The conflict in Ukraine has not been resolved, and it appears that Bethesda has made the decision to respond to the aggressive actions of Vladimir Putin’s troops. An update has been done in the background on Steam that gives the impression that the Russian language edition of Starfield has been discontinued.
Players on the game’s subreddit observed that there was an annotation on SteamDB discussing the removal of the Russian language from Starfield. However, Bethesda has not made any substantial announcements addressing this topic. The developers told Valve’s platform at the beginning of the month that they would prepare the localization; however, the firm responsible for the job appears to have changed their minds about moving forward with the project.
Although Bethesda has not discussed the factors that led to this decision, it is not hard to see how this could be connected to the conflict that is still going on in Ukraine. Since the invasion, other studios have already made decisions that are comparable to this one: they have decided that they do not want to support the Russian market.
However, the circumstance is intriguing due to the fact that some players are unhappy with this decision. This is due to the fact that some Russians do not reside in Russia and do not support the war in Ukraine; however, even in this circumstance, they will not be able to play the game in their own tongue. There has been an overwhelming amount of favorable feedback, with many fans who are looking forward to the title showing their support for the transfer.
The fact that Starfield will not be commercially available in Russia, as is well-known, makes it possible for the corporation to withdraw from the localization of the game into the Russian language. This will, of course, drastically cut down on the number of people who may potentially buy the game.
