Bethesda’s Indiana Jones will be an Xbox exclusive on consoles

in January 2021 Bethesda Announcing the development of a game Indiana Jones responsible for MachineGamesFrom the creators of the past Wolfenstein. It wasn’t mentioned which platforms it would be released for, as it was already known Microsoft would buy it, but it’s still questionable if this game and others are coming, as starfieldthey will be cross-platform.

Today we learned from Bethesda Editor-in-Chief Pete Hines himself Game Indiana Jones It will be exclusive to Xbox on consolesSo on Xbox Series and PClike starfieldAnd, as it looks like it will with the vast majority of Bethesda games in the future.

This statement was made in court During the opening day of Microsoft’s legal battle with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), which is seeking to block its acquisition of Activision Blizzard, where many of the news stories are already being generated.

It was originally to be cross-platform

FTC lawyers asked Hines to confirm whether Disney signed an agreement with parent company Zenimax before Microsoft acquired Bethesda. “Make an Indiana Jones game for multiple consoles”to which he replied “Yes”so initially it will be cross-platform and will appear on PlayStation.

Then the editor-in-chief of Bethesda was asked to confirm whether, after the acquisition of Microsoft, Disney had raised the question of which consoles the Indiana Jones game would be released for. Heinz answered again, “Yes.” And confirmed it later Bethesda has modified the Disney agreementAnd Indiana Jones It will now be exclusive to Xbox and PC, and It will start on day one on Xbox Game Pass.

Pete Heinz claimed in court that The publisher was now making exclusive decisions on a “case by case” basis.And Titles he decided to release only on Xbox benefited from “streamlined” developmentin part because fewer versions had to be tested.

“You get access to fewer platforms, and speed up your development process”, He said . “It just needs to work as best as it can in a box, on a PC. You know, a narrow focus always helps.”

“You’re dealing with a licenser who’s going to give a lot of feedback about what you’re doing, add a lot of time to your schedule, and you have to provide an editing window. You immediately have a ticking clock. We loved the idea of ​​bringing it to Game Pass and all the gamers we could get there.”.

Hines went on to say that Yes starfield On multiple consoles, it may not reach its planned release date for later this year. “In my opinion, no, this game wouldn’t be out in 9 weeks if we had support for a completely different platform.”

And then Hi Fay Rush And starfieldGame Indiana Jones It will be Bethesda’s third Xbox exclusive game.

Even though it was announced over two years ago, we still hardly know anything about the Indiana Jones game. Just, In the words of Todd Howard, CEO of Bethesda, and he “a unique blend of genres” and the epic’s “love letter”.. Last thing was in December 2022, the signing of Jens Anderson, Director the darkness And Riddick Chronicles.

We remind you that next June 28 the new movie in the saga will be released, Indiana Jones and the Port of DestinyHarrison Ford’s farewell to the character in his fifth film.