Starfield Gets First Gameplay Trailer at Xbox and Bethesda Games Showcase

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The recent delay of Starfield upset many fans, as it has been billed as *the* big release of fall 2022 for quite some time. However, it wasn't all bad news. Bethesda said, at the time, it would show some more of the game soon, which lined up perfectly with the general logo design of the Xbox and Bethesda Games showcase.

Bethesda lived up to its word, debuting Starfield gameplay for the first time ever at the end of the Showcase. For the most part, it looks to be what many expected, but that's by no means a bad thing. If anything, it seems the wait for Starfield will be even more agonizing.

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This new Starfield gameplay trailer shows off the player landing on the moon of Krete, in search of an abandoned research facility. The trailer does confirm first and third-person gameplay when it first gives look at some strange alien creatures. As seen below, the character eventually enters combat showing off a weapon wheel and a couple of guns, as well as the Crimson Fleet enemy faction.

The showcase then skipped over to New Atlantis and introduced the beginning faction, Constellation. This showed off more of its city and characters, really giving fans an all-encompassing look at its style and approach, with character creation, spaceship combat and customization, and other features being shown off too. Specifically, the spaceship customization holds a ton of promise, but the space combat looks like it could be improved. Still, exploring thousands of planets is an interesting prospect.

Starfield does not have a new release date yet, but the Showcase was said to focus on games releasing in the next 12 months. This makes the rumor of Starfield's early 2023 window seem