Pete Hines

Starfield might not even be out yet, but head of publishing Pete Hines has confirmed that The Elder Scrolls 6 is now in early development at Bethesda Game Studios. This news comes five years after the game was announced at E3 2018.

There is a lot to do in Starfield, whether you want to build ships, live a life of crime, or maybe just be a good guy going through space. With all that customization, it can be easy to get lost in the sauce and confused by many of the options.

As Starfield descends upon us and Todd Howard writes letters to everyone from Bethesda and Xbox staff to Starfield reviewers and even the Starfield Reddit, the de facto face of Bethesda has also come up with a cracking idea: "Someone should make a sequel to Skyrim." 

If you were hopeful that mod support would be featured in Starfield right out of the gate, you might be in for some disappointment. Fortunately, we knew Starfield would feature mod support. The video game is easily one of the more anticipated titles to launch this year and arguably one of the biggest for the Xbox team in a very long time. However, with the game nearly here with the official launch and those on early access getting to dive in, you will have to enjoy the vanilla experience of the game. All the extra goodies that come packed from mods will be coming later.

Leaked Starfield footage showing a "Boundary Reached" message caused a stir on the internet earlier this week, and IGN is here to tell you how that actually works in-game.

When it comes to the gaming space, there are nowadays very few titles that you can point at and go, “Oh, that’s something totally different.” Or something that’ll make you go, “I haven’t played anything like that before!” Part of the reason for that is simply that video games have existed for a long time, and thus, developers/publishers have had the ability to make numerous kinds of titles. The other reason is that repetition and familiarity are something that those same companies prefer to employ versus making unique titles. However, Hi-Fi Rush from Tango Gameworks and Bethesda was a change of pace that the gaming industry needed.

Given the current hype surrounding Starfield, you’re never too far away from a discussion of all things related to Bethesda, including The Elder Scrolls 6. We all know that it’s likely years until the Skyrim follow-up sees the light of day, but at what stage of development is it currently at?

Starfield might not even be out yet, but head of publishing Pete Hines has confirmed that The Elder Scrolls 6 is now in early development at Bethesda Game Studios. This news comes five years after the game was announced at E3 2018.

Bethesda has warned Elder Scrolls fans not to expect a significant update on the next series entry anytime soon.

Even after Starfield's launch, don't expect to hear more about Bethesda's fantasy RPG anytime soon.

Starfield is so close, you can almost feel the cold void clutching at your bones through the thin sheen of your delicate spacesuit: September 1 for everyone who's purchased the Premium or Constellation editions of the game, and September 6 for everyone else. And when it's finally out the door, that clears the deck for the game everyone's really been waiting for: The Elder Scrolls 6. Right? Well, yes, but not anytime soon.

Starfield might be right around the corner, but that doesn’t mean that gamers can expect to hear any updates about The Elder Scrolls 6 any time soon, according to Bethesda’s head of publishing, Pete Hines.

There is quite a bit of hype over Bethesda’s next major RPG release. Starfield was first teased years ago alongside the next installment to The Elder Scrolls franchise. However, we knew that Starfield would be released first. With the new RPG from the talented folks at Bethesda nearing its release next week or in just two days if you’re an early access player, the attention might soon transition over to what might be next. Today, we’re finding out that Bethesda’s Pete Hines commented on The Elder Scrolls 6.

The Elder Scrolls 6 is seemingly in active development, right as Starfield launches.

Planetary exploration has been the subject of much debate among Starfield fans in the lead-up to the game’s launch and early access period this Friday. Most want to be able to explore the entirety of all 1,000 planets, walking in a straight line around their circumferences, but some would prefer it if that weren’t the case.

"[The Elder Scrolls 6] is in development," Bethesda Softworks vice president Pete Hines said when asked about whether the long-awaited sequel was still in the concept phase. "But it's in early development."

Starfield is the first new IP from Bethesda in almost 30 years, so expectations are naturally sky-high for the space action RPG.

Starfield is just days away from launch and ahead of that the Bethesda RPG has seen several leaks. Copies of the game are currently in the hands of select reviewers and even some players who obtained it illegally, before sharing a plethora of screenshots and gameplay videos online. One such clip that's now causing concern for fans about Starfield's scope was first leaked on a Chinese forum, over the weekend, which suggested that a player could run non-stop in one direction for 40 minutes, before being met with a ‘Boundary Reached' message. The videos have since been removed, though players are now questioning the legitimacy of developer Bethesda's claims.

