Starfield developer Bethesda has lastly teased a few of the upcoming adjustments coming to the recreation, confirming enhancements to area gameplay “to make the travels there extra rewarding.”
Earlier this month, fragments of code uncovered by Starfield followers urged Bethesda had a extra streamlined area journey expertise in the works, although probably nonetheless with some caveats. Whilst you might be able to journey between planets inside the similar system, followers stated it appeared such as you wouldn’t be capable of fly all the means between methods. And it appears to be like such as you gained’t be capable of fly immediately from a planet’s floor into orbit, like No Man’s Sky.
References to the new providing, referred to in the recreation’s code as “Cruise Mode,” had been detected by gamers and shared on reddit, although Bethesda reportedly issued one other small patch to wash them from view.
Now, in a new video discussing his career, veteran Bethesda developer Tim Lamb confirmed that the studio has been engaged on Starfield’s area gameplay, and {that a} new DLC story continues to be coming sooner or later.
“I believe because it involves Starfield, I am actually excited for gamers to see what the groups have been engaged on,” he stated. “We’ve got some cool stuff coming, together with free updates and options the gamers have been asking for, in addition to a brand new DLC story.
“I can not go into all the particulars simply but, however I’ll say a part of the crew has been targeted on area gameplay to make the travels there extra rewarding. We’re additionally including some new recreation methods, and some 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 recognize the help and the enthusiasm. We won’t wait to get it into the arms of our gamers.”
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Final month, Bethesda stated it had “thrilling issues” coming to Starfield quickly — presumably referring to this. Nonetheless, Starfield was a no-show at gamescom 2025 final week, prompting additional fan concern.
Earlier this month, it was reported that Starfield’s second enlargement and much-anticipated PlayStation 5 port would now arrive in 2026, following the poor reception to 2024 add-on Shattered Space. Bethesda boss Todd Howard had previously talked of expansions arriving annually, however maybe Bethesda sees the addition of some type of spaceflight as one thing to maintain gamers occupied till then.
Starfield launched in September 2023 as Bethesda’s first model new IP in 25 years, nevertheless it was not as nicely obtained as the studio’s earlier video games in the Fallout and The Elder Scrolls franchises, and the Shattered Space enlargement, launched a yr later in September 2024, has a ‘principally unfavourable’ consumer assessment score on Steam.
Starfield went on to succeed in 15 million gamers, however the query of whether or not Bethesda may stroll away from the recreation to give attention to its different franchises has been a operating theme since launch. In June 2024, Bethesda insisted it remained dedicated to supporting Starfield, and confirmed not less than one different story enlargement would come out following Shattered Space. And in an interview with YouTube channel MrMattyPlays, Bethesda Recreation Studios’ Todd Howard stated the developer was aiming to launch an annual story enlargement for “hopefully a really very long time.”
Talking extra usually about the growth of Starfield, Lamb described it as “like making 4 video games directly.”
“You have got your, I am operating round capturing aliens and area guys,” he stated. “You have got your, I am flying round in a spaceship, capturing different spaceships. You have got the ship builder recreation. You have got the outpost recreation. Starfield to me was like making 4 video games directly.”
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