We knew that Wolfenstein developer MachineGames is engaged on an Indiana Jones online game. However information since its announcement has been minimal. However in accordance with Todd Howard, we’d get extra info on this thriller recreation subsequent yr.
In an interview with Esquire, Howard didn’t share a lot regarding the upcoming recreation however teased that he may have extra to share down the highway. “Howard would speak extra about Indiana Jones—I can inform he actually desires to—however he is not allowed,” the article reads. “As an alternative, as I exit his workplace, he flashes that smile. ‘We’ll speak subsequent yr.'”
The interview additionally explains how Howard pitched Lucasfilm again in 2009 to make an Indiana Jones recreation, stating it was on Howard’s “bucket checklist” to make such a recreation. Explaining that it “did not work out again then, however within the years since,” Disney was within the pitch.
Bethesda Softworks introduced again in 2021 that it was collaborating with Lucasfilm Video games to publish a brand new recreation primarily based on the Indiana Jones IP, with MachineGames dealing with improvement. Although following its January 2021 announcement, particulars are slim. We do know that as a result of Xbox vs. FTC trial that occurred over the summer season, Indiana Jones was initially deliberate to be launched on PS5 till MachineGames and Bethesda Softworks’ father or mother firm, ZeniMax Media, was acquired by Microsoft.
Outdoors of being an Xbox console unique, we all know that Todd Howard will function the sport’s government producer. In a earlier interview, Howard famous that the upcoming Indiana Jones recreation could be a “mash-up” of various genres.
Taylor is a Reporter at IGN. You’ll be able to observe her on Twitter @TayNixster.
