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What's next for Xbox's Starfield? Bethesda's Todd Howard says it's not "Starfield 2.0," but more is "coming soon" — "We think you're gonna love this"

Bethesda's Todd Howard says the studio will soon show what it's been working on for Xbox's Starfield RPG, but notes it's not "Starfield 2.0."

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Todd Howard says there's no Starfield 2.0 coming: The next big update is for people who already love Starfield, and if you don't, 'I don't think this is going to change that'

Bethesda will start talking about the future of Starfield "really soon," but he warned that it may not be all that some fans are hoping for.

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"It is not Starfield 2.0": Todd Howard says the RPG's big update is for the people who already love it, and if you "found it boring in places, I don't think this is gonna change that fundamentally"

Bethesda's "using outer space and things in ways that we haven't" before this update

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A new report teases the next update for Starfield and its PS5 port — with a reveal expected soon

Insider Shinobi602 claims Starfield’s next major update and long rumored PS5 port could be revealed soon, with March 2026 tipped for an announcement.

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Bethesda's much-rumored Starfield PS5 port is reportedly coming in 2 months, according to latest leak

Here we go again

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'Bethesda's in the bad position of having expectations being so high they cannot be met': Skyrim design lead reckons it might be hard for The Elder Scrolls 6 to live up to the ever-increasing fervor

"Boy, do they have their work cut out for them."

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Skyrim lead thinks Starfield "would be talked about like the second coming" if a new studio made it, but "expectations were so much higher" with Bethesda

Suffering from success

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Bethesda devs love switching between The Elder Scrolls and Fallout because going from fantasy to sci-fi "keeps things fresh": "All of these things just get your creativity flowing"

And Starfield's in the mix somewhere, too

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Ex-Bethesda loremaster and Skyrim lead says Starfield's main problem was not enough Todd Howard: "When he would get pulled away from the game that would really hurt the game"

Starfield had too many cooks in the kitchen, reckons Kurt Kuhlmann

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Elder Scrolls lore keeper says he left over Bethesda's "bureaucratic" baggage and a broken promise from Todd Howard about leading The Elder Scrolls 6

Kurt Kuhlmann, the keeper of the tomes, says he couldn't do the work he wanted at Bethesda

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Bethesda's former Elder Scrolls loremaster on why he left, Starfield's 'communication breakdowns', and how he wanted The Elder Scrolls 6 'to be The Empire Strikes Back'

"It was almost certainly time for a change."

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Former Bethesda lead says The Elder Scrolls 6 got announced so early because the studio had to make sure 'people were not just pissed at us' for revealing Starfield instead

"I think there is something to be said for going a bit more constrained. I always thought that was a weird goal anyway."

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Starfield was a "bat**** crazy idea" for a studio that's "never made a space sim," Bethesda lead admits, but "an ambitious project is what we aim for"

Shoot for the stars, and all of that

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Bethesda is teasing Starfield "2.0" behind closed doors, influencers claim – but don't expect a Cyberpunk 2077-scale overhaul

"... but I would take this with a massive boulder of salt"

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Bethesda reportedly held a secret Starfield event to showcase an upcoming update that will add faster loading times and technical improvements to the Creation Engine, along with a PS5 port that will be announced in 2026

Starfield is reportedly getting a major update in early 2026 that will improve space flight loading screens and the game's Creation Engine, as well as announcements for the PlayStation 5 and Nintendo Switch 2 ports.

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Xbox's next Starfield DLC was shown off behind closed doors recently — detailing big upgrades to space travel, a PS5 version, and more

Next year, Starfield is going to get a big upgrade. What exactly will be in this update? Here's what we know so far.

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The Elder Scrolls 6 still "a long ways off" according to Bethesda's Todd Howard — and he says shadow dropping Oblivion Remastered "worked out well"

Bethesda Game Studios' Todd Howard says The Elder Scrolls 6 is still "a long ways off," though he notes shadow dropping Oblivion Remastered worked well.

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Former Bethesda designer says Starfield fell flat because of its reliance on procgen planets: 'I don't think it's in the same calibre as the other two, Fallout or Skyrim'

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Starfield designer admits Bethesda's space epic isn't "the same caliber" as Fallout and Elder Scrolls because it's full of procedural generation: "The planets start to feel very samey"

It's good, but not great for Bethesda

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Bungie brings in a new Destiny 2 global franchise director as its MMO bleeds – a Dragon Age, Starfield, and Elder Scrolls veteran who only just left Mass Effect 5

Games vet Hilary Hidey joins Bungie ahead of Destiny 2: Renegades

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Bethesda is teasing the "Terran Armada" for its Xbox RPG Starfield — So what does it mean?

A teaser from Bethesda Game Studios indicates the "Terran Armada" is coming to Starfield, so what could it mean?

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There's a secret message on the Starfield social media pages – and fans think it might hint at the next DLC

There's a secret message in a recent Starfield social media post...

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"Finding the fun was always our guiding star": How 'Starfield' developers balanced realism with arcade fun when approaching space combat (exclusive)

We talked to Starfield's Lead Creative Producer, Tim Lamb, about designing Starfield's blend of complex ship control and thrilling arcade dogfights.

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Starfield fans are pretty sure Bethesda just dropped the first teaser for the game's second expansion: 'We look forward to the adventures yet to come'

What is "Terran Armada?"

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Starfield anniversary post sends starving Bethesda fans to the whiteboard to find the formula for rumored new DLC

What could it mean?

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