--- By comparison, when Fallout 4 was revealed at E3 2015 , Bethesda showed us that they had taken the very blatant, unpredictable, and sometimes hilarious dialogue list from its previous titles and replaced it with a more Bioware-esque system similar to what you'd see in Dragon Age or Mass Effect. I imagine this decision was likely made to accommodate the newly-introduced choice of playing a female or male protagonist that were fully-voiced, which limits the amount of dialogue options available to play --- --- Despite the increased amount of Starfield -related leaks, the game continues to remain a mystery. This disappointing situation, however, might change quite soon as Microsoft is reportedly planning to hold a Bethesda-related gaming event somewhere in the middle of March. It could be an excellent opportunity to reveal some enticing information about Bethesda’s future and its upcoming projects - including, of course, Starfield . The event is yet to be officially confirmed as it is just another insider statement at the mom --- --- --- A supposed leak of Starfield screenshots may have just been verified by the unlikeliest of sources: a t-shirt worn by a Bethesda developer. The screenshots in question leaked in September, offering a brief glimpse at a possible player character, a spaceship design, and the HUD of Starfield . Bethesda has neither confirmed nor denied the validity of the leak to d --- --- --- The company has developed a new engine tool that allows the development team to create a larger landmass for their world. It’s unclear if Howard was referring to a landmass continent, or perhaps multiple planets given the sci-fi genre of the game, but the size of the overall map will be large in any c --- --- --- A week ago, an industry insider shared their knowledge regarding Bethesda’s plans to launch Starfield at the end of 2021 . According to a short post on ResetEra forums, the company was allegedly aiming at a 2021 release date as of a few months ago. These plans could’ve been impacted by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, which has negatively affected many titles that are being currently developed. The insider also added that the alleged 2021 release was being discussed at the end of 2020, which basically means that a lot could’ve changed since t --- --- --- This is pretty low stakes as far as leaks go, as the initial screenshots didn’t give much about Starfield away. They did confirm a new visual direction for the game - which is in line with the fact that Bethesda is debuting a brand new engine for Starfield - but didn’t offer any clues as to how the game will actually play. There’s also the chance that the screenshots were from early enough in development that they hardly resemble the game at this point, but it now seems that they offer at least a snapshot of the game’s developm --- --- --- "What systems we put it out on - what's the hardware requirements - is still to be determined. We're pushing it; we're thinking very, very far in future so we're building something that will handle next-generation hardware. That's what we're building on right now, that's where our mind is, but that doesn't mean it wouldn't exist on the current systems as wel --- --- --- In a recent discussion with Gamespot at PAX Australia, Bethesda's VP of Marketing Pete Hines spoke a bit [[https://Starfieldgalaxy.com/ More suggestions]] about both Starfield and The Elder Scrolls VI and explained why they decided to announce both games so far in advance. Hines acknowledged that while it would have likely been better to continue going down this route of announcing games only shortly before they're ready, he said that the aim with these two reveals was to be transparent to their f --- --- --- During an interview with Wired regarding Skyrim, Howard stated that procedural generation was used to create infinite quests. NPCs and enemies also used procedural generation when fighting or spawning into the world. It’s likely many of these aspects will appear again, but there could be some randomization in dungeon layout on top of t --- --- --- New details about the mysterious Starfield project have come to light and it looks to be an absolute game-changer for Bethesda, to the extent that Skyrim will seem like Morrowind when Oblivion came --- --- --- Hines continued by also talking about how even though Starfield and The Elder Scrolls VI have been officially announced, that doesn't mean they're even close to being ready. "I try really hard to manage people's expectations. It's not like ' Fallout 76 this year, Starfield next year, and then TES6 the year after.' The timeline isn't any different. What's different is just trying to be transparent and say, 'Don't freak out, the next thing we're doing is single-player [in Starfield], [and] we are making TES --- --- --- Howard also said the finished game would have "a lot of new systems we've been thinking about for a while that fit that kind of game really well ." After once again confirming that Starfield will not be a multiplayer game , Howard went on to talk about the game's technical specificati ---