Todd Howard’s Indiana Jones game had Xbox saying “I have to play that”
pcgamesn.comThe new Indiana Jones game from Wolfenstein studio MachineGames and Bethesda’s Todd Howard apparently has an amazing pitch, with Howard also wanting to get the game made for over a decade. As far as action-adventure games go, it could be one of Bethesda’s best, whenever it does come out. Howard’s a little busy preparing for the Starfield release date right now, though.
Emails talking about the new Indiana Jones game come from the ongoing FTC versus Microsoft court case concerning the Activision Blizzard buyout, with many documents being made public by the United States District Court for the Northern District of California.
In one of these emails, we’ve learned about Howard’s love for Indiana Jones, and what the internal reception to the game’s pitch was like a few years ago.
“Project Relic is an original Indiana Jones game (not tied to films) developed by MachineGames and executive produced by Todd Howard, who has been trying to get this game made for over a decade,” Bethesda head of publishing Pete Hines said in an email from 2021.
“If you don’t know, Todd might be the biggest Indiana Jones fan on the planet. I’m not exaggerating even a little. Anyone who has seen the pitch has immediately said ‘Oh my God, I have to play that game right now.’ It’s going to be amazing and we think the reaction to the announcement is going to be terrific.”
This email was sent just before the Indiana Jones game was revealed back in 2021, and even though it’s still very, very far off this does sound promising.
Having recently rewatched all the Indiana Jones films ahead of Dial of Destiny (even Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, which holds up incredibly well apart from the shonky CGI), I cannot wait to see what Howard and MachineGames have
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