game news Following Starfield, Bethesda announces that its next video game will remain 100% Xbox exclusive. PS5 owners in PLS?
While many players are waiting for Starfield, Bethesda is already thinking about the next title. A game based on the Indiana Jones license that will once again be exclusive to Xbox.
The next Indiana Jones game will be exclusive to Xbox and PCannounced Pete Hines, Bethesda’s Chief Publishing Officer, as reported polygon. He also clarified that the title will be available on Xbox Game Pass upon its release. The man explained that the core of the agreement between Disney and ZeniMax (the publisher’s parent company) is to make Treasure Hunter’s adventures available on multiple consoles. Hines wanted the audience to be “as large as possible”.
It wasn’t until ZeniMax was acquired by Microsoft that the question of exclusivity was discussed. The contract was changed and the strategy changed. The goal now was to bring gamers together around Game Pass and “reduce the risk” to meet the needs of all businesses. At the moment we don’t know much about this Indiana Jones game, except that it was developed by MachineGames (Wolfenstein). It should not be linked to the George Lucas saga, which will be the subject of a fifth – and final – feature film.
FTC Attorney questioning Bethesda’s Pete Hines confirms Disney had a deal for an Indiana Jones game that would span multiple consoles. Hines confirmed. According to the FTC, after the acquisition, the deal was changed to only apply to Xbox consoles.
— Stephen Totilo (@stephentotilo) June 22, 2023
The FTC attorney who interviewed Bethesda’s Pete Hines confirmed that Disney has a deal for a multi-console Indiana Jones game. Hines confirmed. The FTC says the deal was changed after the acquisition and now only applies to Xbox consoles.
Indiana Jones returns to theaters
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, the fifth film in the eponymous saga, hits theaters June 28. The film’s story takes place in 1969, in the middle of the Cold War. We will find there the most famous adventurer, badly worn down by the years. Nevertheless, he and his goddaughter Helena go in search of Archimedes’ dial. A device with spatio-temporal properties. However, former Nazi Jürgen Voller continues the same quest and will not hesitate to get in the way of our heroes to use the object and revive Hitler. In the casting we find Harrison Ford in his role as Indiana Jones, but also John Rhys-Davies (Gimli in The Lord of the Rings) and his character as Sallah Faisel el-Kahir. Phoebe Walter-Bridge will play Helena Shaw and Mads Mikkelsen will play Jurgen Voller. Finally, for the first time in the series, it won’t be Steven Spielberg at the wheel, but James Mangold (Logan).
