The #AlexInStarfield campaign wants Alex Hay to be immortalized at The Settled Systems.
Video games these days take so long to make that it’s sad that some people looking forward to the title never get to experience it. That was the case with Starfield fan and writer Alex Hay, who announced on the game’s subreddit earlier this year that he was diagnosed with lung cancer and will likely miss the release date. After discontinuing treatment, Alex was looking forward to using the title as a distraction, but with the title postponed to September this year, he is no longer able to play.
Sadly, Alex passed away not long after posting the update on the subreddit. Many Starfield fans have stated that they intend to consecrate and name their ship after him so that Alex can somehow explore the stars. But that’s not enough for some of his Starfield fans. Many of them are now campaigning for Bethesda to add Alex to the game as an in-game tribute (thank you) game radar), similar to what the developers have done with past Bethesda games.
The campaign itself was launched by YouTuber Light, who called on fans to use the hashtag AlexInStarfield on social media to get Bethesda’s attention. Wright explained that the campaign will be used to get Alex added to Starfield as some sort of NPC character, with Bethesda adding the character Evan, who died before launch, to Fallout 4’s Nuka-World DLC. is the same as Wright even acknowledges that development may be too late to add new NPCs, but still encourages people to join the campaign in case DLC for Starfield is released.
That was a few days ago, and Bethesda has yet to respond as to what happened to the campaign. However, Wright said through his personal Twitter account that Bethesda was “aware” of Alex and his situation, and that the developers were “likely planning” some kind of monument. As I posted in my tweet, there is hope. However, nothing has been confirmed as of yet, so we’re pretty sure we’ll actually see a tribute to Alex somewhere in The Settled Systems later this year when Starfield launches in September.