The highly anticipated Starfield has finally received an official release date. Contrary to previous rumors, the new Bethesda game won’t debut in the first half of this year, but rather, if all goes as planned, on September 6th.
The caution on the part of the developers is understandable, however. The pressure on them is immense: they absolutely do not want to betray the expectations of the players, even if it means more delays.
The case was analyzed by Jordan Middler, journalist for VGC. During an editorial podcast, he talked about the game’s release in September. According to the information in his possession Microsoft executives, having full confidence in Bethesda, decided to give developers carte blanche to configure star fieldrelease date. This helps avoid a situation where the game would release too early and be riddled with gaps, as happened with Cyberpunk 2077.
“The date has always been smooth, it’s always up to Bethesda and Todd Howard to come up to them. (Xbox execs – editor’s note) and say, ‘Okay, let’s do this.’ They are fully aware that they cannot create another cyberpunk. This can’t happen again, especially with Bethesda’s reputation for saying their games usually break on launch.” Middleer said.
If Microsoft doesn’t really push Bethesda, one can only rejoice and hope that the developers’ meticulous approach to tweaking it has the desired effect.
Starfield will be released on September 6 and will be available for PC and Xbox Series X/S consoles. A presentation is scheduled for June 11, where we will most likely see new gameplay footage.