In the words of Jerry Smith, “Pluto is a planet”.
Plutonians will be smiling today, because Bethesda has decided to fly in the face of the International Astronomy Union General Assembly’s ruling and labelled Pluto as a planet on theStarfieldmap. Evidently, the technicality that Pluto “has not cleared its neighbouring region of other objects” didn’t sit well with the developers. And rightly so.
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Who made this monumental discovery, you ask? That would be Rebs Gaming, who shared thescreenshotof their find on Twitter, happy to not only see Pluto listed but that it’s explorable too.
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Regardless ofBethesda’s reasons for including Pluto – perhaps theStarfielduniverse has vastly superior knowledge to us – it won’t have any dramatic effects on the game. Or, at least, it doesn’t as far as we know. Although some of us are reviewing the game as I type this, what we’re discovering along our journey is strictly under lock and key until the review embargo lifts on 31 August. Then, and only then, will you learn what we know.
Still, while we keep Bethesda’s secrets safe, initial feedback about the game has been incredibly positive. As with any AAA game, the hype can sometimes overshadow the final result, with fans left disappointed at what could have been; whileStarfieldis still an unknown,first impressions are excellent.
Wow, those are strong words to just throw around two weeks before the game officially launches. Needless to say, Bethesda wasn’t going to take such slander lying down; Bethesda’s vice-president Peter Hines cuttingly replied “Or they designed what they wanted and that’s been our menu for years and was one of the first things we settled on.Having an opinion is one thing. Questioning out a developer’s ‘care’ because you would have done it differently is highly unprofessional coming from another dev.” Talk about a savage shutdown.
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Starfieldwill release on Xbox One, Xbox Series, and PC on 6 September.
Topics:Starfield,Xbox,PC,Bethesda
