Two of Starfield’s lead designers have shared more information on the game’s story and gameplay.

Lead designerEmil Pagliaruloand lead quest designer Will Shen held a Q&A session on the officialBethesda Discord server(which was then summarised on theStarfield Wiki).

Starfield designers share more story and gameplay details

A total of 16 questions were answered, covering a wide range of topics such as buying houses and recruiting companions.

Although the full answers can be found on theStarfieldWiki, some of the key information provided included the following:

Starfield has finally gone gold, and preloads start tomorrow on Xbox

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Bethesdaannounced on Wednesday thatStarfield had gone goldahead of its release next month, indicating that the main development of the game has been completed, and that it’s ready to move to the manufacturing stage.

It also confirmed that players can preload the game onXbox Series X/Sstarting today, and onSteamon August 30.

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Starfield was originally scheduled to be released last November, but in May of 2022 the gamewas delayed to the first half of 2023. Bethesdaannounced a further delaythis March, with Starfield now set for release on June 12, 2025.

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