There have been quite a lot of high-profile no-shows from the Xbox Video games Showcase. State of Decay 3, for instance, failed to flip up. The Excellent Darkish reboot was conspicuous by its absence. However maybe Starfield’s ongoing M.I.A. standing hurts essentially the most — at the least for long-suffering followers of the sport.
The Starfield group had hoped Bethesda would announce one thing to do with the sport at its Xbox Video games Showcase, however whereas The Elder Scrolls On-line and Fallout 76 each getting their second within the highlight, Starfield skipped proceedings solely. No DLC, no enlargement, no PlayStation 5 launch… nothing.
It’s truthful to say the Starfield group is beginning to lose hope and a great deal of religion in Bethesda, whose silence across the recreation has been deafening.
“I had a lot hope for right this moment’s Xbox present, however no,” said acatato on the Starfield subreddit. “After a lot time of silence (let’s not speak about small replace) the sport appears so lifeless now, it is unhappy.”
“What a whole disappointment,” added totallynormalpersonz. “What a joke the one factor we ever hear from Bethesda about this recreation these days is stuff off the Creation Membership. The Xbox showcase would have been the proper time to exhibit one thing new for this recreation. Sadly Bethesda does not appear to care. Would not shock me if Bethesda has deserted this recreation and are hoping the group will make content material for them. This doesn’t bode properly for future Bethesda recreation studio tasks.”
“Bethesda makes it so arduous to defend this recreation,” said TheVossDoss. “I really like Starfield. 1,100 hours in. If it weren’t for mods, I’d given up way back. Understanding that Bethesda won’t ever learn this, I’m nonetheless talking instantly to you — disgrace on you for conserving your loyal followers at the hours of darkness, and for chucking up the sponge. In the event you determined to hand over on this recreation and transfer on, effective, however tell us so we’re not holding on to hope. I can not imagine Starfield was a whole no-show right this moment. Thanks to all of the modders on the market who’ve saved the sport on life help. I concern, although, we’re getting dangerously shut to the center monitor flatlining.”
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Clearly, followers simply need some type of communication from Bethesda on the way forward for the sport. If it’s left it behind, they’d like to know. If the promised second enlargement is coming, they’d like to know. If Starfield is coming to different platforms, they’d like to know.
Feedback from Starfield followers are actually spilling over into social media posts from Bethesda Recreation Studios about unrelated issues. Take, for instance, this post about a Fallout 76 interview at Summer Game Fest. The replies embrace questions on Starfield’s standing, together with “Why did you guys abandon starfield?”, “Have you ever guys deserted Starfield?”, “I’m uninstalling Starfield…. I’m bored with ready,” and “RIP Starfield.” You get the concept.
Amid the rising disappointment are some within the community who’re stating that Bethesda might shadow-drop a Starfield enlargement and a PS5 launch. It loved large success with The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered, which it shadow-dropped in April to the tune of over 4 million gamers. Maybe that is the brand new means ahead for Bethesda. And if that’s the case, then maybe some type of Starfield replace may very well be across the nook.
Regardless of the case, the Starfield group is left sifting by means of earlier statements from Bethesda as they search for a glimmer of hope. Starfield launched in September 2023 as Bethesda’s first model new IP in 25 years, however it was not as properly acquired because the studio’s earlier video games within the Fallout and The Elder Scrolls franchises, and the Shattered House enlargement, launched a yr later in September 2024, has a ‘largely destructive’ person overview ranking on Steam.
Starfield went on to attain 15 million gamers, however the query of whether or not Bethesda may stroll away from the sport to deal with its different franchises has been a operating theme since launch. In June 2024, Bethesda insisted it remained dedicated to supporting Starfield, and confirmed at the least one different story enlargement would launch following Shattered House. And in an interview with YouTube channel MrMattyPlays, Bethesda Recreation Studios’ Todd Howard mentioned the developer was aiming to launch an annual story enlargement for “hopefully a really very long time.”
The wait to discover out if all that also stands goes on.
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