Bethesda’s ambitious space-exploration RPG Starfield is right around the corner, and it’s now been explained why the title features an unvoiced protagonist, despite having over 200,000 lines of voiced dialogue.

Bethesda has been very canny with their Starfield promotion, boasting endlessly about the size and scope of the game, which includes thousands of explorable planets. It’s left fans trying to separate hype from reality and searching for possible cracks in the game’s façade. Well, with a number of leaked copies of Starfield now in the wild, it seems one has been found.

To say that the Starfield community is excited about the game’s early access release on September 1 would be a severe understatement. The game is now at the top of Steam charts, for one, and even though an odd leak here and there may have tried to throw a wrench in the hype, it doesn’t seem like there’s a way for this train to stop before it reaches its inevitable destination. It’s not too surprising, then, that some community members have patched together an impromptu pre-release Starfield character planner to let fans theory craft away while they wait.

Bethesda Game Studios’ titles have a long and stories tradition of being heaven for the modding community, and titles put out by the studio has enjoyed incredibly long lives as a result of what the community has created using their modding tools. Unsurprisingly, Starfield looks set to continue that tradition.

Bethesda's epic space RPG Starfield is right around the corner and springing leaks left and right, with one revealing a 'Boundary Reached' message that's caused concern with some fans.

What's the first derelict and/or abandoned (but is it really abandoned???) spaceship you ever visited in a videogame? I'm struggling to pin it down through the growing white noise of early middle age - as with much else in my life, everything blends into a gritty soup of Metroid and DOOM beyond the turn of the millennium - but I suspect it might have been a level from Rebellion's amazing 1999 Giger 'em up Aliens versus Predator, which I now recall only as screenfuls of fangs illuminated by Smartgun fire.

«Boundary reached,» reads an in-game Starfield text box that circulated online over the weekend. «Open the map to explore another region, or return to your ship.»

How long we spend in video games is dependent on several factors. First, the type of game it is. Second, how long the game’s story is, should it have a campaign mode. Third, if a title has a long gameplay loop, you can keep diving into it endlessly, such as with several FPS franchises. Finally, how big the world or universe of the game is, which is always determined by the developers. In the case of Starfield, Bethesda has promised a massive universe for gamers to dive into and seek out whatever they want. One person who has felt this “experience” for many hours is Pete Hines.

Starfield is just about here and Bethesda has revealed its global release times alongside the minimum and recommended PC specifications ahead of its early access release date of Friday, September 1.

The person who leaked 45 minutes of Starfield has been arrested for handling stolen goods.

Modding has always been a key appeal of Bethesda PC games, and the publisher has promised modding will be encouraged with the upcoming Starfield, but actual details have been a bit scarce. Obviously, those willing to dive right in and mess around with the code can do whatever they want, but what about those who don’t quite have those technical skills?

Starfield’s hype continues to grow, with fans eagerly counting down the days until Bethesda’s next major RPG can launch into the marketplace. While we still have a few ways to go, some fans might want to see any and all information that the developers at Bethesda are willing to offer. One of which came from the head of publishing for Bethesda, Pete Hines. With Gamescom going on, this is a great opportunity for developers to chime in and help offer some insight into the biggest upcoming games. So naturally, we have been seeing a few notable remarks and comments lately for the upcoming title. 

Bethesda’s head of publishing, Pete Hines, has suggested that Starfield modders could create their own planets and stories. 

Darin Harris, the man allegedly behind the YouTube account sharing leaked Starfield footage, has been arrested and charged with theft. This comes after he was spotted seemingly trying to sell early copies of the game, even though it's not clear how he would have come into possession of them in the first place.

Bethesda head of publishing Pete Hines has said Starfield “doesn’t even really get going” until after the main story mission is completed.

Starfield seemingly doesn't have a level cap whatsoever.

Heads up, prospective Starfield players — you’re apparently going to be extremely busy playing Bethesda’s space-exploration RPG for quite some time. You'd better finish that Baldur's Gate 3 playthrough while you can.

Bethesda publishing boss Pete Hines has been teasing what kind of modding Starfield allows, and it's looking pretty lofty. 

It's the final days of Starfield's run-up to launch, and Bethesda has arrived at Gamescom in full force to promote it. Game director Todd Howard teased unannounced Starfield surprises at Opening Night Live, head of publishing Pete Hines told players not to skip Starfield's «activities,» and now Hines is talking hour counts.

