Starfield is now up on Early Access, for both Steam and Xbox, including Xbox on PC and Xbox Series X|S.
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The release of Starfield is fast-approaching, which promises to deliver an entire galaxy to explore. That's some pretty ambitious scope from developer Bethesda, and given the size of the title, many have been expecting an absolute behemoth of a download to come with it. Turns out we were right to expect as much, as the official file sizes for Starfield on Xbox and PC have been released, and they're pretty hefty.
First shared by Mattmo831 on ResetEra, the store listings for Starfield now give us accurate file sizes for both platforms. Starfield will be a 139.84GB download on PC, while the Xbox version of the game will be a slightly smaller 126.1GB download. It's not clear if this will be the file size for the Xbox Series S version of the game too, but we can probably assume as much or around the same.
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Considering how big games are getting these days, this means you might want to make some room on your platform of choice, especially if you're planning to play on Xbox Series S. A single Call of Duty or Forza game with Starfield on top could easily push your system's storage close to full, so now is the perfect time to delete all of those games you have installed that you were planning to get around to at some point but never have.
If you have a subpar internet connection and you're worried about having to wait all day for Starfield to actually download, you don't need to fear. Bethesda announced earlier today that Starfield has now gone gold and that pre-loads will begin tomorrow, giving you plenty of time to get the thing downloaded onto your Xbox or PC, primed and ready for release day on September 6 next month. It also means that Starfield won't be delayed again, so we can now get excited for release day with nothing to worry about.
For now, you can read up on all the delicious Starfield lore to get ready, as Bethesda recently released a complete timeline of momentous events that take place in the game's history. For example, Starfield believes that humans will finally step foot on Mars in the year 2050, and that we'll be living in space in 2100. We also start a bunch of wars across space which, lets be honest, was an inevitability given how well things have gone down here on Earth so far.
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Starfield is now up on Early Access, for both Steam and Xbox, including Xbox on PC and Xbox Series X|S.
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