a developer working on starfield has revealed that theres no scifi movie or show that hasnt inspired starfield in some way including everything from event horizon to cowboy bebopemil pagliarulo design director at bethesda who is currently working on starfield has revealed on twitter what scifi films have inspired the developers working on the highly anticipated rpg in a twitter thread pagliarulo wrote some folks have asked me what other movies besides prospect have that starfield vibe although the developer was unable to give too many examples with fear of heading into spoiler territory pagliarulo did say that since you can infiltrate the crimson fleet as kind of a space cop and report back to your superiors in the game donnie brasco would be a good film to watch to get in the starfield mindset13 some folks have asked me what other movies besides prospect have that starfield vibe i feel i cant really answer that specifically without getting into revealspoiler territory and thats something i cant and wont domarch 25 2023see more33 but seriously i dont think theres a scifi movie or tv show out there that hasnt inspired starfields many devs in some way from space 1999 to cowboy bebop to event horizon to silent running its outer space after all theres room for everything march 25 2023see moreother influences include films and shows like space 1999 silent running event horizon and even the anime cowboy bebop this list isnt exhaustive though as pagliarulo explains in their tweet i dont think theres a scifi movie or tv show out there that hasnt inspired starfields many devs in some way another developer has also described starfield as featuring a very realistic and nasapunk scifi world in the past so it really does sound like bethesda is taking from several influences for this one if its starting to feel like weve been waiting for starfield forever the good news is that we do finally have a new release date after the upcoming rpg was delayed from november 2022 into 2023 last year now starfield is set to release on september 6 2023 exclusively on xbox series xs and pc which is disappointing news for those expecting it to launch in the first half of the yearwhile we wait for starfield find out what else weve got to look forward to with our upcoming xbox series x games list