Many people had a voice in the development of The Elder Scrolls 5... Skyrim ... However, it would instead follow up on Fallout 4 with multiplayer title Fallout 76, which would then be succeeded by Starfield ... .
The person allegedly once earmarked for the role of lead designer of The Elder Scrolls 6, Kurt Kuhlmann, has said that if they had their way, the game would have been like the beloved Star Wars movie The Empire Strikes Back. Read more ... .
Comparing it to the much larger scale of sci-fi RPGStarfield, he noted that games can often benefit from being a bit more constrained ... because that’s part of why I was not super into Starfield.
Starfield has had a somewhat divisive response from players since it debuted in 2023, but there is a Star Wars mod that transforms it into a more rewarding experience.
Starfield design director Emil Pagliarulo says making the space RPG was a "bat**** crazy idea" considering that Bethesda had "never made a space sim," and that's precisely why the developers had to do it.
That's something, according to Pagliarulo, Bethesda learned at some point between releasing Fallout 4 and Starfield. "The time between Fallout 4 and Starfield, the one thing we really learned is there is no one definition of an RPG," Pagliarulo says.
It was a quiet 2025 for Bethesda’s Starfield, especially following the disappointing ShatteredSpace, but next year could be different ... with Fallout 4 and Starfield, especially in base-building.
What could be included in Starfield2.0?. Starfield could see fewer loading screens ... We look forward to the adventures yet to come.— Starfield (@starfield.bethesdastudios.com) 2025-09-05T15.42.46.155Z.
It's lonely out in space, especially if you're a Starfield player waiting for any word about the next major update coming to the game ... in Bethesda's decision to push back its next Starfield chapter.
Over two years have now passed since Bethesda Game Studios released Starfield, and there haven't been too many updates since the launch aside from the ShatteredSpaceDLC – but that could change soon, judging by rumors circulating online.
Starfield is reportedly getting a major update in early 2026 that will improve space flight loading screens and the game's Creation Engine, as well as announcements for the PlayStation 5 and Nintendo Switch 2 ports ... .