So far we haven’t seen any gameplay from Starfield but we already know the release date and have seen a teaser trailer. The release date for Starfield is on the 11. November 2022 as the games developer Bethesda announced. Todd Howard has previously said that it is “something we feel uniquely positioned to pull off”. By that he probably meant that at its core the game will still be a RPG, similar to how the Elder Scrolls and Fallout titles work, but this time in outer space!
In Starfields most recent teaser trailer we can see that the game is developed in the Creation Engine 2. Basically an updated version of what Elder Scrolls and Fallout was made in. The trailer starts off with a space ship on an unknown planet. The door of the ship opens and a human walks in, he is wearing a white red space suit, then goes up the ladder into the main room of the ship.
We can see sort of tablet on a table with a map of the current surface the ship is on, a coffee mug and some other devices are placed on the tablet. In the background you can see most of the backend of the room, with another table and four chairs, indicating that the space ship wasn’t made for just one passenger, but several.
The next scene in the Starfield teaser trailer shows the character placing his gun on the table with the chairs. This indicated that planet we landed on might not be safe, we need to bring protection along with us. The weapon looks very detailed and modified, indicating that we might be able to craft our own weapons. There is also another device at the edge of the table, could be a grenade or some sort of tracking device, it is unclear what it could be.
In the next scene we get a close up shot of an old helmet, a box and some sort of manual for a space station. On the box it says “Property of Constellation“. The helmet seems to be broken and has a bullet hole on the upper end, indicating that either the planet that we are currently on or a previous planet had hostile groups present.
In the next scene of the Starfield teaser trailer we get to take a look at a wall with plenty of information on it. The top middle shows some sort of robot that helped us. Text on the mirror says “Reminder: Cydonia security does not have a sense of humor”. It looks like there are other factions such as the Cydonia security that we might encounter in Starfield. While they don’t seem to be hostile you shouldn’t joke around with them.
Similar to past games, we might be able to develop our trust in different factions.
Of course there are plenty of other things on this wall, lots of stickers and a poster with a woman on it can also be found.
Now we get a close up of the ship control seat. The space ship is made for one pilot. Maybe there are bigger ships out there that have a bigger control room than our one seater here. You can also see some sort of station outside.
In the next scene of the Starfield teaser trailer we get to see how the space ship looks from the outside as well as the space station. In between both of the objects (marked red on the picture) you can also see the robot that we saw a picture of inside the space ship. This might be one of our companions, indicating that we could get more companions like we did in past Bethesda games!
In the next scene where we see the inside of the space ship and the pilot again we can also see the robot, greeting us while he walks past the window.
In the next scene we see the robot again on the right side. We also see the name of our space ship, it is called Frontier NG1350. Of course this might also just indicate on what system or planet we are on.
And finally we get to see the robot up close. He seems to have two legs, two arms and a torso. We can also spot a projector or camera on top, indicating that this might be his head or where information processed.
And at the end of the teaser trailer we get to see the space ship take off. The character also says at the end: “This is all we have been working towards, you have come to the beginning of humanity’s final journey. That’s why we are here, to discover what’s out there!”
And the Starfield teaser trailer finally announced the launch date of Starfield, the 11.11.2022. Of course the date is subject to change, as developing a game always holds surprises and we don’t want to experience another launch horror like we did with Fallout 76!
Now you know everything about the release date of Starfield, Bethesdas next big new game with a brand new IP!
