it turns out todd howard has been thinking about making a spacefaring rpg for roughly 25 yearsnow todd howard has been at bethesda for an incredibly long time longer than some members of this websites staff have been alive in fact reddit users have managed to unearth a forum conversation from all the way back in 1997 between todd howard and other users and it contains quite the intriguing detailstarfield guidesstarfield backgrounds starfield skills starfield traits starfield cities now a space rpgthat would be something writes 1997s version of todd howard on the internet forum as archived by google a 27yearold todd howard who wouldve been fresh off making the likes of skynet and the elder scrolls 2 daggerfall in 1996 was already thinking about an rpg in spaceenter 26 years later starfield well thats not strictly true starfield was in the conceptual phases prior to its official trademarking by bethesda and zenimax back in 2013 meaning howard was thinking about making an rpg set in space roughly a decade and a half before starfield was conceptualized weve all heard before about how starfield is bethesdas first new game world in 25 years but we never couldve really guessed that todd howards been especially keen on making such a spacefaring game for all that timetheres some absolute gold in the archived forums on google including howard laying out the foundations for redguard that would come to define rpgs throughout the coming decades youre right todd we do want 3d characters with real personalities in our video gamesnow were just a few months out from howard finally getting to release an rpg set in space starfield is set for launch on september 6 around the world on pc and xbox series xs but you can play it five days earlier than everyone else if youre willing to shell out for the digital premium editionhead over to our upcoming xbox series x games guide for a look ahead at all the other console exclusives lined up for launch this year