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In a surprising social media post, Bethesda revealed that it has donated a bundle to the Make-A-Wish Foundation's auction. The highest bidder for the company’s package will have the opportunity to make a character for Starfield . In addition, the auction winner will walk away with an Xbox Series X, recalling that Bethesda recently announced that it would be acquired by the console’s creators , and sixteen titles from the studio. Several of the games seem to come from some of Bethesda’s most popular franchises including The Elder Scrolls, Wolfenstein , and Doom . At the time of writing, the ongoing bidding for the Bethesda bundle is just north of $2,000. Interestingly, the auction’s website goes into slightly more detail about what the winner can expect than the studio's post. It states that the highest bidder can look forward to working with the team behind the game, naming Todd Howard specifically, and that the winner should expect to " schedule time to create the character within 3 months of 2/28/202 Most crucially, however, we saw absolutely nothing of Bethesda’s most anticipated, nebulous properties, those being Starfield and yet-to-be-subtitled Elder Scrolls VI . Aside from extremely brief glimpses of these titles shown at E3 (glimpses which, in both cases, showcased quite literally nothing aside from the titles of the games), we have yet to see anything substantial to prove that these games are even progressing in their developm That future might be very far off, but Howard has apparently been contemplating Starfield for a very long time. He mentioned to Eurogamer that Bethesda began putting together a team after Fallout 4 's launch. Which was in late 2015. However, the initial ideas were born as far back as 2 Every planet in the solar system has clues, landmarks, ruins, and environmental twists that have meaning and purpose. And you're forced to carefully navigate everything on short notice and with no clear objectives, since the sun will go supernova every 22 minu The most likely reason for this is because, like The Elder Scrolls VI , Starfield is still a long, long way from being ready for release. Most fans knew that there was zero chance that the game would see the light of day in 2019, and most are estimating that Q4 of 2020 will be the absolute earliest we could see this game release. However, it could go beyond that, and it’s not unthinkable to assume that Bethesda will wait until the next console generation begins to officially debut their new Plus, with the dynamic gameplay and physics engine, there's an endless layer of creativity present here, from manipulating the game's environmental physics for cheating puzzles to using Link's abilities in unimaginable ways for resolving enemy encounters, one that evolves further with Tears of the King It's the prime definition of an open world title that quietly outclasses Starfield, given its lukewarm reception on launch, even though both games have drastically different gameplay elements or propert Starfield Strategy|https://starfieldgalaxy.Com/ creator Bethesda Game Studios is helping to raise funds for the Make-A-Wish Foundation's Mid-Atlantic chapter’s Evening of Wishes: Hope from Home auction by donating an eye-catching prize: the chance for the auction’s winner to create a character in the studio’s anticipated science-fiction title. Starfield was first announced during Bethesda’s E3 showcase back in 2018 standing alongside games like Rage 2, Doom Eternal , and the company's long-awaited next entry in the Elder Scrolls series . However, like The Elder Scrolls VI , Starfield ’s E3 reveal consisted of a short trailer that showed off little of the actual g So what exactly did he mean by next-generation? Will we have to wait for PS5 and Xbox Scarlett, or upgrade our PCs, to play it? Eurogamer interviewed Todd Howard in an attempt to answer these questions and m Howard elaborated that Bethesda is thinking very far into the future with Starfield , envisioning something that will run on next-generation hardware. But he doesn't count out the possibility that current systems will be able to run it in some f A week ago, an industry insider shared their knowledge regarding Bethesda’s plans to launch Starfield at the end of 2021 . According to a short post on ResetEra forums, the company was allegedly aiming at a 2021 release date as of a few months ago. These plans could’ve been impacted by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, which has negatively affected many titles that are being currently developed. The insider also added that the alleged 2021 release was being discussed at the end of 2020, which basically means that a lot could’ve changed since t The Make-A-Wish auction page seems to have revealed an interesting, though admittedly very small, detail about the game’s development. Starfield creators will reach out to schedule developing this prize character with the auction winner in the months following the end of February. That is not much to go on but it doesn't rule out a release date for the end of this year. Hopefully, there will be a press event from either Microsoft or Bethesda soon that will tell fans a little bit m