The Starfield Xbox controller special edition comes with an exciting bonus feature that allows owners to enjoy a dynamic background on their Xbox consoles. Recently, Starfield was given a 45-minute deep dive, revealing extensive information about the game's expansive open world and gameplay systems. The Starfield Direct also unveiled the Constellation Edition of the game, along with two Xbox accessories inspired by Starfield - a new Xbox headset and controller.
Xbox Series X/S consoles offer a unique feature of animated dynamic backgrounds, which include first and third-party games like Halo Infinite, Pentiment, Dead Space, Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, Redfall, and most recently Diablo 4. Xbox has released dynamic backgrounds for all of its new first-party games, and with the imminent release of Starfield, fans can expect even more exciting backgrounds to be added to the collection.
Upon owning the recently unveiled Starfield-themed Xbox controller, users can unlock a new dynamic background which has been shared by Tom Warren from The Verge on Twitter. The background features a dark screen with white topographic lines that move in a swirling motion. This theme is fitting for Starfield, as topographical lines have been a prominent feature in the game's art and players will be exploring the topography and environments of numerous planets in the space-faring RPG.
However, some Twitter users expressed their disappointment with the new background, deeming it to be generic and hoping for Xbox to release a more vibrant and exciting one upon Starfield's launch on September 6th. It's worth noting that a single Xbox game can have more than one dynamic background, as evidenced by 2021's Halo Infinite, which provided fans with two dynamic backgrounds - one featuring the game's cover art and the other showcasing an action shot of Master Chief protecting a marine from Needler fire. This suggests that fans may potentially see Starfield's stunning cover art animated into a background or even a dramatic scene from one of the game's many planets.
It's unusual that an Xbox dynamic background is being limited to a special edition controller. However, it is possible that the Starfield background will eventually become available to everyone once the game is released, and that the exclusivity is merely a temporary perk for early adopters of the controller. In any case, Xbox has been making strides in improving the consistency of its dynamic backgrounds in the past few months, as they have been few and far between since the launch of the Series X|S in 2020. Keep in mind that Starfield will be available for both PC and Xbox Series X|S on September 6.
