Bethesda Game Studios has revealed that Starfield’s most sizeable update since it was released in September 2023 is set to hit Steam Beta on January 17. That’ll kick off a testing period, with the update being released globally two weeks later, once the beta testers have validated that there is nothing wrong with the update.
It was claimed by Bethesda that ‘over 100 fixes and improvements’ are coming as part of the update to the game that is fast falling out of memory. There are high expectations that BGS will reveal something related to Starfield during the Xbox Developer Direct showcase that’s airing on January 18 – there are still no signs of Shattered Space, the game’s first expansion.
Coming Down Fast
In a thread posted to Twitter, Bethesda Game Studios revealed what’s coming as part of the biggest Starfield update ever from January 17, including:
- Fixes for bugs in quests (Eye of the Storm, for instance)
- Improved textures, lighting, and shadows (particularly on character models)
- Additional widescreen support
- ‘Sun disk geometry’
- Addressing the ‘pet asteroid’ bug
- Planet ring shadows
It was stressed that a ‘multitude’ of fixes are on the way, but it certainly seems as though this update is more of a quality-of-life sweep than it is anything substantial or meaty. There isn’t anything ‘new’ really being added to the game, which has seen a sharp drop-off in player count since being released on September 6, 2023.
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