Though 1000’s of fan-made Starfield mods are already accessible—equivalent to an early stock display screen overhaul, and Hi there Kitty gun skins—official supported modding instruments aren’t deliberate to hit Bethesda Recreation Studios’ open-space RPG till subsequent yr, recreation director Todd Howard mentioned in an interview.
Learn Extra: Starfield Isn’t The Future Of Video Video games, And That’s Okay
Chatting with the Japanese publication Famitsu (and machine-translated by PCGamesN), Howard mentioned mods are essential to the studio. As such, Bethesda is working exhausting to make sure mod assist capabilities with no hitch.
“When the mods are prepared, it is possible for you to to do virtually something as we’ve got carried out up to now, and the mods shall be supported subsequent yr, however we are going to do it in a giant method as a result of we adore it too,” Howard mentioned to questions on mods.
This launch cadence mirrors what Bethesda Recreation Studios has carried out with its earlier video games, most notably Fallout 4, which noticed official mod assist come to the open-world post-apocalyptic shooter a yr after it launched. Howard additionally confirmed that official mod assist would hit Starfield in due time throughout a November 2021 Reddit AMA. So, the studio is making good on its guarantees.
“Our plan [is] have full mod assist like our earlier video games,” Howard mentioned in response to mod inquiries. “Our modding neighborhood has been with us for 20 years. We love what they do and hope to see extra make a profession out of it.”
Kotaku reached out to Bethesda for remark.
Learn Extra: Todd Howard Tells Starfield Gamers To Improve Their PCs
Starfield has been an enormous success for Bethesda Recreation Studios and Microsoft because it formally launched on September 6 for PC and Xbox consoles. The sport’s concurrent participant depend on Steam peaked at over 330K, which is properly above The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim’s 287K concurrent participant report, and total the sport has reportedly reached some six million gamers. Whereas these are spectacular figures, it’s price noting that Starfield is obtainable for “free” by way of Xbox Recreation Go, so the numbers could not inform the entire story. Nonetheless, Starfield is doing very properly so far.
