Bethesda has released a new in-depth look at Starfield’s Shattered Space DLC, which includes tons of story details about the missing snake man and the “Maelstrom Incident”

If you’re looking forward to the release of Starfield’s Shattered Space expansion later this month, you’re in luck, because Bethesda has just released a new in-depth video to see some of the DLC’s developers talk you through desired content.

While we’ve gotten plenty of details and teasers about how the studio will approach DLC on a practical level as well as thematically, this is the first time Bethesda has really taken a look at how to set up your character being dragged into the story and what they’ll be doing. matter.

In this fresh in-depth video, several Starfield developers, including lead creative producer Tim Lamb and design director Emil Pagliarulo, discuss the expansion’s key features The story initially sets the scene, but also touches on some other interesting details, some of which we’ve already heard.

So, story-wise, what exactly happened? Well, as lead quest designer Brian Chapin puts it, the expansion builds on the base game’s theme of “man’s quest for knowledge,” showing what happens when a group like House Va’ruun goes too far. “Before the start of Shattered Space, a secret experiment involving gravity-driven technology went horribly wrong,” he said, with Pagliarulo continuing: “It caused a massive tear in the fabric of space-time, engulfing Va’ A large part of it.

You’ll parachute into the aftermath of an event that appears to be known as the “Vortex Incident” and has plunged House Varun into chaos – with people missing, its seat of government, “Scale Castle,” and now “trapped in a strange “in the energy field.” “The missing include Anasco Varun, the leader of the Varun people and the spokesperson of the serpent,” Pagliarulo explained. “In his absence, the various small members of the Varun family Families are vying for control of House Varun.

There’s more to come than what’s detailed in the film, including new alien creatures called “Maelstrom Terrors” that look like they’ll be a lot of fun to fight as they launch surprise ambush.

So, that’s it. Are you curious to know what Starfield’s Shattered Space expansion will offer when it releases on September 30? Let us know below!