Summary
- AMD's FidelityFX Super Resolution 3 (FSR 3) will be available for Starfield Steam Beta users next week, boosting frames-per-second and creating smoother gameplay.
- FSR 3 will become available to all PC players later in February.
- Bethesda has plans for regular updates, city maps, mod support, and the release of a story expansion called Shattered Space later in 2024.
Starfield announced that AMD's FidelityFX Super Resolution 3 (FSR 3) feature will be available soon for Steam Beta users. In addition to the exciting feature, Starfield users have enjoyed other improvements recently.
On January 30, Starfield released its biggest update yet, which brought significant improvements to the game's lighting, shadows, and textures. The update also fixed some serious technical issues affecting certain players, like a save corruption problem and a bizarre bug that saw an asteroid follow players' ships through space. Fortunately, Starfield fans on PC can expect another significant improvement soon.
Starfield revealed that AMD's FSR 3 will be released in the game's Steam Beta next week. Additionally, FSR 3 will be made available for all Starfield PC users later in February before the game's next scheduled update. FSR 3 is AMD's competitor to Nvidia's DLSS 3 and is a useful feature that can significantly boost frames-per-second for many PC users. FSR 3 does this by creating additional, interpolated frames in between the normally rendered frames, allowing for a much smoother feel. AMD claims that FSR 3 can roughly double any frame rate, but recommends that a user's base frame rate is at least 60 FPS. FSR 3 is officially supported on a wide range of graphics cards, including Nvidia GPUs that are RTX 20-series or above. In addition to the impressive FPS-boosting feature, Starfield fans have more to look forward to this year.
AMD's FidelityFX Super Resolution 3 (FSR 3) Feature Coming to Starfield Soon
- Arrives next week in Starfield's Steam Beta
- Arrives later this month for all PC users
Following Starfield's release, Bethesda made it clear that there's plenty more planned for Starfield in 2024. Updates will be regularly released every six weeks or so that will introduce much-requested features like city maps, additional difficulty options, and mod support. Bethesda also confirmed that Starfield's first story expansion, Shattered Space, will be released later in 2024. Very little is known about the major DLC, but many fans are hoping for Bethesda to go all-in on the expansion after Starfield's highly anticipated launch didn't live up to expectations for some users.
Currently, plenty of fans don't have Starfield sitting near the top of their Bethesda game tier list. However, once 2024 is said and done, Starfield will have hopefully managed to claw its way toward the top of those highly competitive rankings, where many fans hoped it would find itself leading up to its release. While fans wait for the game's new features, they have an interesting way to partake in Starfield fandom.
Bethesda recently announced a competition that allows Starfield fans to submit original spacesuit designs. The winner will see their design fabricated into a lifesize spacesuit and sent to their home, as well as an Xbox Series X, a Starfield limited edition Xbox controller, and a Starfield-themed headset. The contest is active until February 24.
Starfield
- Released
- September 6, 2023
WHERE TO PLAY
Starfield is the first new universe in 25 years from Bethesda Game Studios, the award-winning creators of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim and Fallout 4. In this next generation role-playing game set amongst the stars, create any character you want and explore with unparalleled freedom as you embark on an epic journey to answer humanity’s greatest mystery.
The year is 2330. Humanity has ventured beyond our solar system, settling new planets, and living as a spacefaring people. From humble beginnings as a space miner, you will join Constellation – the last group of space explorers seeking rare artifacts throughout the galaxy – and navigate the vast expanse of the Settled Systems in Bethesda Game Studios’ biggest and most ambitious game.
- Developer(s)
- Bethesda
- Publisher(s)
- Bethesda
- Platform(s)
- PC, Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S
- How Long To Beat
- 20 Hours
- Metascore
- 86
