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Development ended on PS3/360 Indiana Jones

DarkZero: 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, and 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.

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Pennywise - 304 days 2 hours ago

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Well, that sucks... but Lucas Arts hasnt been known for pumping out quality lately. Maybe its for the best.

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Ghoul - 303 days 22 hours ago

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very sad indeed

I was totally in joy when i heard about that lucas arts was back in business but i was totally disapointed and this puts the nail in the coffin.

indy nextgen was so great the dmm and euphoria looked kickass and now its on halt .......

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PirateThom - 304 days 1 hour ago

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I was looking forward to kicking ass with Indy... :(

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madpuppy - 304 days ago

2.1 - heh....

they're digging in the wrong place...

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Jamegohanssj5 - 304 days 1 hour ago

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I guess after Fracture lmao!

TGSI

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iilluminate - 304 days 1 hour ago

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Maybe Lucasarts could divert some resources to Monkey Island 5.

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The gaming GOD - 304 days 1 hour ago

5 - Wow, Jaffe was right after all

He did say he feared the HD version of Indiana Jones would get canned. Three weeks later, look what happened

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devilhunterx - 304 days 1 hour ago

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after that disaster of a movie, i am not that surprised. here is to you Nathan Drake. (the unofficial son of Dr Jones)

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Mindboggle - 304 days ago

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drake is the new god of jungle adventurers. Sorry indy, lara.

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madpuppy - 304 days ago

6.2 - you know

I hope that they get a good writer and director to someday bring Nathan Drake's stories to the screen.

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Bubble Buddy - 303 days 23 hours ago

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Nathan Drake is going to be Mutt's son in the next Indiana Jones :P. The first 3 movies were the best btw. I wasn't into the 4th one that much, but the ending was a nice touch with the hat blowing to Shia :P.

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Meryl - 304 days 1 hour ago

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yup nathan drake is way more cool than indy now (the latest one) lool.
i hope they make an uncharted movie, coz if they do i will drool, hmm nathan hmmmm

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Sangria - 304 days ago

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I found nearly pathetic the "telepathic" powers of the villain in the last Indy. Let's see how this Indy game will sale without PS3 / 360.

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SpikeSpiegel - 304 days ago

9 - Thats a strange decision

Put it on every console except the 360/PS3. I guess they werent too happy with Fracture then... :P

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LorD - 303 days 23 hours ago

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Fracture was a complete and utter failure.

And I only played the demo.

I was very excited to see what the new and improved euphoria AI engine that was seen on that Star Wars game not too long ago.

Shame.

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Professor Chaos - 303 days 23 hours ago

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Damn...Damn....DAMN!!!!!

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Gamer82 - 303 days 23 hours ago

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Well lucasarts you did it to the main core group again.They do realize that alot of there sales are not going to be there now that they canned the new next-gen indy game.Well lucas i hope you guys learn from this one.Thank god we have uncharted 2 coming for us i can't wait to see what they put nathan in part 2 i still have yet to beat the first game and lara croft at least you wont leave us.

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clevernickname - 303 days 23 hours ago

13 - Fracture.

This is ridiculous.

It appears that development of "Staff of Kings" was put on the back burner so that LucasArts could focus on "Fracture" -- a game which ultimately proved to be a dud. Not only did they focus on the wrong project, but LucasArts made it a complete fumble when they could not release the game concurrently with the Indiana Jones movie and all of the attendant hype.

What a stupid series of business decisions.

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Baron79 - 303 days 23 hours ago

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This is terrible news but expected after the Wii turned into the lead console.

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VMAN_01 - 303 days 23 hours ago

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Guess the recession hit them hard as well, having to cancel the next gen versions in favour for the wii and ps2 etc.

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jay2 - 303 days 23 hours ago

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Well I'm not buying this game any more because I don't want to “experience an all new adventure with Indiana Jones and the Staff of Kings on Wii, DS, PS2 and the PSP this coming Spring.”

Why because their old like Ford........

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xg-ei8ht - 303 days 23 hours ago

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Just give me a new indiana jones film.

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Snow - 303 days 23 hours ago

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I blame micosoft

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Obama - 303 days 23 hours ago

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I never buy this crap..so it's ok.

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JadedWriter - 303 days 22 hours ago

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You have to spend money to make money Lucas Arts.

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Timesplitter14 - 303 days 22 hours ago

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I don't think the game would've been good

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cyclindk - 303 days 22 hours ago

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Too bad Indiana Jones couldn't have a better group of devs working on his series for him, like Naughty Dog. Lucas Arts is it's own worst enemy... they've got access to the best franchises and they just run them straight into ground..

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PirateThom - 303 days 20 hours ago

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What they need to do is start "giving" these franchises to other developers and taking a small fee for the IP license, while the developer/publisher fronts the cost.

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VMAN_01 - 303 days 21 hours ago

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The last great Lucas Arts games were definetely KOTOR 1 and 2, Empire at War and also Republic Commando.

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Wolf26pack - 303 days 20 hours ago

24 - Was looking forward to Next Gen Indiana Jones

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.

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andron666 - 303 days 20 hours ago

25 - Not a smart move...

It will maybe be a smart business move, as Staff of Kings will surely sell well. But ignoring next gen customers isn't smart in the long run.

Lucasarts have disappointed with Fracture and SW: FU, they need to shape up fast...

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thezuur - 303 days 17 hours ago

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maybe this is their way of dying off quietly.... as bad as that seems.

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thezuur - 303 days 17 hours ago

26 - oh i remember back, on us.playstation.com

indiana jones slated for march 07 release. i saved the videos and read all about it.

how sad

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Steven Colbert - 304 days 2 hours ago

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Shame that.Good for the Wii,PS2,PSP and DS gamers I suppose

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Snow - 303 days 23 hours ago

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I blame Sony

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hadouken007 - 303 days 22 hours ago

3 - why u blame sony?

blame speilberg and george lucaus they raped indiana jones and he never recovered!

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stonecold3 - 303 days 22 hours ago

4 - dont worry its

only for the last gen machine not for the true next gen uncharted is what true next gen is all about

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ReTarDedFisHy - 303 days 20 hours ago

5 - *working hard on Indiana Jones*

*looks at Uncharted 2*
*sob*
*asks to just to end development*

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