Summary
Starfield’s development team has some big, fan-driven plans for the game coming later in 2025. Last year saw a lot of big changes made toStarfield, and while there’s still some secrecy involved in what’s to come, it doesn’t sound like the team at Bethesda is done adding more content and features just yet.
At the time of its launch in September 2023,Starfieldwas expected to beone of the biggest games of the year. An original outer-space-themed RPG from the developer behind theElder Scrollsfranchise and modernFalloutgames, it received generally good reviews from professional critics but underperformed in player reviews, with complaints about its big, empty, procedurally generated locations and repetitious exploration and combat dragging down the experience for many.
Content added toStarfieldin 2024has helped to flesh out the game in multiple ways, and while the story-heavy Shattered Space expansion in September wasn’t well-received, there were plenty of other additions, like land-based vehicles, extra ship and outpost decorating options, an improved photo mode, detailed surface maps, and a slew of graphics and performance enhancements and options. Now, the game’s social media team is hinting that even more content is coming in 2025. While the time hasn’t arrived to share any in-depth details, a recent post on Twitter states that developers are still hard at work onStarfieldand that they have “a lot of exciting things planned for the game this year” based on player feedback.
Starfield Players Should Expect More Big Updates Throughout 2025
The lastbig update forStarfieldwas in November, and its biggest feature was reserved for Xbox Series X players, unlocking uncapped frame rates after that feature previously had to be removed. The November update also made some big improvements to hunting down bounties through the Trackers Alliance, providing more appearances and locations for targets, and fixed a lot of bugs associated with quests introduced in Shattered Space.
While the developers are still keeping mum about what to expect in 2025, some devoted fans are already eager forStarfield’s next DLC expansion. Standing as the only expansion to date, Shattered Space was released on Jul 23, 2025, less than a month after the game hit its first anniversary, but it was announced before the base game’s launch at the Starfield Direct in June 2023. While there have been almost no details about it, Todd Howard reported in June 2024 that a second-year DLC was also in the works, and if the history of the game’s announcements and releases hold to a steady schedule, players could be diving into the next DLC this September.
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Starfield is the first new universe in 25 years from Bethesda Game Studios, the award-winning creators of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim and Fallout 4. In this next generation role-playing game set amongst the stars, create any character you want and explore with unparalleled freedom as you embark on an epic journey to answer humanity’s greatest mystery.The year is 2330. Humanity has ventured beyond our solar system, settling new planets, and living as a spacefaring people. From humble beginnings as a space miner, you will join Constellation – the last group of space explorers seeking rare artifacts throughout the galaxy – and navigate the vast expanse of the Settled Systems in Bethesda Game Studios’ biggest and most ambitious game.
