Bethesda thrilled Starfield fans with the announcement that the first expansion, Shattered Space, will take off the launch pad on September 30, 2024. Shattered Space sends players off to a new city to investigate a cosmic threat while exploring House Va’Ruun’s home planet. It also includes new weapons, spacesuits, and gear.
Players who own the Premium or Constellation Editions of the game will receive the expansion as part of their original purchase. Those who own the base game can purchase the expansion upgrade for $29.99.
Starfield’s August Update
The free August update brings a much-requested feature into Starfield (finally!): Land vehicles! The first vehicle to drop into the game is the REV-8. Players will need to stop by any major city’s technician to install a special mod on their favorite flying craft. Once done, the REV-8 will deploy itself whenever the ship lands. Players will also be able to customize this bad boy thanks to a number of unique color combinations. Most notable – and, frankly, thank goodness – the REV-8 has a powerful mounted turret and armor to protect players and their companions while touring about any planet. Boosters will get the team out of danger or to a targeted area much faster.
The free August update also includes a number of requested visual features:
- Frame Rate Target: You can now choose between 30, 40, 60 or an Uncapped frame rate on VRR displays. If you do not have a VRR display running 120hz, you will still be able to select from 30 or 60. Screen tearing may occur at times when selecting 60 on a non-VRR display
- Prioritize: You can now prioritize between Visuals and Performance while trying to maintain the frame rate target. If you’re choosing a frame rate target of 60 or above, we recommend changing this to Performance. Prioritizing Visuals keeps the highest resolution while maintaining full detail for special effects, lighting, and crowds. Prioritizing Performance lowers internal resolution and detail for special effects, lighting, and crowds. Both modes may adjust internal resolution dynamically when scenes or action get heavier as well. When switching between modes, you will see the lighting change briefly as the system catches up to the new mode.
- VSync: You can now toggle between VSync off or on. Choosing off will separate the game frames from the monitor’s refresh rate and may result in screen tearing. Toggling On will synchronize the frame rate to the monitor’s refresh rate avoiding screen tearing but limiting number of frames.
To learn more about the Shattered Space expansion, head here. To learn more about the REV-8, head to the Starfield official site.
