After a chronic interval of sluggish progress, Bethesda has ramped up the tempo of updates for Starfield in latest weeks, having launched two main back-to-back updates for the sci-fi RPG within the months of Might and June, whereas extra content material and updates – together with the paid enlargement Shattered Area – are additionally on the best way. However is that this the kind of tempo of updates can we anticipate Bethesda Recreation Studios to stay to transferring ahead.
Talking in a latest interview with YouTuber MrMattyPlays, director Todd Howard revealed that the studio has a second yr of updates additionally deliberate for Starfield, however acknowledged that the cadence of updates goes to range.
“The cadence of issues goes to vary relying on the replace that we’re doing and the place our improvement lands,” he mentioned. “Generally you’ll have some shorter gaps, typically you’ll have larger gaps between larger updates.”
Howard added that although the sport’s latest updates lined up with releases in shut neighborhood throughout Might and June, there’s prone to be a bigger hole earlier than the following replace, whereas longer gaps will even observe subsequent yr, with the studio present planning “massive beats” for the sport’s second yr of free updates.
He added, “There’ll most likely be extra of a niche after this, there’ll be some larger gaps subsequent yr as we have a look at these massive beats for the ‘12 months 2’ that we’re planning, and we’ll ensure hopefully that we talk that properly to the viewers.”
On high of free updates, Bethesda’s plan for Starfield additionally consists of paid expansions. Past the upcoming Shattered Area, which is rumoured to launch in September, Howard says Bethesda Recreation Studios is concentrating on annual expansions. How lengthy that can proceed stays to be seen, however the studio is already planning at the least a second enlargement that can come subsequent yr.
“I’d say- kind of, yeah,” Howard mentioned. “How lengthy that continues, hopefully a really very long time, however we’re planning for the one after this, so there will likely be one other one.”
Starfield is on the market on Xbox Sequence X/S and PC. The sport has surpassed 14 million lifetime gamers throughout all platforms.
