Let’s just cut to the chase. does Starfield is it late
Officially, no. To be fair to Microsoft and Bethesda Game Studios, they’ve already told us we won’t hear anything during Todd Howard’s next epic role-playing game. Wednesday’s Developer Direct demo. It will be an independent showcase for Starfield at one point. That’s still an elephant in the room, especially since two of the four games featured – Redfall and The Elder Scrolls Onlineof Necrom expansion — are big Bethesda projects that started in May and June, respectively. It’s unlikely that Bethesda wants to dampen interest in these projects (or Starfield) by packing that game into the May or June release window.
Remember, during the Xbox and Bethesda Showcase last June, Microsoft more or less wrote an IOU to fans and promised that Starfield It will be among a huge catalog of highly anticipated games that will be released in the first half of 2023 (and will be available to Xbox Game Pass subscribers on the same day as first-party games).
Updates from Xbox and Bethesda on Wednesday show that the first half of Microsoft’s 2023 gaming calendar now looks like this:
- April 18 – Minecraft legends
- May 2 – Redfall
- June 20 – The Elder Scrolls Online: Necrom
- TBA 2023 – Forza Motorsport
Unless the Xbox people have a shadow of surprise, à la Tango Games’ Hi-Fi Rushplanned for Starfield – this may be ill-advised – the release of a sci-fi RPG starts to feel slippery. (As it is Forza‘s; Microsoft and Turn 10 don’t want to recommit to the first half of 2023 for racing games.)
Latest information about Starfield‘s launch came last May, Bethesda told fans it was It has been pushed to a launch window of the first half of 2023 (along with Redfall.) Microsoft did a great job last year at its summer showcase adjacent to E3, telling fans everything they wanted to play. reaches the first half The year 2023. Starfield it was meant to be one of the things.
In November, Bethesda Game Studios creative director Howard spoke with podcaster Lex Friedman. Starfield and the difficult decision to delay the game for the first time from November 2022 to the current slightly softer, less certain window.
“I wish it was soon” Howard said. “We also want him to come out. And I wish they didn’t last as long as they did. But they do.”
We asked representatives from Xbox and Bethesda Starfield should be considered overdue. It’s doubtful they’ll want to comment on that, but if they do, we’ll be sure to update it here.