Revision history for Todd Howard Says Starfield Will Have Next-Gen Graphics And Gameplay


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It’s unfortunate, but Bethesda really seems to be headed down a troubling path. While they’ve still got their name attached to the tremendous resurgence of both Doom and Wolfenstein , they’ve totally besmirched their two most iconic franchises. Nobody wants to play a broken, buggy, live-service version of Fallout 4 , and absolutely nobody wants to see Skyrim squeezed down to a mobile form factor and packed full of heinous microtransacti
Bethesda has consistently made headlines over the last few months. The biggest shock came in September of last year when it was revealed that Microsoft had agreed to acquire ZeniMax Media in a deal worth $7.5 billion. This gave the Xbox parent company ownership not just of franchises such as Fallout , The Elder Scrolls , and DOOM but also of famous developers like Bethesda Game Studios and id Software. Now, it seems that Microsoft will also reap the benefits of Bethesda's foray into AAA licensed games, a future many could have not foreseen of the RPG stu
Considering last year's E3 showcase was so big for Bethesda, it will be interesting to see how/if the publisher can top it this year with newness, while addressing recent failings. As the tweet jokes, keep refreshing Walmart Canada to look for leaks — a subtle jibe at RAGE 2's release being spoiled ahead of time . Either way, Bethesda's all-star showcase could fill that large gap left by Sony skipping E3 20
Starfield was announced at E3 2018, and since then, next to nothing has been revealed about the game. The few scraps of information that Bethesda has made public since - like the fact that [[https://starfieldgalaxy.com/ Starfield achievements|Https://Starfieldgalaxy.com/]] will be an exclusively single-player game - have come very recently. At its reveal, Bethesda said that there was still a long wait in store for Starfield, and there are no hints as to when that wait will be over yet. All that’s known on the subject is that Starfield is expected to launch before the long-awaited Elder Scrolls
Bethesda is still prioritizing work on both Starfield and The Elder Scrolls VI , with director Todd Howard focusing on the two titles' development over other projects. Fans had begun to grow concerned about the company being stretched too thin following the recent announcement that the publisher was also creating a brand-new Indiana Jones game in partnership with Lucasfilm Games, with Todd Howard in an executive producer role. Developer MachineGames, best known for working on Wolfenstein : The New Order and its sequel, is leading the proj
That made the potential Starfield screenshot leak this fall even more exciting, as it represented the first look at an otherwise mysterious project from one of the biggest game developers around. While their validity was called into question at the time, it now seems more likely that they were legitimate. That’s thanks to Bethesda managing director Ashley Cheng, who recently appeared in a montage from Develop:Brighton, where Todd Howard was accepting a Develop:Star Award. As spotted by Reddit user Rynderend , Cheng is seen wearing a Starfield shirt with a logo on the sleeve identical to the one shown on the character’s spacesuit in the leaked Starfield screenshot. The matching logos lend credence to the screenshot being real, as it would be quite the coincidence if Bethesda just happened to pick the same design for its Starfield merchand
Of course, it is not just the fact that Bethesda has announced it is working on licensed titled in mainstream franchises like Indiana Jones that worries gamers. There has been very little news about either Starfield or The Elder Scrolls 6 for some time. In fact, fans have had to make do with cryptic Tweets about the follow-up to Skyrim in the absence of concrete information. Meanwhile, Starfield has also been notably missing from major gaming events in recent times, but Todd Howard did confirm that it would be the studio's biggest game to d
At this point, it’s hard to know exactly how Bethesda plans to monetize Starfield , but, given their recent track record, it may be time to start worrying. Fallout 76 , as well as its predecessor's post-launch implementation of the Creation Club, unabashedly pushed the sale of in-game currencies and micro-DLC, and it’s unlikely that the publisher will be willing to forego these unfavorable monetization practices for the sake of their new property. This could also cause a bit of a delay should designers choose to push back against certain development mandates regarding recurrent spending options in Starfie
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I believe Bethesda should revert back to this previous style and keep up with their trend of silent protagonists, as we saw in games like Fallout 3, Oblivion, and Skyrim . In my opinion, this more often allows the player to inject him or herself into each situation. It seems like Bethesda gave the protagonist in Fallout 4 a voice so that they could give the main storyline a little more "oomph," but I feel that this worked against the overall game more than it worked for it: that's especially considering that I don't think the story in Fallout 4 is all that memora
