![]() I would have anticipated Keighley to hype Bethesda’s appearance on the ONL stage much as he does with the majority of the lineup. On August 23, there will also be the Opening Night Live showcase, which will be emceed by Geoff Keighley. Regarding the remaining events, you can see Xbox’s Livestream plan for next Thursday, August 25, in our Gamescom 2022 schedule.ĭuring its six hours of booth coverage, it intends to showcase a variety of games and companies, notably Pentiment, Microsoft Flight Sim, and Minecraft Legends. RELATED: The Original Quake Is Free To Keep During QuakeCon At Home However, we don’t anticipate anything novel. There might also be a repeat of Bethesda’s gameplay reveal from June there. It states that a life-size VASCO companion robot will be available for people to pause and take pictures with. That theory is thus refuted.Īt Gamescom, Starfield will be present at Bethesda’s stand. RELATED: Riot Games Shares Teamfight Tactics Ranked Details During Reddit Ask Me Anything Postīethesda now seems to have modified the news page once more and deleted all references to Starfield attending the fan event. To see a replay of the Xbox and Bethesda Games Showcase gameplay demonstrations for Redfall and Starfield, it had been modified by the time our TechRadar colleagues read it. ![]() ![]() However, it turns out that the fans’ expectations were perhaps a little too lofty.Ī news article claiming that players would be able to watch Redfall and Starfield gaming at the Bethesda fan event on August 26 momentarily caused a stir on the Starfield subreddit. The following week’s Gamescom fan event in Germany would reportedly feature Starfield gaming. Steam.Everyone is pleading for more information about Starfield even after its massive 15-minute revelation this season. New Revenue Share Tiers and other updates to the Steam Distribution Agreement. Phil Spencer on exclusivity, monetisation and game development. Groth-Anderson, Magnus (October 26, 2020). Today it appeared on Steam, presenting itself as a next generation role-playing game set among the stars where you will embark on an epic journey to answer mankind’s greatest mystery. GDC State Of The Industry: Devs Irked By 30 Percent Storefront Revenue Cuts. Starfield is Bethesda’s first original RPG in 25 years, set in space hundreds of years into the future, and it arrives late next year on November 11, 2022. Game Developers Conference (April 28, 2021). Microsoft is bringing more games to Steam, says 'We believe you should have choice in where you buy your PC games'. Microsoft will let devs keep every penny their Windows app makes - unless it’s a game. Starfield will release on PC and Xbox on November 11, 2022. If their store becomes the place where everyone goes to buy apps then Microsoft might be in a stronger position to try to muscle in on the revenue of stores like Steam. Microsoft is super keen for developers to sell their apps and games through the Microsoft store - allowing them to keep all revenues, unless it's a game.Īllowing developers (excluding games) to sell apps through Microsoft without losing a cut might be intended to build Steam style gravity on the back of apps. ('hey, I have another settlement for you to explore') But youll have to be a certain level to go to that planet or pass certain questline to access it making you grind the game for countless wasted hours. In 2020 they confirmed that availability. Why do I get the feeling that this is going to be Sim City/Minecraft in space with a few quest lines like get me this item from this planet, thrown into it. Not too long ago, Starfield's eventual availability on Steam would have been uncertain. Microsoft also tried competing with them but seemingly gave up a few years ago and then also bought Bethesda. One place to log into and buy / play games from. Naturally competitors joined the market and before they were purchased by Microsoft, Bethesda released their own launcher and store for their handful of games.Ĭutting out the middle-man, Steam, would make a huge difference to any developer's bottom line and many don't love the cut.īut Steam has gravity. Their cut is 30% of all game sales which a few years ago they modified for big sellers. They were the first really big provider of digital purchase and download of games. But it is noteworthy.įor the benefit of non-gamers, Steam is the gaming equivalent of YouTube. With almost a year to go until launch, that might not seem significant and even those eager to play it likely won't be excited by this. Bethesda Game Studios gave a tantalizing preview trailer of the game, and two interviews coyly explaining the sci-fi RPG. Bethesda's space roleplaying game Starfield now has a Steam page. Starfield, for Xbox Series X and Windows PC, will launch in November 2022.
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