Starfield includes a heartfelt tribute to – and from – a fan who died before the game was released.
Six months ago, Alex Hay posted on the Starfield subreddit to share his dismay that despite “following this project for years”, he probably wouldn’t live long enough to play Starfield following a lung cancer diagnosis at just 36 years of age.
Just a few weeks later, the thread was updated to confirm that Alex – who himself was an app developer – had indeed sadly died, but revealed that Hay had been a huge Bethesda fan and took great comfort playing games whilst under palliative care, calling his Xbox “a great form of escapism”.