So what exactly did he mean by next-generation? Will we have to wait for PS5 and Xbox Scarlett, or upgrade our PCs, to play it? Eurogamer interviewed Todd Howard in an attempt to answer these questions and m
Described as a next-gen experience since its announcement, Starfield will undoubtedly skip the current console generation and utilize the power of PS5, Xbox Series X, and modern gaming PCs (however, no platforms have been revealed yet). Currently, there isn’t much known about the mysterious game's potential release window, but Bethesda did confirm that [[https://Starfieldgalaxy.com/ Starfield updates|Https://Starfieldgalaxy.com/]] would be its next single-player RPG , which means that the game will come before The Elder Scrolls VI . And much like the next Elder Scrolls entry, the upcoming space RPG is still largely an unknown quantity. It even lacks a dedicated page on Bethesda’s official website, which clearly indicates that there’s still little to nothing to be sh
It would’ve been an unprecedented event in the gaming industry if a huge publisher would’ve said that its upcoming title wasn’t worth the wait. In other words, Bethesda’s statement consists of what players want to hear about Starfield , but it delivers zero new information about the game. The reveal, however, should be huge when it finally happens. Considering Bethesda’s tradition of keeping secrets for as long as needed and then showcasing explosive trailers packed with tons of details and gameplay demos, Starfield ’s anticipated reveal will definitely offer a lot to chatter about. When exactly it is going to happen, though, is a complete myst
It's nice to know that The Elder Scrolls VI is in development, but it's most certainly not surprising. Studio Director Todd Howard has hinted at the game's existence in the past, and this teaser was likely meant to appease hardcore fans who consistently demand the studio reveal more info about the title. We've probably got a few years to go before we see a glimpse of either of the studios' new titles , but I think it's appropriate to talk about what these games need to do to keep the studio relevant amongst fans of the role-playing genre. I'll mostly be focusing on The Elder Scrolls VI here since I believe it's easier to speculate what that game will probably be like or what it could be like: Starfield , on the other hand, is an absolute mystery to me and, I'm sure, the vast majority of other gam
Following that was a worryingly-long segment dedicated to Bethesda’s terribly-structured, microtransaction-laden mobile title Elder Scrolls: Blades . The presenters were chided on Twitter for insinuating that we all love mobile games—a great deal of us don’t—and the whole thing culminated with the announcement that Blades would be making its way to the Nintendo Switch sometime this fall, which still isn’t reason enough to check it
On the other hand, console hardware has changed considerably since the early days of the home video gaming market. With iterative consoles like the PS4 Pro and Xbox One X now allowing console gamers to upgrade their system to accommodate new developments in gaming hardware in the same way that PC gamers upgrade their systems, it is entirely possible that the current generation of iterative systems will be able to run Starfield without issue, albeit at the cost of a slight upgr
Yet, some are speculating that Starfield ’s development could be further slowed by Bethesda’s refusal to move on from the dated Creation Engine. The system, which was used to develop The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim in 2011 and was based on the incredibly old Gamebryo engine, is really beginning to show its age, and it could very well be that even a heavily modified Creation Engine will struggle to support such an ambitious project. We know that Fallout 76 could hardly handle the demands of online play, let alone Todd Howard’s infamous "sixteen times the detail" lark, and it’s hard to imagine that something fantastically larger in scope and scale could possibly keep up on an outdated framew


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I believe Bethesda should revert back to this previous style and keep up with their trend of silent protagonists, as we saw in games like Fallout 3, Oblivion, and Skyrim . In my opinion, this more often allows the player to inject him or herself into each situation. It seems like Bethesda gave the protagonist in Fallout 4 a voice so that they could give the main storyline a little more "oomph," but I feel that this worked against the overall game more than it worked for it: that's especially considering that I don't think the story in Fallout 4 is all that memora
