<s>
Starfield	B-Application
is	O
an	O
upcoming	O
action	B-Application
role-playing	I-Application
game	I-Application
developed	O
by	O
Bethesda	O
Game	O
Studios	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Bethesda	O
Softworks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
is	O
scheduled	O
to	O
be	O
released	O
on	O
September	O
6	O
,	O
2023	O
for	O
Windows	O
and	O
Xbox	B-Device
Series	I-Device
X/S	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Starfield	B-Application
is	O
set	O
in	O
an	O
area	O
that	O
extends	O
outward	O
from	O
the	O
Solar	O
System	O
for	O
approximately	O
50	O
light-years	O
called	O
The	O
Settled	O
Systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Starfield	B-Application
represents	O
the	O
first	O
new	O
intellectual	O
property	O
(	O
IP	O
)	O
by	O
Bethesda	O
Game	O
Studios	O
in	O
over	O
twenty-five	O
years	O
,	O
and	O
has	O
been	O
described	O
by	O
director	O
Todd	O
Howard	O
as	O
"	O
Skyrim	B-Application
in	O
space	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
studio	O
had	O
been	O
delving	O
into	O
space-themed	O
games	O
since	O
as	O
early	O
as	O
1994	O
,	O
according	O
to	O
Howard	O
:	O
they	O
had	O
got	O
the	O
rights	O
to	O
make	O
a	O
game	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
Traveller	O
role-playing	O
system	O
,	O
but	O
shortly	O
lost	O
those	O
;	O
their	O
Delta	B-Application
V	I-Application
game	O
in	O
1994	O
had	O
been	O
part	O
of	O
this	O
Traveller	O
license	O
but	O
had	O
not	O
been	O
fully	O
realized	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Their	O
The	O
10th	O
Planet	O
was	O
a	O
cancelled	O
space	O
combat	O
game	O
to	O
be	O
published	O
in	O
October	O
1997	O
from	O
which	O
the	O
atmosphere	O
of	O
Starfield	B-Application
was	O
derived	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Howard	O
stated	O
they	O
had	O
rights	O
to	O
Star	B-Operating_System
Trek	I-Operating_System
in	O
the	O
2000s	O
and	O
he	O
pitched	O
an	O
idea	O
for	O
a	O
role-playing	O
game	O
in	O
that	O
setting	O
,	O
but	O
this	O
failed	O
to	O
go	O
forward	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
Bethesda	O
had	O
wanted	O
to	O
do	O
a	O
science	O
fiction	O
game	O
for	O
some	O
time	O
and	O
had	O
strong	O
ideas	O
for	O
its	O
gameplay	O
style	O
,	O
it	O
took	O
a	O
while	O
to	O
cement	O
the	O
ideas	O
behind	O
Starfield	B-Application
that	O
would	O
distinguish	O
it	O
from	O
other	O
science	O
fiction	O
games	O
already	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Starfield	B-Application
’s	O
concept	O
had	O
been	O
in	O
the	O
studio	O
's	O
mind	O
for	O
some	O
time	O
prior	O
to	O
the	O
trademarking	O
of	O
the	O
name	O
in	O
2013	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
had	O
to	O
be	O
'	O
Starfield	B-Application
 '	O
.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Howard	O
said	O
active	O
development	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
had	O
been	O
ongoing	O
since	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
Fallout	B-Application
4	I-Application
in	O
late	O
2015	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
in-game	O
teaser	O
trailer	O
was	O
presented	O
at	O
the	O
E3	O
2021	O
conference	O
during	O
the	O
combined	O
Microsoft-Bethesda	O
press	O
event	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
release	O
date	O
of	O
November	O
11	O
,	O
2022	O
,	O
on	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
and	O
Xbox	B-Device
Series	I-Device
X/S	I-Device
as	O
a	O
console	O
exclusive	O
was	O
announced	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
May	O
2022	O
,	O
Bethesda	O
announced	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
release	O
would	O
be	O
delayed	O
until	O
the	O
first	O
half	O
of	O
2023	O
,	O
with	O
Howard	O
stating	O
that	O
the	O
additional	O
development	O
time	O
and	O
support	O
from	O
engineers	O
at	O
Microsoft	O
would	O
make	O
Starfield	B-Application
a	O
better	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
Microsoft-Bethesda	O
press	O
event	O
,	O
Starfield	B-Application
Direct	O
,	O
is	O
scheduled	O
for	O
June	O
11	O
,	O
2023	O
where	O
Bethesda	O
is	O
expected	O
to	O
present	O
more	O
details	O
about	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
