Todd Howard: Ten percent of the planets in Starfield contain life

Todd Howard has released more details about Starfield. According to Bethesda CEO, about ten percent of the planets in the game contain virtual life. Howard states that the game strives for a feeling of “beautiful desolation” at times.

Todd Howard states during an interview with Kinda Funny Podcasts that the development studio has followed science and has therefore provided approximately ten percent of the planets with virtual life. According to Howard, the ‘bare’ planets in Starfield would be worth visiting.

“We will generate things like raw materials on these planets,” it said. “There’s a moment on these planets when you’ve found resources and a sense of ‘magnificent desolation’ sets in.” Howard refers to a quote from American space explorer Buzz Aldrin, who also published an autobiographical book with that title in 2009.

Previous reporting shows that Starfield will have more than a thousand planets. That is, the game should contain about 100 planets with virtual life. Players can freely fly to those planets and collect resources with a laser, carry out missions and encounter ‘unexpected things’. Planets are procedurally generated when a player comes near them. Then blocks of terrain are combined. Then locations, living creatures and resources are added.

Microsoft shared more details about Starfield in June. Starfield will be released on September 6. The game will then be released for PCs and the Xbox Series X and S. It is the first major game released by Bethesda Softworks since this studio was acquired by Microsoft.