Starfield lead designer reacts to the RPG surpassing 12 million players: "It’s hard not to feel pretty great about that"

Starfield has been pretty disappointing for a lot of people, and the same can be said about the highly-marketed Constellation Watch that Bethesda included in the Collector's Edition of the game. It was meant to be a stylish piece of clothing for all the budding Starfield fans out there to proudly display on their wrists, but ended up breaking only a month after the game actually came out.

Starfield developer Bethesda has released some player stats to round up the RPG's launch year, and it revealed a lot about its fans. 

While Starfield was heavily criticized by many, the game managed to become quite popular in the months following its release.

With the year coming to a close, Bethesda Game Studios has announced that the space-faring RPG Starfield has topped 13 million players. This is just a few weeks after Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer revealed over 12 million players across all platforms.

In what looks like its last Starfield post for the year, Bethesda's committed to big changes for the RPG in 2024, revisiting promised quality-of-life features and doubling down on new gameplay options ahead of the RPG's first confirmed expansion, Shattered Space. 

Former Mass Effect lead writer has revealed that the Legendary Edition's success helped to convince him: "I don't want to do any more Mass Effect after this."

Next year is shaping up to be a huge year for World of Warcraft fans. In a blog post, Blizzard released the 2024 roadmap for both retail World of Warcraft leading into The War Within expansion as well as the release plans for all things World of Warcraft Classic including Season of Discovery updates and Cataclysm Classic.

Every year, about this time, I have friends that come out of the woodwork asking for advice on what gift to get the gamer in their life. Some already have a list they’ve been given, while others are frantically begging for ideas. From basic kit, to $2000 monitors to gift ideas for the gamer who has it all, our holiday gift buying guide has you covered. To ensure you are getting a quality gift, we did our best to stick to items reviewed by our team this year, but we have relied on older reviews as well as outside reviews for picks to fill in gaps in our coverage. I’ve also added a few items on my wishlist this year, and you can always check out our 2022 holiday buying guides for even more picks.

Baldur's Gate 3 developers have decisively shut down speculation surrounding The Emperor.

The 2023 Steam Award nominations are out, meaning it's time to cast your ballots for your favorite games across categories ranging from Game of the Year to Best Game You Suck At.

A lead Starfield developer complains that gamers are "disconnected" from "the realities of game development". In the lengthy thread, Bethesda's design director Emil Pagliarulo argues that many critics don't understand how games are made, saying, "Don't fool yourself into thinking you know why it is the way it is."

Starfield lead designer Emil Pagliarulo recently addressed some common criticism raised towards games (and most definitely at the latest RPG from Bethesda), discussing how much some players are disconnected from the realities of game development and how people shouldn't fool themselves into thinking they know why some things are the way they are.