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Bethesda is "putting the finishing touches on Starfield"

Kiraly

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Xbox CEO Phil Spencer believes Starfield will be a "hallmark for us" following the Bethesda acquisition

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Todd Howard says that Bethesda is "putting the finishing touches on Starfield"

Xbox CEO Phil Spencer believes Starfield will be a "hallmark for us" following the Bethesda acquisition
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Bethesda Game Studios' game director and executive producer confirmed that the studio has almost completed its work on the game, during a media briefing ahead of E3 2022: "We're putting the finishing touches on Starfield, which is an incredible opportunity for us," says Howard.
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"Starfield for me is a unique opportunity. Todd Howard has been a friend for an awful long time, and the fact that Bethesda Game Studios is working on a new IP, which has been a long time [coming]... This will be a hallmark for us – in terms of the acquisition of ZeniMax, getting to work with Todd, and bringing this game to market."
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Spencer has spoken in the past about his ambition for Starfield to be the most played game out of Bethesda – a tall order, considering the ongoing, decade-long success of Skyrim – and he spoke briefly here on how he believes Xbox can achieve that.
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"When I think about the platform that we're building, we're building a platform that can reach billions of players. Whether it's on console, whether it's on PC, whether it's through Xbox Cloud streaming – where players on any device that they want to play on should be able to find the content that they want to play, whether it's in a web browser, whether it's in an app, or whether it's on a device that's dedicated to playing games. That's just fundamental to where Xbox is going."
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Howard also spoke to the "incredible opportunity" that Starfield presents to Bethesda. "Players out there can experience what we're creating," he continues, "and get it to more people around the world, and in so many different ways than really we ever have before." Howards adds that the studio is excited about "being able to do something that really takes advantage of Xbox – on the machines themselves, with Series S and X, as well as knowing that anyone who is going to play the game can play it on PC, or xCloud, or whatever screens they're on."
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"Our ability to transport people, to put them in new worlds where they can have experiences that – for the moment that you're in them – they feel real for what they are, and the emotions you have. We've seen that with our other franchises like the Elder Scrolls, with Skyrim, and the Fallout Series. We're working really closely with Xbox now to make that [Starfield] the best experience it can be. Not just on the hardware, but how people access it, and being able to bring a game like this to more people than any of our games – it really is an incredible opportunity," says Howard.
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cormack12

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Not just on the hardware, but how people access it,

Hmmm, Remote Play, Cloud save syncing etc maybe?
 
Craig of War

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It Xbox news overload today
 
Markio128

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I’m not sure how feasible it will be to play Starfield using cloud tech, considering my own poor experience playing Skyrim, however, this is a moot point for me as I’ll be playing it on Series X.
 
Roman Empire

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Didn't some rumors say that the game was a technical mess? I think that goes beyond just some "finishing touches". Bethesda has no reason in rushing this now they are backed up by Microsoft. Hell, they didn't even make a proper showcase yet.
 
Kev Kev

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Roman Empire said:
Didn't some rumors say that the game was a technical mess? I think that goes beyond just some "finishing touches". Bethesda has no reason in rushing this now they are backed up by Microsoft. Hell, they didn't even make a proper showcase yet.
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there were some rumors of the developers saying with out the delay it would have been "the next cyberpunk" but id put money on that being made up by some internet troll. no way actual devs are going to talk shit about their employer so openly.

still tho, Bethesda has given us every reason to be skeptical, so it might as well be true
 
crunchyBiscuits

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I'm curious to know how involved MS was in the development of this game. Wasn't the rumour that Sony was trying to buy this as timed exclusive before the acquisition? So they must've had something to show Sony before MS stepped in?
 
Roman Empire

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Kev Kev said:
there were some rumors of the developers saying with out the delay it would have been "the next cyberpunk" but id put money on that being made up by some internet troll. no way actual devs are going to talk shit about their employer so openly.

still tho, Bethesda has given us every reason to be skeptical, so it might as well be true
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They would be braindead to release this in a broken state. Just come clean and say they want to deliver a complete and polished experience Day-1 and let Phil say those words and gamers would gladly wait. Cyberpunk should be used as a grim reminder that despite all hype if the game is broken, incomplete, and with features missing, then there is nothing that can be done to salvage that trainwreck besides delaying the whole thing.
 
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