Starfieldhas announced that AMD will be its exclusive PC partner for the highly-anticipated release later this year. As Bethesda’s first new IP in almost three decades, gamers are understandably excited about what the studio has in store for them withStarfield.
The hype forStarfieldamong the gaming community is at an all-time high at the moment. Therecent StarfieldDirect showcasegave players a huge look at what they can expect from Bethesda’s upcoming title, and the response was overwhelmingly positive. When the game first showed gameplay last year, there were concerns over its scale and combat mechanics. Seeing it in action recently, it seems as though those concerns have been washed away. AlthoughStarfieldhad to be delayed to get into such good shape, if it results in a great RPG, then those delays will soon be a distant memory.
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The news was announced on AMD’s official YouTube channel, confirming that the hardware manufacturer will beStarfield’s exclusive PC partner. AMD claims that it has worked alongside Bethesda to optimizeStarfieldfor Ryzen 7000 series processors, as well as Radeon 7000 series graphics. This means that some of thebest AMD GPUson the market will experience much-improved performance in-game. The video confirms that this won’t just affect PC gamers, either. The Xbox Series X uses AMD components, so it should result in a better-performing game for everyone. Hopefully, the game retains such strong performance on both Intel processors and NVIDIA graphics cards, as it would be a shame for some users to be left behind.
Ultimately, this development is great news. The gaming industry has seen too manybad PC portslately, and players deserve better. The likes ofThe Last of Us Part 1andStar Wars Jedi: Survivorhave left a bad taste in the mouths of PC gamers, and a poor port forStarfieldcould be quite tough to swallow. With a game ofStarfield’s scale, it’s assumed that optimization would be quite a large part of the development process. The game is promising over 1,000 planets - that’s going to hit performance hard without great optimization.
With just a few months to go until the game’s release, it will be exciting to see how Bethesda marketsStarfield. The StarfieldDirect was a great step in the right direction, and this AMD news is great for consumers. As is tradition, Bethesda has sent Todd Howard on the press tour, doing the rounds to hype up the game. Just recently, he explainedwhyStarfieldwill be a “modder’s paradise"on PC. Hopefully players get more great news like this in the coming weeks, as the release draws closer day by day.
Starfieldis set to release on July 02, 2025, for PC and Xbox Series X/S.
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