Starfield New Game Plus confirmed

Starfield has a New Game Plus mode

Explore 1,000 planets again and again and again.

In an , Starfield Director and Executive Producer Todd Howard confirmed the open-world RPG does, in fact, have 🌳a New Game Plus mode.

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Unfortunately, no actual details on the mode were provided. However, simple confirmation of the NG+ existing in Starfield is pretty 🤡exciting as it would be the first Bethesda Gꦅame Studios title to feature the mode. The added NG+ support for Fallout 4, but otherwise, it has just been a highly requested feature.

According to the , your skill traits and backstory perks when creating a character will add a unique and exciting twist on New Game Plus a🅺nd incentivize continued and repeat play.

Starfield content with New Game Plus mode
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Even more content for Starfield with New Game Plus

Gamescom has given us an idea of how long we can expect to spend in Starfield. Bethesda’s Head of Publishing, Pete Hines, even mentioned we could .

I’m very curious about exactly how New Game Plus will work. In an open-world adventure with over 1,000 planets to explore, a single playthrough will surely have plenty of content. I’m excited to see what sort of new features or content will be available by going on the journey again. Either way, now that I know Starfield has a New Game Plus mode, perhaps I won’t spend hours going back and forth on the starting traits I choose.

I suppose we’ll know soon enough. Starfield releases on September 6 on PC and Xbox Series X|S. It will also be a day-one title on Xbox Game Pass. Players who pre-ordered the Premium Edition will get early access to Starfield on September 1.


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