Whereas rumours have been swirling round Starfield getting a second growth, some recordsdata found by dataminers in the newest updates for the sci-fi RPG have indicated that Bethesda is bringing a fan-requested characteristic to the sport. As caught by Reddit consumer Zealousideal-Purchaser-7, references have been caught within the sport’s code courtesy of latest updates that might point out that gamers will have the ability to fly their in-game spaceships to completely different planets in the identical star system.
In accordance with the references made to interplanetary journey to the sport, gamers will nonetheless finally be restricted to flying round in the identical star system, and interstellar journey will nonetheless require gamers to undergo the identical sequence as they all the time had. Gamers may even not have the ability to instantly land their spaceships on to the planet, and making an attempt to take action will as a substitute set off a cutscene of the touchdown as a substitute.
It’s value noting that these are simply references to a attainable characteristic within the sport’s code; Bethesda has made no bulletins concerning interplanetary journey being a characteristic it has been engaged on for Starfield. The characteristic may even find yourself being minimize out altogether if the studio is unable to get it to work proper, and unused code typically winds up in sport recordsdata no matter whether or not or not the characteristic really makes it into the ultimate product.
If the characteristic does make it into Starfield, it’ll doubtless find yourself arriving with the rumoured second growth for the RPG. Once more, Bethesda hasn’t but confirmed the event of this growth. Nonetheless, stories indicating that it is perhaps within the works have been popping up since earlier this 12 months. In accordance with these stories, the growth is slated to be introduced a while this 12 months.
Curiously, there have additionally been stories of Starfield doubtlessly coming to PS5 alongside the discharge of the sport’s second growth. The report signifies that, for each the growth in addition to the PS5 launch, Bethesda is concentrating on a launch window of Spring 2026. These stories have additionally indicated that Microsoft shall be making an official announcement of the sport coming to PS5, in addition to of the growth, throughout Gamescom later this month.
Bethesda had beforehand said that it had plans for Starfield in 2025, referring to those plans as being “thrilling issues”. The assertion was made again in March, nevertheless, and the corporate hasn’t revealed any extra particulars about what sorts of updates the sport shall be getting to date.
“We all know you’re longing for an replace, and we actually respect your ardour for Starfield,” the studio wrote. “The staff has been arduous at work, and whereas we’re not able to share particular particulars simply but, now we have quite a lot of thrilling issues deliberate for the sport this 12 months that we will’t wait to speak about when the time is correct.”
Starfield is at present out there on PC and Xbox Collection X/S. Since its launch, the sport has seen the discharge of 1 growth – Shattered Area. For extra particulars, try our evaluate of the bottom sport in addition to the growth.
