PC Gamer - UK (2022-07)

while its strengths are described as traversing rough

terrain and carrying a lot of stuff on extended journeys.

The robot has weapons, but his primary role is being

“peaceful” – so Vasco is going to be your space donkey.

STAR POWER

Starfield’s lead artist Istvan Pely says the guiding principle

for its look came when, “We coined the term ‘NASA-

Punk’ to describe sci-fi that’s a little more grounded and

relatable. We wanted a very realistic take. You can draw a

line from current-day space technology and extrapolate

from there into the future so it’s believable and relatable.”

It all adds up to an exciting pitch, but honestly the

thing we’re hoping for most is just a clean launch. For all

their splendor, Bethesda’s games are typically a mess

when they first release – it’d be nice to see the developer

live up to the promise in its update of using the extra time

to deliver “the best, most polished version” of the game.

“I like to say that Starfield has two ‘step out’ moments,”

says Todd Howard. He’s referring to that kind of moment

in Oblivion where, after the dingy and dark tutorial

tunnel, you first set eyes on that vast and gorgeous world.

It’s going to be a little longer now before Starfield itself

steps out – here’s hoping it’s worth the wait.

Rich Stanton

Highs & Lows

HIGHS

Take-yo time

Ghostwire: Tokyo’s director is

interested in making a sequel.

MM-No

Final Fantasy XIV producer Yoshida

recently asked that players in a new

PvP mode stop saying “Nice job!” to

opponents.

Lego May Cry

Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga

arrived with an unexpected quality:

air-chains and infinite combos.

That sucks

Bethesda has also delayed Arkane’s

vampire co-op shooter Redfall to the

first half of 2023.

You bet

Streamer Félix Lengyel aka xQc,

admitted spaffing about $2 million

on gambling in April.

Deus Next?

Square Enix has sold Tomb Raider,

Deus Ex, and three game studios for

$300 million. A bargain?

LOWS

DREAM BIG

DREAMLIGHT VALLEY

Gagnetar’s Alyx

Replacement mod for

Half-Life 2 swaps out Eli

Vance’s daughter for Krystal,

the primary heroine of the Star Fox

series. It first came out in 2017 but now,

in a twist, the original Krystal voice actor

Estelle Ellis has done “a complete rework

of Alyx’s lines” for the mod. AC

WHAT THE FOX

MOVE OVER ALYX

It might have a Kingdom

Hearts-style premise, but

Disney Dreamlight Valley is a

very different proposition

from the JRPG. It’s a life-sim adventure

full of Disney characters, who you can

befriend while you build a Disneyfied

neighbourhood. You can become

gardening buddies with WALL-E! FB

While Howard has
compared the game to
Skyrim in some ways,
he also says “the
mechanics of the
world are entirely
different”.

NEWS | OPINION | DEVELOPMENT

Researchers have found a
way to grow a diamond large
enough to store millions of
SSDs worth of data inside it.
A 5 centimetre diamond wafer could
store up to 25 exabytes of data – that’s
25,000,000 terabytes, or enough space
to download every game on Steam over
6,000 times. JR

UNCUT GEMS

QUANTUM STORAGE