Starfield early access free downloads are causing a panic, but everything is fine

With early access to Starfield kicking off in just over a month (oh my god), fans are understandably starting to get excited.

Bethesda's shiny new open world RPG has been years in the making, and everything we're hearing about Starfield suggests it's going to be one of the biggest games of the decade.

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For those that might not be aware, there are currently multiple ways to get early access to Starfield on September 1 - a full five days before the game's full launch. One of the more popular ways so far seems to have been via AMD's new CPU bundles.

From now until 30 September, anyone who buys a CPU from the Ryzen 7000 series will receive a free download for Starfield, which will be either the standard or premium edition depending on which CPU is bought. The premium edition, of course, is the one that nets you early access.

But gamers are a jumpy bunch, and a number of players who purchased one of the Ryzen 7000 CPUs have expressed concern they've yet to hear anything about a download code for Starfield.

One fan wrote on Reddit: "Did anyone else who got the game from AMD get their code yet? I redeemed it on AMD rewards but didn’t receive a steam code or anything yet. Hopefully we will get them before early access starts?"

Given that it is actually possible to pre-download Starfield on Xbox and PC right now, we can kind of understand why fans are a little freaked out. But the fact is there's no need to worry.

The long and short of it is that AMD don't have codes to give until they get the codes from Bethesda, and that's not going to happen until closer to launch. Does that mean you won't get early access in time? Of course not. If you paid for the early access, that's what you're going to get

Now, if you were somehow the only one who had not received a code then obviously you'd have a problem! But right now, everyone who ordered one of the AMD bundles is in the same boat right now, so you just need to sit tight and wait till nearer the time.

Topics: Starfield, Xbox, PC, Bethesda