Development ended on PS3/360 Indiana Jones
With the recent announcement that Lucasarts are working on Indiana Jones and the Staff of Kings for Wii, DS, PS2 and the PSP, many people wondered what had happened with the “next gen” version of Indiana Jones that was highly boasted about a few years back, and if development of that game was happening, albeit quietly, concurrently with Staff of Kings.
However, this seems not to be the case, as Lucasarts have now confirmed they’ve decided to work solely on Staff of Kings, making a “strategic business decision” to end development of the 360/PS3 versions.
“We want to bring consumers an Indy experience in 2009 following the successful launch of Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull in 2008,” comments a LucasArts spokesperson. “The next-gen skus would not be ready for the 2009 window so we made a strategic business decision to end development on PS3 and Xbox 360.”
The spokesperson goes onto add that fans should not fret, as they will be able to “experience an all new adventure with Indiana Jones and the Staff of Kings on Wii, DS, PS2 and the PSP this coming Spring.”
The first, and now presumedly last, we saw of “Next-Gen Indy” was this trailer, which was released in mid 2006. It boasted that the game was to be the first to use NaturalMotion’s Euphoria technology to mimic human behaviour with in-game animations. However, the likes of GTA IV and LucasArts own Star Wars: The Force Unleashed turned out to be the forerunners to use that tech.
It is currently not known what has happened to the team that was working on the game. They could have being moved on to a brand new project that is still to be announced, or may have merged with the Staff of Kings team.
5 comments ↓
Wolf26pack
February 7th, 2009
I hope that they only put this on the Backburner and didn’t completely give up on the PS3/360 version. I was so looking forward to the PS3 version of this game once I had played Indiana Jones & the Emperors Tomb on the PS2. I know that the PS3/360 version would sell a whole lot more units than then the Wii will.
If they still bring out the PS3/360 version than they are doing the right thing because the Wii is getting it’s own specialized version while the PS3/360 version are getting a whole different Indiana Jones game. Although if they canceled the PS3/360 version because they saw the Wii selling so well so they thought that they wouldn’t bother with they PS3/360 version because it’s taking to long then I think they made a HUGE MISTAKE. People wanted the PS3/360 version, I was one of them.
I swear when you see the promise in games like Indiana Jones & Eight Days and then they are cancelled I just don’t know why they don’t finish them espically when they know they will sell so well since they have already got people hyped up about them.
Ade28
February 8th, 2009
This is a real blow. I was really looking forward to this game especially when I had seen the release date down for this spring. But what I am most confused about is that they have posted a new trailer of the game on the Lucasarts website showing some fantastic in game footage and it seemed far too good to be wii or PS2. Are we certain that xbox and PS3 versions have been canned?
indyj11
February 20th, 2009
I agree, I love Indiana Jones and I was SO excited when I learned about the Xbox360/PS3 versions of the game, and now I’m really bummed. I have a Wii and am definitely going to get the game, but the 360/PS3 versions looked SO promising. I hope they didn’t really cancel the production of those versions and simply plan on releasing them later after the initial launch of the other systems that aren’t too strong. Wii is obviously the strongest, but I’m surprised they aren’t doing the next gen just because it’s going to take longer. I’m sure they’d get a huge profit from the release of the next gen versions. Also, Ade28, I noticed the next gen looking footage on the trailer and thought there was no way it was wii, but they don’t look too much different from Resident Evil 4’s graphics on the wii, so they MIGHT be from the Wii, but it definitely looks more like next gen.
JerzeyKiDD88
March 19th, 2009
i think that wuz messed up first they cancel it den they say it not canceled and itz coming even better on next gen PS3 and 360. now itz canceled on PS3 n 360 wtf i am not buying the game unless it comes out for PS3 see if they like that. the graphics on the next gen is nuthin compared 2 wii ps2 or psp come on are you serious.and im a big fan of indy but even he wuldnt wanna be played on those systems with so much potential of da PS3 n 360.
Dudeman25
June 19th, 2009
I think its really stupid that their not manking the game for ps3 and xbox everyone I know has a ps3 or xbox and they all love indy I have a wii but the grafics arn’t nearly as good as the ps3 and the motion sensers don’t work as well so there is no way im gona buy it. it also looks the same as The force unleashed and that was a great game so it will probobly be the same. its also is stupid that they made it for ps2 no one uses them nearly as much as the ps3