When is Starfield early access? Date, UK time & how to get access

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After years upon years of waiting, Starfield is closer than ever. If you simply can't wait any more and want to get a head start on your space adventures, then you might want to take a punt on Starfield early access.

Considering that Starfield is likely to offer hundreds of hours' worth of exploration among the stars, having that extra time could prove wholly useful in the long run.

In fact, Starfield is set to feature more than 1,000 planets across 100 star systems, so it's fair to say there's plenty to do.

So what is Starfield early access? It essentially gets you access to the Bethesda game ahead of its 6th September 2023 global release date.

There are various ways to do this, with different times available depending on where you are located in the world. Let's break it all down below.

Starfield early access starts on 1st September 2023 – five days before the official launch of the game on 6th September 2023. The game will be available to play exclusively across Xbox Series X/S and PC.

It's also worth noting that Bethesda's official description for early access states that «actual play time depends on the purchase date and is subject to possible outages and applicable time zone differences».

Bethesda is more known for its games having bugs rather than major technical outages at launch, so we think it's unlikely early access will be hindered come the big day. This is a single-player game, too, so no online multiplayer components are involved.

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