The day is almost upon us. Starfield, Bethesda’s sprawling space adventure RPG, is about to land on Xbox Series X|S and PC, finally giving Xbox a one-up on Sony’s ever-dominant PlayStation platform.

If you’re eager to blast off into the massive universe Bethesda has created, you have a few different options. You can:

If you pick that last option, you get to play Starfield just about a week before it launches. You’ll gain access to the game starting on August 31st at 5pm PT / 8pm ET, though depending on your time zone this could translate to September 1st.

One important thing to note for Game Pass subscribers: If you have a Game Pass subscription you can purchase the $35 Premium Upgrade and gain entry to the Early Access period. Sure, you’re paying $35 to get a few extra days with a game that could take weeks (or, um, years even) to finish.

The Premium Edition also comes with some special in-game items as well as the Shattered Space Story Expansion when that comes out, plus some other goodies.

While Microsoft has (wisely) turned off its $1 Game Pass trial, you can still save money by signing up for the service and purchasing the Premium Upgrade. A month of standard Game Pass is $10.99 and Ultimate is $16.99. Add either of those numbers to $35 and you still save money compared to either the $69.99 Standard Edition or the $99.99 Premium Edition. Plus you get Early Access!

So, that’s my good deed for the day. You’re welcome.

Enjoy Starfield, folks!