With Starfield's major Shattered Space expansion approaching, Bethesda head Todd Howard has hinted that the Starfield team is already planning for 'Year Two'.

Howard spoke candidly about Bethesda's plans for Starfield beyond 2024 in an interview with content creator MrMattyPlays on June 16. Among other topics, including the next Fallout title and information about Elder Scrolls 6, Howard discussed how the team approached the reveal of this month's content update at the Xbox Showcase, and that the team will likely be quiet for an extended period of time while the post-Shattered Space content is developed. "There's probably going to be more room after this — there's going to be some bigger gaps next year as we look at those big beats for sort of 'Year Two' that we're planning," Howard said.

He added that he'd like to see the team stick to the original six-week update cycle announced at X, but that's unlikely to be feasible when larger DLC like Shattered Space is in development. "We're planning an expansion after [Shattered Space]," Howard said. "I don't know that our goal is to answer every story question. We look at it and say, 'What do we want to add to the game in terms of experience or tone?'"

There wasn’t anything specific that Howard wanted to share, but it’s an exciting idea knowing that Bethesda, despite its many other franchise plans, has been planning to expand further into the Starfield universe for years. We’ve yet to see Shattered Space (an exact release date is still up in the air, but it’s still on track for fall 2024). But if there are other large-scale Starfield DLC releases, it’s clear Bethesda is in it for the long haul.