Starfield’s ‘biggest update’ ever turns it into the game everyone wanted 3 years ago

Free Lanes will be available on April 7, alongside PS5 version and new story expansion Bethesda Game Studios announced Tuesday that Starfield is coming to PlayStation 5 on April 7, alongside a major story expansion and a price drop. But the most significant change to Bethesda’s space-faring RPG is the (free) Free Lanes update, which Bethesda says is Starfield's "biggest update since launch." Free Lanes, which also rolls out on April 7 alongside all that other stuff, effectively adds everything Starfield players have requested since 2023. Polygon recently sat in on a hands-off preview showing the extent of the update, where Starfield lead creative producer Tim Lamb meticulously walked through everything Free Lanes will tweak about the game. At a glance, here are the most notable changes and additions: Reiterating that last one because of how big a deal it is: “I mean, I wouldn’t call it [Starfield] 2.0,” Lamb said. “There’s a certain sort of narrative baked into what that would mean. I think we've looked at a number of systems where we had interest, or where we had heard things from the community, and we tried to level up a number of different systems.” Since launch, one of the majo

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