We were also treated to the announcement of new IPs from Tango Softworks, the developers behind The Evil Within and its sequel, as well as Arkane Studios, the people behind the acclaimed Dishonored games. We also saw Commander Keen ’s once-cherished name raked through the mud with the announcement of a totally controversial mobile-only title with a Saturday morning cartoon vibe. We’re not quite sure who that’s supposed to be targeting, as it’s sure to bore those unfamiliar with the property and offend those who grew up with
Described as a next-gen experience since its announcement, Starfield will undoubtedly skip the current console generation and utilize the power of PS5, Xbox Series X, and modern gaming PCs (however, no platforms have been revealed yet). Currently, there isn’t much known about the mysterious game's potential release window, but Bethesda did confirm that [[https://Starfieldgalaxy.com/ Starfield updates|Https://Starfieldgalaxy.com/]] would be its next single-player RPG , which means that the game will come before The Elder Scrolls VI . And much like the next Elder Scrolls entry, the upcoming space RPG is still largely an unknown quantity. It even lacks a dedicated page on Bethesda’s official website, which clearly indicates that there’s still little to nothing to be sh
It would’ve been an unprecedented event in the gaming industry if a huge publisher would’ve said that its upcoming title wasn’t worth the wait. In other words, Bethesda’s statement consists of what players want to hear about Starfield , but it delivers zero new information about the game. The reveal, however, should be huge when it finally happens. Considering Bethesda’s tradition of keeping secrets for as long as needed and then showcasing explosive trailers packed with tons of details and gameplay demos, Starfield ’s anticipated reveal will definitely offer a lot to chatter about. When exactly it is going to happen, though, is a complete myst
It's nice to know that The Elder Scrolls VI is in development, but it's most certainly not surprising. Studio Director Todd Howard has hinted at the game's existence in the past, and this teaser was likely meant to appease hardcore fans who consistently demand the studio reveal more info about the title. We've probably got a few years to go before we see a glimpse of either of the studios' new titles , but I think it's appropriate to talk about what these games need to do to keep the studio relevant amongst fans of the role-playing genre. I'll mostly be focusing on The Elder Scrolls VI here since I believe it's easier to speculate what that game will probably be like or what it could be like: Starfield , on the other hand, is an absolute mystery to me and, I'm sure, the vast majority of other gam
Following that was a worryingly-long segment dedicated to Bethesda’s terribly-structured, microtransaction-laden mobile title Elder Scrolls: Blades . The presenters were chided on Twitter for insinuating that we all love mobile games—a great deal of us don’t—and the whole thing culminated with the announcement that Blades would be making its way to the Nintendo Switch sometime this fall, which still isn’t reason enough to check it
On the other hand, console hardware has changed considerably since the early days of the home video gaming market. With iterative consoles like the PS4 Pro and Xbox One X now allowing console gamers to upgrade their system to accommodate new developments in gaming hardware in the same way that PC gamers upgrade their systems, it is entirely possible that the current generation of iterative systems will be able to run Starfield without issue, albeit at the cost of a slight upgr
Yet, some are speculating that Starfield ’s development could be further slowed by Bethesda’s refusal to move on from the dated Creation Engine. The system, which was used to develop The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim in 2011 and was based on the incredibly old Gamebryo engine, is really beginning to show its age, and it could very well be that even a heavily modified Creation Engine will struggle to support such an ambitious project. We know that Fallout 76 could hardly handle the demands of online play, let alone Todd Howard’s infamous "sixteen times the detail" lark, and it’s hard to imagine that something fantastically larger in scope and scale could possibly keep up on an outdated framew
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Howard elaborated that Bethesda is thinking very far into the future with Starfield , envisioning something that will run on next-generation hardware. But he doesn't count out the possibility that current systems will be able to run it in some f
To close out the interview, Howard confirmed that a playable version of Starfield does exist. Bethesda's people have narrowed down what Starfield "is" and can play it now. This is the reason the team felt confident in announcing the game at E3 even when it's still so far off. Gamers, however, probably won't be seeing it for a while. At the very least not until we know what the next generation is, or when it's com