In an interview with GQ, Starfield Director and Executive Producer Todd Howard confirmed the open-world RPG does, in fact, have a New Game Plus mode.

Bethesda hasn't said much about the new Indiana Jones game in the works at Wolfenstein developer MachineGames since its announcement a few years ago, but studio boss Todd Howard maintains that work on the game is going great.

It’s no secret that Starfield is a big game – see Bethesda senior VP Pete Hines’ testimony here – or that development has proceeded for a long time. However, in a new interview with GQ, director Todd Howard finally revealed that the space-faring RPG was in the works for eight years. For reference, Rockstar’s Red Dead Redemption 2 also took as long to develop,

Bethesda’s Starfield is still a few weeks from release, with Premium Edition owners receiving early access on September 1st. However, following the live-action trailer from Gamescom Opening Night Live, several attendees have gone hands-on with the game and thus far, they can attest to how big it is.

Bethesda’s senior vice president of global marketing & communications has some simple but good advice for those who are about to start playing Starfield.

There's no «wrong» way to play big, open-ended RPGs like Baldur's Gate 3 or Starfield, but there kind of is, right? At least, there are a lot of opinions on how to have the most fun in these games, and some of them even come from their creators. Larian boss Swen Vincke offered some advice for our first Baldur's Gate 3 playthroughs, and now Bethesda head of publishing Pete Hines has dropped a Starfield tip ahead of the September 1 launch for premium edition owners.

Starfield is one of the year’s most eagerly anticipated titles, with launches scheduled in late August and early September, depending on which version fans decide to purchase. The hype is steadily building, and the Gamescom event in Cologne, Germany has provided the perfect opportunity for Bethesda to show new footage of the game in action, as well as to answer some lingering questions before fans get their hands on it. One recurring question is just how big the game actually is.

Quite a few anticipated video game titles are slated to come out into the marketplace this year. However, easily, one of the biggest to hit the marketplace will be Starfield. This is Bethesda’s next major RPG release, and fans have been waiting on this game for several years. Now that we are just a couple of weeks from its release into the market, we are seeing more marketing materials hit the web. In fact, Gamescom is going on right now. That’s an event in which Microsoft is showcasing Starfield to players. 

There are some big games still slated to hit the marketplace this year. Starfield is one of the biggest and most anticipated titles for Xbox Series X/S and PC players. We’ve been waiting on this game for years. Bethesda initially unveiled this game as a next-generation exclusive, but of course, since then, we have seen ZeniMax Media get acquired by Microsoft. So, with this game quickly approaching its release date, the developers behind Starfield have continued to market this game as much as possible. With Gamescom going on, Pete Hines recently commented to fans during the Xbox livestream on what not to skip out on.

Xbox boss Phil Spencer says the first few hours of Starfield are a little slow, but it eventually "blows up in terms of its epic scale."

Gamescom 2023 is underway, bringing plenty of new announcements and details on the biggest games coming to players, with one of the most hyped titles being Bethesda’s Starfield.

Starfield and Bethesda publishing lead Pete Hines says some of the RPG's best quests might not even be actual quests, but rather amazing individual moments or stories found through exploration and miscellaneous activities.

We already knew that Starfield was going to be massive, and in the days leading up to the game's release Bethesda isn't downplaying its scale one bit. Bethesda publishing boss Pete Hines says his current Starfield playthrough is nearing the 200 hour mark, and he's not even close to being done.

Bethesda and Amazon have confirmed that the Fallout TV show will be released in 2024 and is set in Los Angeles.

Samsung is offering you another way to play Starfield, and all you need is a compatible gaming monitor and a Game Pass subscription. Thanks to a partnership from Samsung and Bethesda that will see the studio’s upcoming sci-fi RPG, Starfield, be available to stream through the Samsung Gaming Hub.

Bethesda boss Todd Howard visited Gamescom to explains Starfield's opening mission, giving increasingly impatient and hopeful fans a taste of what you do before you even make your character. 

Well, friends, we are just over a week away from the early access launch of Starfield and spoilers have begun leaking, including the opening 40 minutes of the game from someone who got a copy early.

Starfield will let you fully explore a planet as soon as you land on it.

Starfield is said to be the biggest game Bethesda has ever made, with over 1,000 planets for players to explore and discover as they travel across the stars. However, for some players, there have been concerns about just how much of these planets are worth exploring or if they can be fully explored at all.

A game developer has sparked a «controversy» over the leaked start menu of Starfield, the next major RPG from Bethesda. The controversy has gotten to the point where Bethesda's Pete Hines took the time to respond in kind.

