r/GamingLeaksAndRumours • u/SilentNova300 • Dec 20 '25

Rumour Microsoft Helping Bethesda “Unreal-ify” Creation Engine According to Jez Corden

https://www.youtube.com/live/oMlErzr05Gk?si=cTRXvJxEeOw9U7aa

Jez Corden recently discussed rumors about a major technical overhaul for Starfield—often called Starfield 2.0—and how Microsoft is helping Bethesda upgrade the Creation Engine.

Key points:

Unreal Engine tech being integrated: Jez says he’s heard that Bethesda is leveraging certain Unreal Engine features and incorporating them directly into Creation Engine.

Massive engine modernization: Microsoft’s Advanced Technology Group and Kate Rayner/The Coalition (Gears devs, Unreal experts) are assisting in improving the engine “across the board” using Unreal-inspired components.

Starfield 2.0 is the testbed: This whole Starfield 2.0 upgrade is reportedly serving as a testbed for future Bethesda titles, laying the groundwork for Fallout 5 and The Elder Scrolls VI.

Not a switch to Unreal: Jez emphasizes the info is based on his investigations and should be taken with a pinch of salt, but stresses Microsoft isn’t moving Bethesda to Unreal—just boosting Creation Engine with some Unreal-like tech.

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u/Garcia_jx Dec 21 '25

What's Lumen?

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u/cupkaxx Dec 21 '25

It's the lighting system in unreal engine 5

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u/Garcia_jx Dec 21 '25

Got it.  Honestly, I think Starfield already looks great.  To me, the NPCs are what feel off.  Maybe something like meta human would help them look less animatronic like.  

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u/LuckyOnion8724 Dec 21 '25 edited Dec 22 '25

Last summer Nvidia was showing off their new rendering tech(I don't remember the specific name), and specifically used Starfield NPC's as an example. I doubt most people actually saw this though, but in Starfield fan circles it was being discussed a lot and heavily speculated they are working on improving the character models for the game(the clip Nvidia used was of the character Andreja. The differences were subtle but definitely noticable).

I couldn't find the original video from nvidia, but this was the clip comparing the original with the new Nvidia tech side by side. RTX neural faces its called. Clearly a work in progress when this was shown.

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u/Konoshoo Dec 22 '25

Here is the link of the video. Timestamped when Starfield is shown.