Starfield creator Bethesda Game Studios is helping to raise funds for the Make-A-Wish Foundation's Mid-Atlantic chapter’s Evening of Wishes: Hope from Home auction by donating an eye-catching prize: the chance for the auction’s winner to create a character in the studio’s anticipated science-fiction title. Starfield was first announced during Bethesda’s E3 showcase back in 2018 standing alongside games like Rage 2, Doom Eternal , and the company's long-awaited next entry in the Elder Scrolls series . However, like The Elder Scrolls VI , Starfield ’s E3 reveal consisted of a short trailer that showed off little of the actual g
"We talked about [sci-fi] and then it really picked up steam when we registered the trademark about five years ago, and then we would talk about it from time to time, 'What are we going to do?' and then we started work right after Fallout 4 was finish
During Bethesda ’s livestream for Gamescom, the company’s PR vice president Pete Hines dropped a few statements regarding Starfield while talking to German community managers. According to his words, the development team is still not in the position to talk about the game - nor it is prepared to show anything Starfield -related. It probably requires a few more years of work to live up to the expectations, but Hines is already quite confident that the reveal - when it finally happens - will be an impressive one making the gaming community believe that the wait was totally worth it. In his famous manner of effectively saying nothing by telling a lot, Hines did not share a single detail on Starfield , but he’s at least transmitted his positive attitude towards the sci-fi
The Make-A-Wish auction page seems to have revealed an interesting, though admittedly very small, detail about the game’s development. Starfield creators will reach out to schedule developing this prize character with the auction winner in the months following the end of February. That is not much to go on but it doesn't rule out a release date for the end of this year. Hopefully, there will be a press event from either Microsoft or Bethesda soon that will tell fans a little bit m
That future might be very far off, but Howard has apparently been contemplating Starfield for a very long time. He mentioned to Eurogamer that Bethesda began putting together a team after Fallout 4 's launch. Which was in late 2015. However, the initial ideas were born as far back as 2
To refresh your memory, Starfield was given a brief teaser trailer. It showed space, a planet, and a satellite before revealing the logo. Todd Howard, the Bethesda director who delivered the announcement, said "We have also been working on a brand new, next-generation, single-player game, but this one is in an all-new epic franchi
"I don't want to say yes or no to that because I don't know what that means to you or whoever's going to read that," he said. "But it has a lot of new systems we've been thinking about for a while that fit that kind of game really well. We'll talk about it in the futu
Bethesda's Starfield was the most exciting E3 announcement no one talked about. To be fair, Bethesda delivered a lot of chat-worthy things at its E3 presentation. Fallout 76 made headlines for taking the series in an MMO direction. A new Elder Scrolls game was finally announced. And Keegan-Michael Key even showed up in a hilarious reference to the Skyrim meme. With all of those amazing things, the news that Bethesda is creating an entirely new, next-gen IP sort of slipped under the radar. Well now its time to learn more about Starfie
In a surprising social media post, Bethesda revealed that it has donated a bundle to the Make-A-Wish Foundation's auction. The highest bidder for the company’s package will have the opportunity to make a character for [[https://Starfieldgalaxy.com/ Starfield Cheats|https://starfieldgalaxy.com/]] . In addition, the auction winner will walk away with an Xbox Series X, recalling that Bethesda recently announced that it would be acquired by the console’s creators , and sixteen titles from the studio. Several of the games seem to come from some of Bethesda’s most popular franchises including The Elder Scrolls, Wolfenstein , and Doom . At the time of writing, the ongoing bidding for the Bethesda bundle is just north of $2,000. Interestingly, the auction’s website goes into slightly more detail about what the winner can expect than the studio's post. It states that the highest bidder can look forward to working with the team behind the game, naming Todd Howard specifically, and that the winner should expect to " schedule time to create the character within 3 months of 2/28/202


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To close out the interview, Howard confirmed that a playable version of Starfield does exist. Bethesda's people have narrowed down what Starfield "is" and can play it now. This is the reason the team felt confident in announcing the game at E3 even when it's still so far off. Gamers, however, probably won't be seeing it for a while. At the very least not until we know what the next generation is, or when it's com
