All the Starfield news Bethesda just announced

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Published Mar 17, 2026, 11:24 AM EDT

A new platform, a new price, and more

Another day that ends in "y," another day that the only thing we truly know about The Elder Scrolls 6 is that it's the sixth Elder Scrolls game. But Bethesda still had a busy news day Tuesday — only that all the studio's big reveals and announcements were to do with Starfield, its 2023 action-RPG about seeing how much junk one intrepid astronaut can fit on a single spaceship.

Here's every major Starfield announcement Bethesda just made, all of which go into effect on April 7.

PS5 release

Yes, after two and a half long years of Xbox console exclusivity, Starfield is finally coming to PlayStation 5. It follows in the wake of the Bethesda-published Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, which similarly was released on Xbox Series X before making its way to PS5. That gap was only about a year, though.

A new price point

The base edition of Starfield will now cost $49.99, down from $69.99. Its premium edition, previously $99.99, will now be $69.99 and include both story expansions, 2024's Shattered Space and 2026's Terran Armada — another item Bethesda just announced.

A new story expansion

Terran Armada robots line up in Starfield

The Terran Armada expansion aims to address criticisms of Shattered Space — that it was too limited in scope for a space-faring game, being set on a singular planet, and that it didn't offer enough bang for its buck (it cost $29.99 at launch). Available for $9.99 stand-alone, Terran Armada is about an invading force leading an army of robots, and is set across the Settled Systems. Read more about the expansion here.

The 'biggest update' ever

A Terran Armada ship flies through space in Starfield story DLC 2

Bethesda's biggest Starfield update is also the free one: the Free Lanes update. Free Lanes is billed as the game's "biggest" update since launch. First and foremost, it allows players to pilot ships seamlessly between planets in a star system, addressing a major critique of the base game. But it also revamps systems like crafting and fast travel, adds more party members via both existing NPCs and new ones, and introduces a new ground vehicle. Best of all, you can also earn a Bond villain asteroid base. Read more about the Free Lanes update in our preview here.

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