Indiana Jones Game Deal Amended to Exclude PS5, PS4 | Push Square
An Indiana Jones game, previously announced by Bethesda subsidiary MachineGames, was planned for multiple platforms – but the contract with Disney was amended following Microsoft’s buyout of the publisher. Confirmation comes as part of the Federal Trade Commission’s ongoing court case regarding the Redmond firm’s proposed $69 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard.
Bethesda bigwig Pete Hines, who was grilled by FTC lawyers, confirmed that the publisher had originally signed a deal with Disney to release the game on multiple platforms. According to the FTC, this contract was later amended post-acquisition to exclude PlayStation platforms, and make the game an Xbox console exclusive.
The FTC is trying to temporarily block the acquisition, and legal proceedings are currently ongoing. As part of the case, Sony’s Jim Ryan has already admitted that his company won’t “risk” sharing PS6 details with Activision Blizzard should the deal close, while Microsoft has claimed that it’s “lost the console wars”.
A true PlayStation veteran, Sammy's covered the world of PS gaming for years, with an enormous Trophy count to prove it. He also likes tennis games way more than you.
LOL Honouring all existing contracts my A**.
This is definitely going to play on the judges minds during the Activision deal for definite. This shows their PR speak can't be trusted.
Not surprised one bit at all, they were always going to amend post acquisition.
Forget the Keighleys, we're getting World Premieres out of court now!
Sounds good to me. Since PS typically gets all the exclusives I am interested in, my XBOX mostly collects dust.
Some decent XBOX exclusives would make my investment worthwhile.
Anyone who trusts Microsoft at their word are idiots!
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