An update from the Starbound dev team confirmed that the Xbox One version of the space-faring game is still on the way.
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Developed by Chucklefish, the independent developers behind Stardew Valley and other games, Starbound is being ported to the Xbox One with the help of BlitWorks. While the game has been available on PC for some time now, plans persist to bring it to the Xbox One, a goal that was reaffirmed in a recent developers post.
“We announced Starbound was coming to consoles a while ago, and the team at Blitworks have been doing really amazing work,” said Tom Katkus, community and web manager for Chucklefish. “We’ve been playing it on the Xbox in our office, and while a lot of things have needed adjustment to get it working just right for consoles, we’re very nearly there.
“We need to clear a few more things through testing before we can confirm a date, but we should be able to make an announcement soon.”
The recent dev blog also touched on other changes in the works that include the 1.4 update and some new furniture.
A game where you choose one of several playable races and guide your own journey through the stars, Starbound offers a couple of different game modes that include some easy-going casual gameplay as well as some multiplayer components. Below are many of the features that players can expect to find in Starbound when it eventually launches on the Xbox One.
- Choose from one of 7 playable races and customize your character
- Save the universe in a story campaign featuring unique characters, bosses, dungeons and quests!
- You’re the captain of your very own starship! Decorate it, expand it and use it to explore a procedurally generated universe
- Colonize uncharted planets and collect gifts from your tenants – if they like you, they may even ask to join your ship crew!
- Three game modes – Casual (no need to eat), Survival (eat to survive/drop items on death) and Hardcore (permadeath)
- Craft thousands of objects – building materials, armor, weapons, furniture and more
- Capture unique monsters to fight alongside you
- All content is available in online drop-in/drop-out co-op
- Built from the ground up to be easily moddable. You have the tools to make the universe your own – add new races, biomes, dungeons, and quests
