Starfield
2023 video game
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| 2024 | The 24th Game Developers Choice Awards honored Starfield with honorable mentions for Game of the Year, Innovation Award, Best Narrative, and nominations for Best Technology and Audience Award. |
| 2024 | Starfield won Most Innovative Gameplay at the Steam Awards and the Video Game Award for Best Music at the BMI Film & TV Awards. |
| 2024 | At the 27th Annual D.I.C.E. Awards, Starfield was nominated for Role-Playing Game of the Year and Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction. |
| 2024 | Starfield received nominations at the New York Game Awards in multiple categories, including Game of the Year, Best Writing, and Best World. |
| 2024 | At the 20th British Academy Games Awards, Starfield was longlisted for Narrative and New Intellectual Property, and nominated for Technical Achievement. |
| November 19 2024 | Starfield reached over 15 million players. |
| September 30 2024 | The first downloadable content (DLC) for Starfield, called Shattered Space, is released. |
| January 11 2024 | Steam player numbers dropped to 11,182, falling lower than previous Bethesda Game Studios titles like Skyrim Special Edition and Fallout 4. |
| 2023 | Starfield won Xbox Game of the Year at the Golden Joystick Awards. The game was also nominated for multiple categories including Ultimate Game of the Year, Best Supporting Performer (Cissy Jones), Best Visual Design, and Best Audio. |
| December 2023 | Emil Pagliarulo, Starfield's lead studio design director, posted a social media thread responding to negative game development criticism, which was speculated to be in response to the game's mixed reception. |
| November 19 2023 | Starfield reached over 15 million total players. |
| October 18 2023 | Microsoft planned to release Starfield-themed Xbox accessories, including a themed Xbox Wireless Controller, headset, and Xbox Series X console decal wrap. |
| September 19 2023 | Starfield reached ten million total players. |
| September 19 2023 | Imagine Dragons released the music video for 'Children of the Sky'. |
| September 10 2023 | Starfield reached its all-time peak concurrent players record with over 330,000 players, surpassing Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim's previous record. |
| September 7 2023 | Bethesda announced Starfield has over six million players, marking its biggest launch in company history. |
| September 6 2023 | Phil Spencer announced Starfield as Xbox's most-played next-gen game ever, reaching one million concurrent players. |
| September 6 2023 | Starfield is released for Microsoft Windows and Xbox Series X/S, marking Bethesda's first new intellectual property in 25 years. |
| August 2023 | An image of Starfield's main menu was leaked online, sparking controversy when former World of Warcraft lead developer Mark Kern criticized the menu's simplicity as evidence of rushed development. |
| August 2023 | Starfield appeared at Gamescom: Opening Night Live, featuring a live-action commercial and a live piano rendition of the game's main medley by Inon Zur. |
| August 30 2023 | American band Imagine Dragons released the promotional song 'Children of the Sky' for Starfield. |
| July 2023 | Bethesda released an animated anthology series 'Starfield: The Settled Systems', featuring three short films about characters in different cities of the game's universe. |
| June 11 2023 | Bethesda Game Studios presented approximately 45 minutes of Starfield gameplay in the Starfield Direct presentation. |
| March 8 2023 | Bethesda announced the new release date of September 6, 2023 for Starfield. |
| 2022 | Starfield was nominated for Most Wanted Game at the Golden Joystick Awards and Most Anticipated Game at The Game Awards. |
| May 2022 | Bethesda announced a delay of Starfield's release to the first half of 2023. |
| April 2022 | The 'Starfield Suite' was released as a standalone track on various streaming services. |
| 2021 | Starfield was nominated for Most Wanted Game at the Golden Joystick Awards. |
| November 2021 | The London Symphony Orchestra previewed the game's title theme 'Starfield Suite' composed by Inon Zur at The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim - 10th Anniversary Concert. |
| June 2021 | An in-engine trailer for Starfield was presented at the Microsoft-Bethesda press event during E3, initially announcing a November 11, 2022 release date. |
| June 2018 | Todd Howard presented a short teaser trailer for Starfield at Bethesda's E3 presentation. |
| June 2018 | Starfield was confirmed to be in production, in a playable state, and had been in development for some time. |
| November 2015 | After the release of Fallout 4, Bethesda began active development of Starfield. |
| 2013 | Bethesda trademarked the name 'Starfield' for their planned science fiction game project. |
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