Insider: Microsoft Has Purchased Ad Time for Starfield - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 05 June 2021 / 1,372 Views
Bethesda Softworks announced Starfield in June 2018 and since its reveal we have yet to see anything new on the game. However, there have been rumors and reports the developer hopes to release the game in Holiday 2021 as an Xbox console exclusive.
Xbox insider Shpeshal_Ed in a recent XboxEra Podcast was asked why he believes Starfield will launch this year is that Microsoft has already purchased ad space for the upcoming game. If the plan is to launch Starfield this year we will almost certainly get an announcement at E3 2021 in June.
He does mention that buying ad time for a game in the middle of a pandemic suggests that Microsoft is fairly confident the game is closer to release than most realize.
This should be treated as a rumor until an announcement is made by Bethesda or Microsoft. It is also entirely possible even if Bethesda is planning for a 2021 release it could get pushed back to 2022, similar to how Halo Infinite was delayed from 2020 to 2021.
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Just some feedback: I think it'd be great to timestamp the moment where he says it. I'd love to hear it myself and it's inconvenient having to shift through a 2 hr podcast
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Well, it looks like it's not vaporware just yet. I hope we get something more than a teaser.
If Microsoft purchased ad time already, it just might be a Fallout 4 again where it's announced at E3, then released that holiday season.
Very true! Although with BGS games being notoriously buggy and their last major launch being Fallout 76 lol, granted it being their first fully online game, but still not an excuse for how bad it was at launch, Xbox would be wise to REALLY make sure that Starfield is in a fully playable state if they want it to launch this holiday season. I want Starfield to be AMAZING and going back to praising BGS in a multiplayer soaked AAA gaming landscape that single player experience are just as great! That's actually one of the reasons I've loved Bethesda games. They focus on giving you single player games!
Xbox Series is in short supply anyway, so it doesn't need any games to shift hardware.
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