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Steam News · Oct 12

Seamless Landing mod looks set to bring Starfield another step closer to No Man's Sky

There are mods for Seamless Grav Jumps and for Seamless Planet Takeoffs. But when you arrive at a planet in Starfield you still have to choose a landing spot, and then watch a loading screen and an animation. It's another thing that contributes to the feeling your spaceship is more like a house that can teleport... Read more.

Steam News · Sep 26

Former Starfield designer says Bethesda's sci-fi RPG probably won't get a sequel, because the original wasn't 'anywhere near successful enough'

I wasn't expecting to see a Starfield sequel any time soon, given it took Bethesda eight years to make its sci-fi RPG and the studio is currently focussed on The Elder Scrolls 6. But if the words of Starfield's former systems designer are anything to go by, we may not see a sequel to Bethesda's first new IP in 25 years at all... Read more.

Steam News · Sep 9

"Most people" at Bethesda wanted to make Elder Scrolls 6 before Starfield, claims Skyrim co-lead, but Todd Howard dragged them aboard his rocketship

What came first, the chicken or the egg? I know, it's a tough one. I'll put it another way. What came first, Todd Howard's lone desire to make a space RPG or what the devs working under him had initially anticipated they'd be working on once Fallout 4 shipped? Well, according to a fresh account given by long-time Bethesda developer and Skyrim co-lead designer Kurt Kuhlmann, those among the latter ...

Steam News · Sep 2

"You can’t just throw new people at that problem": Bethesda devs doubt future Elder Scrolls and Fallout games will have the same "quality level", after losing seasoned staff to Xbox cuts

Unionised Bethesda Games Studios staff embroiled in Microsoft's latest round of mass layoffs have expressed further doubts about the company's ability to create games at the "quality level" of the very bestest Elder Scrolls and Fallout projects, as they continue to haggle with Microsoft over severance terms. Read more

Steam News · Aug 9

The designer of Diamond City, Little Lamplight, and Starfield's Neon thinks Bethesda's galaxy was just too big: 'I would have done a handful of planets with bespoke layouts'

In a new episode of The Examined Game podcast (spotted by GamesRadar), longtime Bethesda environment artist and The Axis Unseen dev Nate Purkeypile spoke about his time at the legendary studio, including what he found to be Starfield's biggest design misstep... Read more.

Steam News · Jul 21

A modder has brought No Man's Sky-style seamless takeoffs to Starfield, and even in beta they look pretty great

One of Starfield's big problems is that its core fantasy runs contrary to the tech it's built on. Bethesda's space RPG is meant to evoke the majesty and scale of the cosmos. It's about exploration, curiosity, and wonder... Read more.

Steam News · Jul 17

Bethesda make huge promises for The Elder Scrolls and Fallout - now it has to deliver

Bethesda Game Studios confirms work on The Elder Scrolls 6 and Fallout 5, along with a new project from Obsidian, but no Skyrim Remastered. Read the full story on PCGamesN: Bethesda make huge promises for The Elder Scrolls and Fallout - now it has to deliver