What To Expect From Starfield's First Beta Update Of 2024

, Bethesda’s enormous, 1,000 planet wide space RPG, arrived on September 6, 2023. After years of considerable hype, the game has had . That said, Bethesda has promised new features, critical bug fixes, and more in 2024 and it’s opening the door for Steam users to beta test those , with the first update arriving on January 17, 2024.

If you have on Steam, you can sign up for beta tests by right clicking on the game in your library, selecting “Properties,” then “Betas,” and choosing “beta Beta” from the dropdown. Check out for more details. Bethesda promises more than ‘100 fixes and improvements’ In , Bethesda states that the full set of updates will ship to all players on all platforms around January 31.

But if you’re in the Steam beta channel, here’s what’s getting deployed on January 17 for you: While next week’s beta won’t contain any brand new features, such as the “ ” that Bethesda has teased in previous weeks, fixes to quests that repeatedly get stuck are perhaps some of the most welcome changes this time around.

Bethesda previously promised to deliver updates around every six weeks starting in February. Expected features include city maps, extra ship customization and building options. is also slated to receive some story DLC with “Shattered Space.” Not much is known about this expansion, but it’s expected to arrive in the first half of 2024..