It seems to be like Bethesda has begun teasing new content material for Starfield, after followers noticed a hidden message in a social media video launched to rejoice the sport’s two-year anniversary.
The video, under, begins off innocently sufficient, however quickly the tone of the music shifts and the picture turns into garbled. Clearly, there’s a tease in there someplace!
Celebrating two unbelievable years within the #Starfield. 🌌
Thanks to everybody who has explored the Settled Programs with us. We look ahead to the adventures but to come back. pic.twitter.com/AeWN8DVlO2
— Starfield (@StarfieldGame) September 5, 2025
And certainly there may be. It didn’t take lengthy for Starfield followers to rearrange the frames in such a solution to type the phrases ‘Terran Armada,’ which has despatched the sport’s group down a rabbit gap of hypothesis.
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The obvious suggestion is Terran Armada is the title of Starfield’s long-awaited second growth. If that’s the case, it suggests a DLC that revolves round Earth, individuals who left Earth, or individuals who nonetheless are on Earth. Some are speculating that Terran Armada, if this does in truth relate to DLC, will likely be in regards to the return ships that left Earth sooner or later up to now, maybe a fleet of technology ships. One other common concept is that the Terrans are the title of a new enemy faction of survivors left on Earth after its destruction, which might evoke Mad Max vibes.
In Starfield, Earth turned a barren, uninhabitable wasteland after its magnetosphere collapsed in 2203, resulting in the dissipation of its environment and the evacuation of humanity. The collapse was a direct consequence of the invention and widespread use of the Grav Drive, a know-how enabling faster-than-light journey. The planet is now uncovered to harmful photo voltaic and cosmic radiation and is roofed in poisonous vents and influence craters, with no indicators of life.
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Or maybe Terran Armada isn’t DLC 2 in spite of everything, and as a substitute is a stop-gap replace designed to tide followers over till the promised second growth lastly materializes.
No matter that is, clearly Starfield followers who’ve caught with the sport since its launch in 2023 are chomping on the bit. Aside from obscure phrases of reassurance, Bethesda has remained tight-lipped on the way forward for Starfield, solely just lately teasing enhancements to area journey.
“We have waited 11 months for a three-second display that modified colours and revealed a few letters of a damaged up phrase (and we’re in all probability gonna have to attend one other 4-6 months for something extra),” said redditor Elkupalos. “We’re past starved at this level haha. Subsequent trailer or replace of precise substance is gonna hit us followers like a nuke.”
Final month, Bethesda confirmed enhancements to Starfield area gameplay “to make the travels there extra rewarding” after datamined fragments of code steered the developer had a extra streamlined area journey expertise within the works. Based mostly on this datamine, whilst you might be able to journey between planets throughout the similar system, you received’t have the ability to fly all the way in which between techniques, nor fly instantly from a planet’s floor into orbit, like No Man’s Sky.
In a new video discussing his profession, veteran Bethesda developer Tim Lamb confirmed that the studio had been working on Starfield’s area gameplay, and that a new DLC story was nonetheless coming sooner or later.
“I believe because it involves Starfield, I am actually excited for gamers to see what the groups have been working on,” he mentioned. “Now we have some cool stuff coming, together with free updates and options the gamers have been asking for, in addition to a new DLC story.
“I am unable to go into all the small print simply but, however I’ll say a part of the workforce has been centered on area gameplay to make the travels there extra rewarding. We’re additionally including some new sport techniques, and a few different smaller delights. There’s additionally some actually attention-grabbing stuff coming down the pipe from our verified creators. There’s some enjoyable stuff.
“I simply need to say thanks. We actually respect the help and the keenness. We will not wait to get it into the palms of our gamers.”
Final month it was reported that Starfield’s second growth and much-anticipated PlayStation 5 port would now arrive in 2026, following the poor reception to 2024 add-on Shattered House. Bethesda boss Todd Howard had previously talked of expansions arriving annually.
Starfield launched in September 2023 as Bethesda’s first model new IP in 25 years, nevertheless it was not as effectively obtained because the studio’s earlier video games within the Fallout and The Elder Scrolls franchises, and the Shattered House growth, launched a yr later in September 2024, has a ‘principally unfavourable’ consumer evaluation score on Steam.
Starfield went on to achieve 15 million gamers, however the query of whether or not Bethesda may stroll away from the sport to focus on its different franchises has been a working theme since launch. In June 2024, Bethesda insisted it remained dedicated to supporting Starfield, and confirmed not less than one different story growth would come out following Shattered House. And in an interview with YouTube channel MrMattyPlays, Bethesda Sport Studios’ Todd Howard mentioned the developer was aiming to launch an annual story growth for “hopefully a very very long time.”
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