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Starfield is the first new universe in over 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.

2050: Humans first arrive on Mars. By 2100, humans are living in space.
2156: Humans arrive in Alpha Centauri (4.37 light years away from Earth).
2159: The United Colonies are established.
2160: New Atlantis is founded and becomes the official capital city of the United Colonies in 2161.
2167: Cheyenne is settled by Solomon Coe, who founds its first settlement, Akila City.
2188: Coe invites Volii to join Cheyenne in a new alliance – the Freestar Collective. The Freestar Collective is officially formed in 2189.
2194: The United Colonies positions the star station called the Clinic in orbit around Deepala in the Narion system. The unaffiliated peoples of the Narion system see this as a UC attempt to expand their borders and demand the UC remove the Clinic. When the UC refuses, the people of Narion vote to join the Freestar Collective, who mobilize to protect the system in 2195.
2196: In response to Freestar mobilization, the UC moves a fleet into the Narion system and Freestar responds in kind. The Narion War begins.
2216: The Narion War drags on as public sentiment sours. Finally, the Treaty of Narion is signed by the UC and Freestar Collective in 2216, ending the conflict. The term 'Settled Systems' is formalized in the treaty.
2221: The Freestar Rangers are founded as an elite protective and investigative force dedicated to serving all citizens of the Freestar Collective.
2275: Constellation is formed by Sebastian Banks. Original members include Chloe Bao, accomplished physicist; Aja Mamasa, the youngest member and Sebastian's protégé; Darius Andris, botanist and specialist in xeno-flora; Bernadette Laurent, wealthy heiress and adventurer; Everado Gil, former smuggler; and Kadri Toma, biologist and physician. The Lodge is built in New Atlantis to serve the needs and people of Constellation for generations to come.
2305: Barrett joins Constellation.
2307: The Freestar Collective begins farming on the planet of Vesta in the Lunara system. By 2308 the United Colonies claims that by establishing a colony in a fourth star system, the Freestar Collective has violated the Treaty of Narion. Diplomatic talks break down and the UC lays siege to Vesta, killing anyone who stayed behind (or was brought in) to defend it. The Colony War officially begins.
2310: Constellation comes into possession of their first Artifact and tucks it away in the Constellation archives.
2311: After several years of conflict, the Colony War effectively comes to an end with the Battle of Cheyenne as a flotilla of civilian and military Freestar Collective ships takes down the major ships of the UC Navy using hit-and-run tactics.
2315: The UC Vanguard is founded as part of a UC response to the Freestar Collective's use of civilian ships during the Colony War. The Vanguard is the UC's own civilian navy, relying on civilians using their own ships.
2319: Sarah Morgan becomes the youngest head of the UC Navigator Corps, though it's a short-lived position as the division is shut down in 2320. Cast adrift, but still eager to put her training to good use, Morgan joins Constellation.
2321: Walter Stroud – co-owner of Stroud-Ecklund, one of the Settled Systems' premier starship manufacturers – joins Constellation and becomes its primary financial backer.
2322: Former Crimson Fleet pirate Vladimir Sall joins Constellation.
2325: Sarah Morgan becomes acting Chair of Constellation.
2325: Theologian Matteo Khatri joins Constellation.
2326: Barrett finds the original Artifact in the Constellation archives and knows it must be special.
2327: Freestar Ranger Sam Coe and his daughter Cora join Constellation.
2328: Andreja joins Constellation.
2328: Barrett convinces Constellation to purchase Starstation L-868 and modify it to become a deep space scanner, nicknamed 'The Eye'.
2330: Your Starfield story begins.

KK wrote:What's Elon Mush got to do with this, then.

Robbo-92 wrote:With this and TES 6 Bethesda already have a (potentially) very good line up for the next few years don’t they? Alongside what they’ve already got releasing for the PS5.

Tomous wrote:

Robbo-92 wrote:With this and TES 6 Bethesda already have a (potentially) very good line up for the next few years don’t they? Alongside what they’ve already got releasing for the PS5.

TES6 will be in the lineup for the next decade, let alone next few years....

Some highlights:

- It's going to be a while until we're going to see Starfield.
- He confirmed that they'd like to show the game when it's almost complete.
- He said modding will definitely be part of the game.
- It's definitely a single-player game.
- Largest engine overhaul ever. 5 times the people were working on this overhaul than ever before, and they are very happy with the results. "From rendering to animation to pathing to procedural generation, I don't wanna say everything. It's a significant overhaul, taken us longer than we would have liked. When people will see the results, we hope they'll be as happy as we are."
- "If we made Skyrim on next gen, we would increase the number of NPCs, more people in towns, bigger cities."
- Fallout 76 started as a side project, and most content was added late into the project. Todd acknowledged that Fallout 76 wasn't received as well as they'd hoped, and said that it let people down and didn't deliver.
- Microsoft's acquisition allows them to make better games and reach more people than ever. "For me next gen is about accessibility. I want to play this game now and then continue from where I was. I'm playing it and I wanna pick that up and have it go with me and have it frictionless. Next 10 years are about making that seamless."
- he played Outer Wilds on Gamepass.
- Both Starfield and ES6 will be on Gamepass.

Garth wrote:Same interview without the annoying YouTuber

Starfield is easily one of the most highly anticipated upcoming releases, which is surprising given the fact that we’ve seen nothing of the game other than a logo. The promise of a sci-fi open world RPG developed by Bethesda is an alluring one though, and there’s been more than a few questions about when exactly we’ll see it, and then get to play it. It seems both of those things will be happening relatively soon.

GamesBeat journalist Jeff Grubb recently said during a Dealer Gaming stream that the plan for Bethesda is to follow a marketing and launch cycle for Starfield similar to that of Fallout 4. According to Grubb, there’s a 90% likelihood that the game’s going to be unveiled in full at E3, and then will launch later in the year itself. He says that that’s what Bethesda has planned right now, barring any COVID-related delays and hurdles, of course.

Other insiders have also recently suggested that launching Starfield in late 2021 is part of Bethesda’s plan, with COVID being the only potential complication.

Whenever it does launch, it’ll be interesting to see how Microsoft handles its exclusivity. Director Todd Howard has said that it would be “hard to imagine” Starfield releasing as an Xbox console exclusive, though Microsoft’s recent statements about wanting to provide exclusive content for Game Pass might contradict that.

LewisD wrote:

Garth wrote:Same interview without the annoying YouTuber