{"id":33819,"date":"2023-08-23T11:54:05","date_gmt":"2023-08-23T10:54:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.xtremeservers.com\/blog\/starfield-at-gamescom-todd-howard-and-phil-spencer-introduce-never-before-seen-gameplay\/"},"modified":"2023-08-23T11:54:05","modified_gmt":"2023-08-23T10:54:05","slug":"starfield-at-gamescom-todd-howard-and-phil-spencer-introduce-never-before-seen-gameplay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.xtremeservers.com\/blog\/starfield-at-gamescom-todd-howard-and-phil-spencer-introduce-never-before-seen-gameplay\/","title":{"rendered":"Starfield at gamescom: Todd Howard and Phil Spencer Introduce Never-Before-Seen Gameplay\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Xbox\u2019s biggest-ever gamescom booth opened this morning with a special presentation focused on \u2013 what else? \u2013 Starfield<\/em>. In a purpose-built 300-seater theatre, attendees kicked off their gamescom experience with an extended look at the opening of the hugely anticipated new spacefaring RPG from Bethesda Game Studios. And, in a surprise appearance, Head of Xbox Phil Spencer and Game Director on Starfield<\/em> Todd Howard introduced the game for the press and creators this morning.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s totally awesome to be back at gamescom,\u201d began Spencer. \u201cIt\u2019s been so long, I couldn\u2019t remember the last time I was here, I think it was 2017\u2026 It\u2019s nice to see everybody back here at gamescom having a great time.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Head of Xbox went onto dive into why this is Xbox\u2019s biggest ever booth, with over 50,000 square feet of floor space, 30 playable games, 150 demo stations, and multiple theatre spaces. Spencer also introduced some of the games at the show, from first-party titles like Towerborne <\/em>and Forza Motorsport<\/em>, to third party titles. He gave a special shout-out to STALKER 2<\/em>, and the incredible work of its Ukrainian dev team, which received a round of applause from the crowd.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m going to introduce someone who\u2019s been a friend of mine for an awful long time,\u201d he continued, \u201ca friend of Xbox\u2019s for an awful long time. But more importantly, someone who\u2019s created some of the most amazing games, that literally tens of millions, of not hundreds of millions of players have played his games over the years.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cTwo things when Todd talks about Starfield: \u2018Over 25 years in the making\u2019, which isn\u2019t the development schedule \u2013 that\u2019s how long Bethesda Games Studios has been around. And he also calls it \u2018irresponsibly large\u2019. For those who begin to play and see what he and the team have been building, you\u2019ll see just a massively epic game, so please join me in welcoming Todd Howard to the stage.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

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From here, Howard took the mic to huge applause. \u201cThis is the first time I have ever been to Gamescom,\u201d he began. \u201cI\u2019ve heard about it for so many years, and what an incredible group of people come out.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThanks for all of your support \u2013 to the games that we\u2019ve done over the years, and especially on this one. We have really poured ourselves into it for a long period of time, and it\u2019s just a really, really special game to us.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThe other thing to say is how great it\u2019s been to be part of Xbox \u2013 coming here and seeing this giant booth and their support. Like Phil was saying, we\u2019ve known each other for a long time, we started working together over 20 years on the original Morrowind<\/em> on the Xbox. So it\u2019s been this long journey, and it feels like\u2026 culminating on a game like this, that I think in many ways we couldn\u2019t have built without doing these other games. So we hope you like it!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

From there, we settled in for 15 minutes of Starfield<\/em>, a mixture of gameplay and live-action trailers and, the centrepiece, an extended gameplay segment being shown only at Gamescom.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The booth itself is dressed in a navy blue galaxy map design, and even the holding screen before the event ran through some key terms from the game, from the Grav Drives that allow explorers to jump between star systems, to the background of the United Colonies\u2019 capital city, New Atlantis. The impact of the musical score and visuals in this theater offer a good reminder: you\u2019re going to want to experience Starfield on the biggest, loudest screen you can.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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