Starfield Shattered Space May Answer One Of The Game's Biggest Mysteries

Despite being able to play hundreds of hours of , there are still plenty of mysteries left unsolved by the end of the main campaign, even with the cyclical New Game Plus-esque mechanic letting players explore completely new universes and revisit moments from the story. Hopefully, the upcoming DLC — which is due to launch in Fall 2024, roughly a year after 's initial release — will help provide some answers through its new storyline and content.

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was announced before even launched, with its inclusion in the Premium and Constellation editions of the game being used as a further incentive to upgrade. After plenty of speculation and a tease in a developer video, a proper reveal trailer at Summer Game Fest 2024 confirmed that would lean more heavily into some of the horror aesthetic some parts of had while exploring the mysterious House Va'ruun, a highly religious group that is situated in a yet-to-be-disclosed Star system.

Starfield showcased its first DLC, Shattered Space, in a trailer during the Xbox Games Showcase. Here’s what it reveals about the upcoming expansion.

House Va'ruun is the third interstellar government to have formed in the Settled Systems, and players can uncover information surrounding its lore through various conversations — particularly with the romanceable companion Andreja, who was a member of House Va'ruun before joining Constellation — and other items found across the galaxy-spanning map. House Va'ruun was formed by the passengers of a colony ship that launched from New Atlantis in 2190 and was reported lost before revealing themselves as a fully-formed government in 2230, and follows a being known as ""

Although it tried to restore its reputation after its former leader Jinan Va'ruun declared an all-out war on the rest of human civilization — which has since been referred to as the "" — House Va'ruun has since withdrawn into isolation by the time 's main story takes place. Despite