Starfield creator Bethesda Game Studios is helping to raise funds for the Make-A-Wish Foundation's Mid-Atlantic chapter’s Evening of Wishes: Hope from Home auction by donating an eye-catching prize: the chance for the auction’s winner to create a character in the studio’s anticipated science-fiction title. Starfield was first announced during Bethesda’s E3 showcase back in 2018 standing alongside games like Rage 2, Doom Eternal , and the company's long-awaited next entry in the Elder Scrolls series . However, like The Elder Scrolls VI , Starfield ’s E3 reveal consisted of a short trailer that showed off little of the actual g
"We talked about [sci-fi] and then it really picked up steam when we registered the trademark about five years ago, and then we would talk about it from time to time, 'What are we going to do?' and then we started work right after Fallout 4 was finish
During Bethesda ’s livestream for Gamescom, the company’s PR vice president Pete Hines dropped a few statements regarding Starfield while talking to German community managers. According to his words, the development team is still not in the position to talk about the game - nor it is prepared to show anything Starfield -related. It probably requires a few more years of work to live up to the expectations, but Hines is already quite confident that the reveal - when it finally happens - will be an impressive one making the gaming community believe that the wait was totally worth it. In his famous manner of effectively saying nothing by telling a lot, Hines did not share a single detail on Starfield , but he’s at least transmitted his positive attitude towards the sci-fi
The Make-A-Wish auction page seems to have revealed an interesting, though admittedly very small, detail about the game’s development. Starfield creators will reach out to schedule developing this prize character with the auction winner in the months following the end of February. That is not much to go on but it doesn't rule out a release date for the end of this year. Hopefully, there will be a press event from either Microsoft or Bethesda soon that will tell fans a little bit m
That future might be very far off, but Howard has apparently been contemplating Starfield for a very long time. He mentioned to Eurogamer that Bethesda began putting together a team after Fallout 4 's launch. Which was in late 2015. However, the initial ideas were born as far back as 2
To refresh your memory, Starfield was given a brief teaser trailer. It showed space, a planet, and a satellite before revealing the logo. Todd Howard, the Bethesda director who delivered the announcement, said "We have also been working on a brand new, next-generation, single-player game, but this one is in an all-new epic franchi
"I don't want to say yes or no to that because I don't know what that means to you or whoever's going to read that," he said. "But it has a lot of new systems we've been thinking about for a while that fit that kind of game really well. We'll talk about it in the futu
So what exactly did he mean by next-generation? Will we have to wait for PS5 and Xbox Scarlett, or upgrade our PCs, to play it? Eurogamer interviewed Todd Howard in an attempt to answer these questions and m
Bethesda's Starfield was the most exciting E3 announcement no one talked about. To be fair, Bethesda delivered a lot of chat-worthy things at its E3 presentation. Fallout 76 made headlines for taking the series in an MMO direction. A new Elder Scrolls game was finally announced. And Keegan-Michael Key even showed up in a hilarious reference to the Skyrim meme. With all of those amazing things, the news that Bethesda is creating an entirely new, next-gen IP sort of slipped under the radar. Well now its time to learn more about Starfie
In a surprising social media post, Bethesda revealed that it has donated a bundle to the Make-A-Wish Foundation's auction. The highest bidder for the company’s package will have the opportunity to make a character for [[https://Starfieldgalaxy.com/ Starfield Cheats|https://starfieldgalaxy.com/]] . In addition, the auction winner will walk away with an Xbox Series X, recalling that Bethesda recently announced that it would be acquired by the console’s creators , and sixteen titles from the studio. Several of the games seem to come from some of Bethesda’s most popular franchises including The Elder Scrolls, Wolfenstein , and Doom . At the time of writing, the ongoing bidding for the Bethesda bundle is just north of $2,000. Interestingly, the auction’s website goes into slightly more detail about what the winner can expect than the studio's post. It states that the highest bidder can look forward to working with the team behind the game, naming Todd Howard specifically, and that the winner should expect to " schedule time to create the character within 3 months of 2/28/202
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image class="left" url="https://www.freepixels.com/class="Bethesda is still prioritizing work on both Starfield and The Elder Scrolls VI , with director Todd Howard focusing on the two titles' development over other projects. Fans had begun to grow concerned about the company being stretched too thin following the recent announcement that the publisher was also creating a brand-new Indiana Jones game in partnership with Lucasfilm Games, with Todd Howard in an executive producer role. Developer MachineGames, best known for working on Wolfenstein : The New Order and its sequel, is leading the proj
