Starfield release window proves you should always read the small print

Xbox Game Pass hints toward the RPG’s launch date

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An updated release window forStarfield, Bethesda’s upcoming and recently delayed sci-fi RPG, has been spotted onXbox Game Pass.

Starfieldis “expected early 2023”, according to the small print written at the bottom of anXbox Game Passsubscription plan page. The expected release window was spotted by a Reddit user, whosnapped a pictureof their screen before posting it in the Starfield subreddit.

Early 2023 is a narrower release window than what’s been previously shared. When developer Bethesda announcedStarfield’s delayearlier this year, it said it expected the game to launch in the “first half of 2023”, along with Arkane’s upcoming vampiric co-op shooterRedfall.

Although still vague, early 2023 suggests the RPG will be launching sooner rather than later, and could come as early as the first quarter of next year – January, February, or March. The work of other internet sleuths has alsosuggested March 2023will be the month Starfield finally makes its landing.

The game has certainly been a long time coming. Bethesda first teased Starfield in atrailerback in 2018, before presenting the game in astandalone E3 presentationin 2021. Its initial November 11 2022 release date had been set years ago, but with no gameplay made public over that time, it’s little surprise the game has been pushed back to next year.

We’re likely to get a proper glimpse of the game soon, however. TheXbox and Bethesda showcasewill be broadcast on June 12, and we fully expect to see some in-game footage of the much-anticipated space-based RPG.

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