'Starfield', one of the most-anticipated video games in years, launches worldwide on Wednesday and Microsoft has billions riding on its success.
"Starfield" is made by US studio Bethesda, which Microsoft bought as part of a $7.5 billion deal in 2020 to boost Xbox's appeal over Sony's PlayStation.
A universe-spanning role-playing sci-fi game,"Starfield" is made by US studio Bethesda, which Microsoft bought as part of a $7.5 billion deal in 2020 to boost Xbox's appeal over Sony's PlayStation. Its appeal underscores growing fascination with games that have become increasingly cinematic, complete with nuanced acting, storytelling involving moral dilemmas and big-budget, multi-year evolving storylines.
Another is"Baldur's Gate 3", a role-playing game made by Belgium-based Larian Studios that ranks a near-perfect 96 on Metacritic after coming out last month for PCs. Its PlayStation version goes on sale on Wednesday, the same day"Starfield" is released for the Xbox. The strategy is to keep players paying monthly for massive online games such as"Starfield", which can be constantly added to, with new storylines injected into them for years or decades to come."Unlike a book or a film, where it's written, it's finished and that's it, a big online game from a development point of view is never really finished," said Little, of Video Games Europe.
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