Virtually nothing is confirmed about Starfield except that it's Bethesda Game Studios ' first entirely original RPG IP in many years and that the company considers it and The Elder Scroll VI are its top priorities . A 2018 teaser seemingly implied a hard sci-fi tone, with more realistic spacecraft than those in games like The Outer Worlds or Mass Effect . In fact, designer Todd Howard says he visited SpaceX as part of his research, though he has also clarified that the game's spaceflight won't be as " punishing " as it is in the real wo
Bethesda has confirmed that it is fully focused on the development of both Starfield and The Elder Scrolls VI . Replying to fan concerns on Twitter about the fact that Todd Howard is involved with too many projects, Bethesda Senior VP of Marketing Pete Hines reassured them that those two titles are still his main priority. Howard, who has helped to lead both the Fallout and The Elder Scrolls series for more than a decade, also has roles in several other projects according to Hines. But both he and Bethesda as a whole are committed to finishing up work on the two high-profile games. The communications executive promised that recent announcements will not affect the development of either g
Of course, it is not just the fact that Bethesda has announced it is working on licensed titled in mainstream franchises like Indiana Jones that worries gamers. There has been very little news about either Starfield or The Elder Scrolls 6 for some time. In fact, fans have had to make do with cryptic Tweets about the follow-up to Skyrim in the absence of concrete information. Meanwhile, [[https://starfieldgalaxy.com/ Starfield weapons|https://Starfieldgalaxy.Com/]] has also been notably missing from major gaming events in recent times, but Todd Howard did confirm that it would be the studio's biggest game to d
COVID-19 has had a low impact on small developers, many of whom were already working remotely. Big-budget studios with offices, hundreds of workers, and huge media assets have had to scramble to reorganize, and even still have found that they can't maintain the pace they're used to. Games like Gotham Knights and Gran Turismo 7 have already been pushed to 2022 or beyond, and it's likely that more 2021 game delays will follow . Bethesda is likely eager to avoid rushing Starfield considering the initial disasters of games like Cyberpunk 2077 and its own Fallout 76 , and agreeing players likely aren't worried about the game hitting a presumed release window if it means it will be high-qual
Bethesda has consistently made headlines over the last few months. The biggest shock came in September of last year when it was revealed that Microsoft had agreed to acquire ZeniMax Media in a deal worth $7.5 billion. This gave the Xbox parent company ownership not just of franchises such as Fallout , The Elder Scrolls , and DOOM but also of famous developers like Bethesda Game Studios and id Software. Now, it seems that Microsoft will also reap the benefits of Bethesda's foray into AAA licensed games, a future many could have not foreseen of the RPG stu
For a few hours, the leaked Starfield screenshot looked really exciting, until it was debunked by the community. Interestingly, Skullzi has a record of reliable reports, and earlier in 2020, he leaked and confirmed a few other Starfield screenshots that were proven to be true. This time, however, the insider fell victim to the hype surrounding Bethesda's anticipated sci-fi RPG. That's a great lesson for everyone who naively assumes that everything they see on the Internet is t
On the other hand, console hardware has changed considerably since the early days of the home video gaming market. With iterative consoles like the PS4 Pro and Xbox One X now allowing console gamers to upgrade their system to accommodate new developments in gaming hardware in the same way that PC gamers upgrade their systems, it is entirely possible that the current generation of iterative systems will be able to run Starfield without issue, albeit at the cost of a slight upgr
The damages of the COVID-19 pandemic could affect the industry for years, an anonymous publisher told Fanbyte 's Imran Khan , who retweeted his reporting on April 8 in relation to Bethesda's Deathloop being delayed to September 14. " The truth is, players aren’t going to get every video game we - we, as in every developer - want to put out this year ," the designer of an unspecified game was quoted as saying. " That sucks, but it’s the truth. We don’t want to put out a mess, we want to put out the best games we can, and we’re moving at three-quarters speed on average days and way less on bad days. " Twitter news sleuth IdleSloth84 claims that this is may be in reference to Starfield , but no official confirmation of a "delay" for the game with no confirmed release date has been provided at publication t


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