It's fair to say that Starfield is Bethesda's most important game release in years, probably the biggest thing it's done since rejuvenating the Fallout series back in 2008. And Bethesda head of publishing Pete Hines recently made it clear that the studio is taking the job of bringing that game to life seriously—and that he'll brook no suggestion that the studio is half-assing any part of it.

Bethesda's Pete Hines said Starfield's menu was «one of the first things» Bethesda Games Studio settled on.

Starfield's start-up menu has received criticism for being "basic," but fans have quickly come to its defense by sharing their favorites from other great games.  

Easily one of the biggest releases this year, especially for the folks over at Microsoft, is Bethesda’s Starfield. Fans have been waiting on this game for years since it was first teased before the launch of the latest-generation console platforms. However, as you already know, Microsoft had since acquired ZeniMax Media, and with it came the Bethesda team under the Xbox umbrella. So Starfield is Bethesda’s next RPG while also being the first exclusive for the Microsoft company. 

Bethesda head of publishing Pete Hines has spoken out in response to remarks made by ex-Blizzard developer Mark Kern, who had previously leaked an image of Starfield’s start screen and criticized its design as "hasty" or the work of a team "that didn't care".

Bethesda’s Starfield is one of the most hotly anticipated titles of 2023, which is a heck of an achievement for a year that’s already played host to heavy hitters like Hogwarts Legacy, Resident Evil 4, and Diablo 4, to list a few. It’s easy to see the appeal, too, as the game’s been described as “Skyrim in space” by Todd Howard himself. It’s a given, of course, that not everyone will find themselves enjoying what appears to be a classic Bethesda Game Studios RPG, but some may have taken their biases a tad too far.

A Bethesda exec has clashed with a former World of Warcraft lead over the latter’s comments on Starfield‘s leaked title screen.

Bethesda's Head of Publishing, Pete Hines, has hit back at World of Warcraft designer Mark Kern after Kern said Starfield's start screen suggests it «either shows hasty shipping deadlines by a passionate team overworked, or a team that didn't care».

Bethesda's head of publishing, Pete Hines, has commented on the discussion surrounding Starfield's simplistic main menu design, calling the developer who started the conversation "highly unprofessional".

Bethesda's Pete Hines has taken to Twitter to comment on a recent tweet about Starfield's start screen from former World of Warcraft team lead Mark Kern.

After many years of waiting, showcases, and teasers, Bethesda has finally completed development on its newest IP, Starfield. Twenty-five years in the making, Bethesda has officially announced that the game has gone gold and will be released on September 6, 2023. With this, fans can rest assured that they will soon explore the stars in this space epic.

Starfield has nearly landed, arriving on September 6, 2023. Since it has now gone gold, you can preload it starting tomorrow on Xbox and Windows, or on August 30 if you're buying it via Steam.

Bethesda has announced that Starfield has gone gold ahead of its release next month.

Starfield has quickly become one of the biggest and most anticipated video games set to launch into the marketplace this year. This is the first new RPG for Bethesda in quite a few years, and it will be an exclusive for Microsoft. So while fans are counting down the days for this new RPG epic to land in the marketplace, you could get a bit more insight into the history of Starfield. If you head over to the official Starfield portal from the Bethesda website, you’ll see Starfield’s story so far. 

Starfield is easily one of the biggest video games launching this year. From the talented folks from Bethesda and also their next new RPG in years, there’s quite a bit of attention on the game. However, it’s also set to be an Xbox exclusive, so those on PlayStation 5 will be left without the game. Still, that hasn’t stopped fans from quickly taking up with the game and all the marketing materials to have been released for it so far. But that has also made some fans a bit uneasy as we’re still left without some information, like how close the game is to hitting the fabled gold status milestone. 

Everyone is waiting for Starfield to go gold. The penultimate step in the journey of the Bethesda RPG game, it’s the one thing we’re waiting to happen now before the Starfield release date. In the five years since the successor to Elder Scrolls, Fallout, and Skyrim was first officially announced, we’ve been eagerly anticipating the day that it would finally arrive in our hands. With that time almost upon us, however, one Bethesda executive tells Starfield fans to keep a level head and not worry – we’ve not heard about the Starfield gold status yet, but everything, seemingly, is going to plan.

Bethesda has released three Starfield animated shorts designed to offer a window into several of the main cities in the upcoming sci-fi RPG.