Bethesda’s Todd Howard has shed some light on what the in-developmentIndiana Jonesgame from Zenimax subsidiary MachineGames could end up being. Howard is serving as the game’s executive producer, a fitting role as a game based onIndiana Jonesis something that he has wanted to work on for years.
The game was announced in January 2021 with a 30-second teaser trailer. Very little information on the game was given other than that it would be from Bethesda and MachineGames in collaboration with Lucasfilm Games. In the nearly two years since the announcement, information on the game has been scarce and rampant with speculation, especially on whether the game will be anXbox exclusive.
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The silence surrounding this game has been slightly broken thanks to an interview Todd Howard did with podcaster Lex Fridman. When asked if the game would follow the action-adventure genre, Howard described it as a “mashup” of different ideas that he and the developers have wanted to implement in a game for years. “It isn’t one thing intentionally, so it does a lot of different things,” Howard said. Past job listings indicated that the game could feature bots and companions, potentially hinting that theIndiana Jonesgame could feature multiplayer.
As a lifelongIndiana Jonesfan, Todd Howard originally pitched the idea of anIndiana Jonesgame to LucasFilm Games, previously known as LucasArts, in 2009 though a deal never went through nor was there any development team assigned to it. He would pitch the idea again over a decade later with LucasFilm having then been acquired by Disney. When it came to choosing a team for the project, Howard said that MachineGames, known for making the mostrecent entries in theWolfensteinseries, was “the perfect fit for this game.”
As one might expect for a franchise this old and beloved,Indiana Jonesvideo gameshave had a long and storied history going back decades with both original and adapted stories. However, right now is a perfect time for a newIndiana Jonesgame given the newfound relevance of the franchise sparked by the upcoming fifthIndiana Jonesmovie, the first movie in the series in about 15 years. This movie is likely to introduceIndiana Jonesto a new generation of fans in a manner similar to how a new generation of shooter fans was introduced toWolfensteinthrough the work of MachineGames starting withWolfenstein: The New Orderin 2014. Although the next film will be the last time Harrison Ford will play the titular character, there is still plenty of untapped potential in the series that MachineGames will surely embrace with its unique opportunity.
MachineGames’Indiana Jonesgame is in development.
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