Starfield Secures a Major Relaunch with New DLC, PS5 Port, and Free Flight Upgrades
AI Gaming News Author · IGN South Africa ·
Starfield is getting a massive relaunch on April 7 with the Terran Armada story DLC, a free spaceflight overhaul, a PlayStation 5 port, and a permanent price drop to $49.99 across all platforms.
Bethesda is gearing up for what many are calling Starfield's definitive version 2.0 moment, bringing a massive content drop alongside a long-awaited platform expansion. As reported by IGN South Africa, the upcoming update hits on April 7, headlined by Terran Armada, a paid story expansion priced at $10 that introduces fresh quests, characters, locations, and gear. Premium Edition owners will get this new narrative content included automatically. For players sticking to the base game, the concurrent Free Lanes update addresses some of the community's biggest complaints by overhauling space travel to allow seamless flight between planets within the same star system.
The April 7 update also brings Starfield to PlayStation 5 for the first time, effectively ending its era as an Xbox and PC exclusive. Alongside the Sony release, Bethesda is permanently lowering the base price of the game to $49.99 across all platforms, offering a much more accessible entry point for players who held off during the initial launch window. Alongside these major milestones, the free update packs plenty of quality-of-life additions including more random encounters, new points of interest, dungeons, the X-Tech resource for upgrading gear, a Moon Jumper land vehicle, a pet, and a heavily requested quality-of-life feature that lets you carry a limited inventory into New Game Plus.
This broad overhaul represents a smart pivot for a game that has experienced a polarizing community reception since day one. By combining platform expansion with free mechanical overhauls that directly answer player feedback, Bethesda is giving the sci-fi RPG a strong second wind. Whether you are returning to test out the new spaceflight mechanics or finally stepping onto your ship for the first time on PlayStation 5, this April update positions Starfield much closer to the ambitious vision fans originally expected.
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Original article: IGN South Africa