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Rumor Mill: New Indy game has some problems 29 Jan, 2008, 17:15 / 7 comments

By Jason


You may be familiar with the internet rumor resource Surfer Girl. Well, since we haven't heard anything about LucasArts' Indiana Jones game (the non-LEGO one) since, oh, E3 2006, let's just for fun see what an unofficial source has to say on the matter. The following bits are taken from the site's frequent news entries:
11/14/07
-Indiana Jones has "a brand new development team on board" and is "back on track." I now understand why someone who was working on the title was a bit nervous when I talked about it with them a few months back.

12/25/07
-A2M is working on Indiana Jones for people who cannot stand to play consoles with the number three in the name--DS/Wii/PS2/PSP.

12-26-07
-The current version of Indiana Jones has pretty much nothing in common with what was seen in the E3 06 trailer. The version where Indy is Ali rhythmic taps of the A button is no more and a signature, announced feature or two may have disappeared.
-A2M's Indiana Jones title, which has had a far mroe stable development, follows same plot its big next-gen siblings, but in an alternate universe sort of way. Waggle-lovers shan't worry, Wii is the lead SKU for the title.

"A new team?" "Back on track?" "Nervous" team member? Stripped features? Also, this is the first we've heard about the 3rd party ports to all the platforms that aren't 360 and PS3, but it's not surprising either considering it's in line with how The Force Unleashed is being handled. Anyway, you may find some more stuff over there while you keep waiting for LucasArts to say anything official about the game. Should give you plenty of time.
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7 Comments

  • fytonight on 13 May, 2009, 09:25…
    Great server playing idea is a Indiana Jones playing a brain games which will be splendid.

    Surfer Girl and also Mojo should get more brian games articles :)
  • The Tingler on 30 Jan, 2008, 00:38…
    On the other hand, she did write:

    "LEGO Indiana Jones is coming out after or at the same time as Indiana Jones (working title)."

    Which is clearly wrong.
  • Udvarnoky on 30 Jan, 2008, 03:48…
    Note though that that was in October, before the other Indy mentions.
  • hierohero on 29 Jan, 2008, 23:27…
    it really is sad to see where lucasarts is at the moment.. in the early to mid 90s they were so far ahead of the game..
  • jp-30 on 29 Jan, 2008, 23:03…
    Oh noes, Jim Ward's words aren't going to come back and bite him on the ass, are they?

    Three and a half months left to make the movie release...
  • The Tingler on 29 Jan, 2008, 17:20…
    I really don't trust Surfer Girl and this is only rumour... but... this does seem potentially likely given how quiet things are.

    A DS version? Wahey! All we need now is a PC version! And the game...
  • Udvarnoky on 29 Jan, 2008, 17:24…
    From the sounds of it the PS3 and 360 versions are the only ones LucasArts is developing, and the rest will potentially be very different.