Starfield, Bethesda’s huge, 1,000-planet extensive area RPG, arrived on September 6, 2023. After years of appreciable hype, the sport has had considerably of a rocky first 12 months. That mentioned, Bethesda has promised new options, crucial bug fixes, and extra in 2024 and it’s opening the door for Steam customers to beta take a look at these new options and enhancements, with the primary replace arriving on January 17, 2024.
How do you join Starfield’s beta exams on Steam?
If you will have Starfield on Steam, you’ll be able to join beta exams by right-clicking on the sport in your library, deciding on “Properties,” then “Betas,” and selecting “beta-Beta” from the dropdown. Check out our information on Starfield’s upcoming 2024 updates for extra particulars.
Bethesda guarantees greater than ‘100 fixes and enhancements’
In a publish to X (previously Twitter), Bethesda states that the complete set of updates will ship to all gamers on all platforms round January 31. But when you’re within the Steam beta channel, right here’s what’s getting deployed on January 17 for you:
- Fixes to the “Eye of the Storm” quest that prevented the story from advancing
- Temples in “Into the Unknown” ought to seem appropriately
- Additional widescreen assist
- Improved textures, lighting, and shadows
- Fixes for planet ring shadows and different visible area phenomena
- A repair to deal with asteroids getting caught on ships
- Ship hatches stubbornly inaccessible
While subsequent week’s beta gained’t comprise any model new options, such because the “new methods of touring” that Bethesda has teased in earlier weeks, fixes to quests that repeatedly get caught are maybe among the most welcome modifications this time round. Bethesda beforehand promised to ship updates round each six weeks beginning in February. Expected options embrace metropolis maps, further ship customization and constructing choices. Starfield can also be slated to obtain some story DLC with “Shattered Space.” Not a lot is understood about this enlargement, however it’s anticipated to reach within the first half of 2024.
