’t just make RPGs, we make simulations.” Later, he explained how Starfield will have ”romance, adventure, and mystery” alongside this other layer of “the cosmos, the universe and what is out there.”“At the end of it, we want the players to have told their own journey, but then look back at it. And we’re asking the big questions.

Bethesda have revealed over a dozen pieces of concept art for their upcoming RPG Starfield as well as the theme, ‘Starfield Suite’.The reveal came as the company celebrated the 10th anniversary of Skyrim with a 50-minute anniversary concert.Towards the end of the show, Todd Howard – Director of Bethesda – introduced composer Inon Zur to show off his latest creation, the theme for Starfield.

Bethesda is planning on revealing more Starfield information during the summer of next year.During a new Reddit AMA, Bethesda Game Director and Executive Producer Todd Howard was asked about the publisher’s upcoming role-playing game, Starfield.Many fans enquired about when we’ll next get to see the sci-fi game, with one asking whether or not Starfield has any “groundbreaking innovations that will set a high bar for the next generation of action RPGs”.To this, Todd Howard said: “We prefer to

Bethesda‘s Todd Howard has shared some news on the studio’s upcoming sci-fi RPG Starfield, touching on what fans can expect from modding tools and character customisation.In an AMA hosted by Todd Howard yesterday (November 10), the director and executive producer at Bethesda has revealed a surprising amount of news on Starfield, which is set to release in 2022.On mod support – which is a staple in Bethesda’s Fallout and The Elder Scrolls franchises – Howard revealed the following:“Our plan [is

Bethesda’s approach to Starfield, and how the game was a now or never situation for the developer.This comes from a recent IGN Unfiltered interview where Howard sat down and talked about the past, present, and future of Bethesda and its games.“We felt doing something like Starfield…” explained Howard.

Bethesda has given players brief videos to look at the concept work for three of Starfield’s cities, along with some new details.Starfield is coming to Xbox and PC sometime in 2022, and Bethesda has begun sharing details about the worlds players will be able to explore. Three of the major cities have had brief details shared about them in Developer insight videos.

Bethesda Softwork’s upcoming Starfield, said that developing on fewer consoles “is going to make for a better product.”In a recent interview with the Telegraph, Todd Howard discussed Microsoft’s acquisition of Bethesda and how it will affect the developers’ games going forward.“It’s really about focus, that’s what I would say.

Bethesda, has apologised for the frustration gamers are feeling about the Xbox-exclusivity of the upcoming Starfield.Starfield will be the first game released by Bethesda since the developer’s parent company, ZeniMax Media, was acquired by Microsoft for US$7.5billion last year.

Bethesda’s director and executive producer Todd Howard has shared new details about the studio’s upcoming game, Starfield.In a new interview with The Telegraph, Howard revealed more information regarding the forthcoming sci-fi RPG, as well as what players could expect from the title in terms of its narrative scale and gameplay.

Microsoft and Bethesda are reportedly set to host a joint conference in the coming weeks.This is according to Xbox Game Studios head Matt Booty, who allegedly told French publication Le Figaro that a joint event is set to be held “this summer to introduce players to [the company’s] upcoming projects”, per IGN.

Bethesda’s upcoming sci-fi game Starfield will supposedly be exclusive to Xbox and PC.Video game reporter and industry insider Jeff Grubb made the claims on Twitter while responding to a user that was asking for for clarification on the game’s exclusivity. “Starfield is exclusive to Xbox and PC.