Elaborate live-action trailers crafted to help promote major video game franchises are nothing new. Recall the stirring Hollywood-style shorts produced for "Doom," "Mass Effect," "HALO 3: ODST," "Destiny" and "Gears of War," for example.
And now "Starfield," an upcoming outer space odyssey from Bethesda Game Studios and Microsoft, is continuing that cinematic marketing tradition with a dynamic live-action teaser introduced at this week's Gamescon 2023.