Indiana Jones Teaser Hints at Hero in Prime and Da Vinci-Code Style Mysteries

The gaming world was taken by surprise yesterday, when Lucasfilm Games announced that a new game Indiana Jones has come from Wolfenstein: The New Order developer MachineGames. Very little was revealed about the game other than that it will tell an original story, but fans quickly pulled out their magnifying glass and started reviewing the game’s first trailer, and they found some interesting things. You can check out a YouTube HD version of the trailer below.

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Indy’s desk is littered with all kinds of historical junk, but the most revealing items are a ticket to Rome, dated 1937, and a map of the Vatican.

I know you can’t read much from the Indiana Jones game teaser, but I’m going anyway. Indy appears to be heading for Rome in 1937 according to the Vatican banknote, typewriter, and map. Which would place the game after Ark & Temple but before Crusade. pic.twitter.com/KLVMQbzPSl

– Leon Hurley (@LeonHurley) January 12, 2021

1937 sets the new Indiana Jones game shortly after the events of Raiders of the Lost Ark, so this is the main era Indy we’re dealing with. 1937 is also the year after Mussolini declared an alliance with Hitler’s Germany, so yes, in case there is any doubt, Indy will strike down the Nazis in any quest he pursues. The ticket to Rome and the Vatican map hints that the quest could involve Da Vinci-Code style mysteries and possibly another attempt to collect a religious relic. In other words, it looks like a classic Indiana Jones story – no aliens, Shia LaBeouf, or other quirk here.

Separately, Pete Hines, Bethesda’s vice president of marketing, assured fans that Todd Howard taking on the role of producer of the new game Indiana Jones will not distract from his work on Starfield and The Elder Scrolls 6 …

Todd is currently an EP on numerous BGS and other projects, such as the Fallout TV show. Its main focus remains the realization of the next Starfield and TES6 games, which are not affected by today’s news.

– Pete Hines (@DCDeacon) January 12, 2021

The release date and platforms have yet to be confirmed for the Indiana Jones game. That said, according to insiders, the game is unlikely to be an Xbox exclusive, although Microsoft now owns MachineGames.