Starfield is the first new universe of play in 25 years, developed by Bethesda Game Studios, creators of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim and Fallout 4. In this next-gen RPG set in space, you can create any character and explore the universe while enjoying the absolute freedom. Embark on a journey and uncover the greatest secret of mankind.
Starfield is the first new universe in 25 years from Bethesda Game Studios, the award-winning creators of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim and Fallout 4. In this next generation role-playing game set amongst the stars, create any character you want and explore with unparalleled freedom as you embark on an epic journey to answer humanity’s greatest mystery.
The year is 2330. Humanity has ventured beyond our solar system, settling new planets, and living as a spacefaring people. From humble beginnings as a space miner, you will join Constellation – the last group of space explorers seeking rare artifacts throughout the galaxy – and navigate the vast expanse of the Settled Systems in Bethesda Game Studios’ biggest and most ambitious game.
Starfield represents the first new intellectual property (IP) by Bethesda Game Studios in over twenty-five years, and has been described by director Todd Howard as "Skyrim in space".The studio had been delving into space-themed games since as early as 1994, according to Howard: they had got the rights to make a game based on the Traveller role-playing system, but shortly lost those; their Delta V game in 1994 had been part of this Traveller license but had not been fully realized.Their The 10th Planet was a cancelled space combat game to be published in October 1997 from which the atmosphere of Starfield was derived.Howard stated they had rights to Star Trek in the 2000s and he pitched an idea for a role-playing game in that setting, but this failed to go forward.
While Bethesda had wanted to do a science fiction game for some time and had strong ideas for its gameplay style, it took a while to cement the ideas behind Starfield that would distinguish it from other science fiction games already released. They came onto a theme which lead artist Istvan Pely dubbed as "NASA punk", that although set in humanity's future, the technology can be traced to origins in various NASA space missions.Bethesda's team began crafting a fictional narrative of events by decade of the 300 years to the game's present, in order to ask "And now man is living amongst the stars: what does that mean?", according to Howard.
Starfield’s concept had been in the studio's mind for some time prior to the trademarking of the name in 2013. According to Howard, "There were no other names [we considered]. It had to be 'Starfield'." Howard said active development of the game had been ongoing since the release of Fallout 4 in late 2015. By mid-2018, the game had moved out of pre-production, and was in a playable state.
The Starfield soundtrack was composed by Inon Zur, an Israeli-American composer. Prior to working on Starfield, Zur has written music for many other games, including Bethesda projects - he had a hand in Baldur's Gate II: Throne of Bhaal, Icewind Dale II, the first Crysis, Dragon Age: Origins, Outriders and more.
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The developers describe the entourage of the game with the word "NASA-punk". It means that Starfield takes place in a sci-fi universe with an emphasis on realism - the setting was designed so that the player could imagine how in the real world humanity is able to achieve a similar level of development.
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Initially, the authors of Starfield chose a beautiful date for the release of the game - November 11, 2022 (11/11/22). However, in May 2022, the developers announced that the launch would take place in the first half of 2023. According to journalist Jason Schreier, Bethesda Game Studios was talking about the transfer back in the spring of 2021, even before the original release date was announced at a Microsoft press conference. Schreier's interlocutors said that the team was afraid of a repeat of the story with Cyberpunk 2077 - it went to stores terribly raw and greatly ruined the reputation of CD Projekt RED.
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