Starfield, Bethesda’s sci-fi RPG that launched on Xbox Collection S/X and PC in 2023, will reportedly arrive on PS5 subsequent yr. The sport’s PlayStation launch is claimed to coincide with the discharge of the sport’s second enlargement. Starfield has been rumoured to launch on PS5 after Microsoft pivoted to releasing Xbox video games on Sony’s platform. Whereas Bethesda has not confirmed a PS5 model within the works, Xbox chief Phil Spencer has instructed the RPG may ultimately be launched on the platform.
Starfield Coming to PS5 in 2026
In response to an MP1st report, Microsoft intends to deliver Starfield to PS5 in Spring 2026, between mid-March and mid-June. Citing sources, the report claimed Starfield’s PS5 launch had been pushed again from 2025, partly due to underwhelming gross sales of its first enlargement, Shattered Space.
The Xbox mum or dad is reportedly aiming to launch Starfield’s second enlargement and different quality-of-life updates alongside the PS5 model of the sport. Microsoft, nonetheless, is not planning to make an official announcement any time quickly. The report stated the corporate was not anticipated to share an replace on Starfield at Gamescom this month.
Xbox Video games Releasing on PS5
Earlier this yr, Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer had refused to rule out the opportunity of Starfield releasing on rival platforms just like the PS5, doubling down on Microsoft’s multiplatform launch technique in an interview. The executed had on the time responded “no” when requested if he may verify that Starfield would stay an Xbox console unique. “There is not any particular sport that I might — this type of goes again to my ‘purple line’ reply — like there is not any cause for me to place a hoop fence round any sport and say ‘this sport is not going to go to a spot the place it would discover gamers, the place it would have enterprise success for us’,” he had stated within the interview.
Since saying final yr that it could launch a few of its first-party video games on PS5, Microsoft has seen encouraging outcomes. Playground Video games’ Forza Horizon 5, beforehand an Xbox and PC unique, launched on PS5 in April and reportedly grew to become the best-selling game on the platform in 2025. Bethesda’s The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered was one of many best-selling PlayStation Retailer titles in April, as properly.
In the meantime, extra Xbox video games are set to be launched on PS5 this yr. Gears of War: Reloaded, a remastered model of the unique sport, will launch on PC, PS5, and Xbox Collection S/X concurrently on August 26, 2025. Earlier than that, an enhanced model of Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2 is coming to PS5 on August 12.
A latest report additionally claimed that upcoming titles Gears of War: E-Day, the subsequent mainline sport within the Gears of Conflict collection, and State of Decay 3 can be released on PS5 subsequent yr.
Starfield launched on September 6, 2023, on PC and Xbox Collection S/X. The sport’s Shattered Area enlargement got here out a yr later.