Fans excited for Xbox and Bethesda’s upcoming Indiana Jones title may be excited to hear that the game may be arriving sooner than expected!

The Bethesda in-development Indiana Jones project has received a major update. Because he is preparing for the presentation next week. Xbox recently confirmed that it plans to hold its second Developer Direct on January 18. In the process, we can gain a deeper insight into some of the big guns coming in 2024. Such as Ninja Theory’s Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2 and Obsidian Entertainment’s Avowed. Surprisingly, MachineGames’ Indiana Jones is also confirmed to be making a big appearance at the event.

MachineGames, the developer of Indiana Jones, is known as one of Bethesda’s best first-person shooter studios, along with long-established id Software, creators of Doom and Quake.

The Machine was initially created to handle the rebooted Wolfenstein franchise. Of these, he published four titles. With the studio’s solid background in the first-person shooter genre, many fans were puzzled by MachineGames’ Indiana Jones reveal in early 2021. After all, one would think that the game would be in the third person. Todd Howard stated in 2022 that the title aims to provide a “mash-up” of several different genres.

In a surprising twist, Indiana Jones is now coming to Xbox Developer Direct later this month. This may indicate that you are closer to release than expected. As Pure Xbox pointed out, several sources have claimed that Indiana Jones will likely be released in 2024. Over at ResetEra, insider Shinobi602 responded to an inquiring fan by saying that Indiana Jones seemed to have 2024 in mind for some time. In addition, according to their sources, Pure Xbox has pointed to Insider Gaming, who claims that the title will be released in 2024.

It’s important to note that none of the claims are official, and on January 18, the release plans for Indiana Jones may become clear.

Considering that it’s been three years since the Bethesda-MachineGames Indiana Jones game was announced, and that the game was probably in production in some form before then, this year seems just right for a possible release window. It would be a massive boost to Xbox’s already strong 2024 lineup. If true, Indy would be the third AAA first-party title on Xbox’s lineup this year, alongside Hellblade 2 and Avowed. Indiana Jones seems like the perfect summer game. IP is synonymous with summer blockbusters. But it could also be an effective festive appearance if the goal is a later date of 2024…

Source: Pure Xbox