Starfield Has Officially Taken Off On Steam, Xbox Series X|S, And Game Pass

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Starfield has finally launched, available on Steam and Xbox Series X|S. It is also on Game Pass.

Thank you for coming with us on this journey as we built our first new universe in over 25 years. Now, we invite you to embark on your own adventure. #Starfield is out now on all platforms! pic.twitter.com/cTVldYIDGo

Starfield is now available on Steam!https://t.co/X5s2YLFFHK

For all, into the #Starfield. pic.twitter.com/BMORBAPuZw

This launch marks the culmination of five years in development. Bethesda originally unveiled the game in E3 2018 with a small teaser trailer, followed by an in-engine trailer presented at E3 2021, that demonstrated the Creation Engine 2. It was also at this event that Microsoft revealed that the game would become an Xbox console exclusive, a few months after the console maker acquired their parent company Zenimax Media.

However, it can also be said that this is the end of a 25 + year journey for Bethesda.  Todd Howard revealed that the studio was interested in making a “Skyrim in space” as far back as 1994, when they acquired the license to make a video game based on the Traveller tabletop RPG owned by Game Designer’s Workshop.

Bethesda’s efforts to jumsptart a space exporation themed video game would repeatedly falter through the years, At one point, they even had the rights to Star Trek, but their pitches failed to pass by their owners. But this was where something special happened.

In the 25 + years that they sat on the idea, Bethesda slowly reshaped the project to make something original. They ultimately came upon building the game around NASApunk, an aesthetic that is futuristic, but also realistic, for its grounded basis on NASA technology as they are used today.

Starfield also got caught up