Kotaku: Indiana Jones

Why George Lucas Won't Make Any More Star Wars Movies

Luke Plunkett — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 23:30:00 EST

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From an interview with The New York Times. More »

Harrison Ford Watches Indiana Jones for the First Time

Luke Plunkett — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 01:30:00 EST

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Remember last year how Harrison Ford helped Sony market Uncharted 3 in Japan? Well, those clips have been remixed into something way better. More »

The New, Official Indiana Jones Prequel isn't a Movie. It's a Zynga Facebook Game.

Stephen Totilo — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 11:00:00 EST

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One of the most popular video games on Facebook will be re-named this week. The game formerly known as Adventure World will be re-named for George Lucas and Steven Spielberg's renowned hero Indiana Jones as game company Zynga adds the most extraordinary character to one of its games since FarmVille got a visit from Lady Gaga. More »

Zynga Adding Indiana Jones to Facebook's Adventure World

Stephen Totilo — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 11:53:00 EDT

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Indiana Jones' next video game will be on Facebook. He's going to appear in Adventure World, the actually pretty good quest game from Zynga, makers of FarmVille. It'll happen some time this October, according to a Zynga blog post. More »

Own a Little Piece of Indiana Jones: the Fate of Atlantis

Luke Plunkett — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 04:30:00 EDT

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Lucasarts (and Indy) fans, hold onto your fedoras: this arts & craft session is going to blow your mind. More »

Harrison Ford Is Not Old Enough to Play Rick the Adventure Sphere

Luke Plunkett — Wed, 11 May 2011 04:30:00 EDT

Nolan North's greatest ever vocal performance is in Portal 2, where he plays Rick the Adventure Sphere, a character that appears only briefly in the game, but nearly manages to steal the whole show. More »

Hey, Link! Cover Your Heart!

Luke Plunkett — Sat, 12 Mar 2011 01:00:00 EST

Link finally encounters a temple he can't conquer: the Temple of Doom. By Dan Hipp. More »

What If Indiana Jones Was A...Classic PC Adventure Game

Luke Plunkett — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 04:00:00 EST

Oh, wait, it was. Twice. OK, then, if it was an even older adventure game, maybe it would have looked like this! More »

Indiana Jones Disneyland Attraction Recreated in Left 4 Dead 2

Brian Ashcraft — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 02:00:00 EDT

Disneyland attraction "Indiana Jones Adventure: Temple of the Forbidden Eye" has been recreated by a modder in zombie first-person-shooter Left 4 Dead 2. More »

Star Wars Comes To PlayStation Home

Luke Plunkett — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 02:00:00 EST

Everyone loves Star Wars, right? And Indiana Jones? But do you love them so much you'd sign into PlayStation Home and pay money for some virtual cosplay? More »

Damnit, Lucasarts, THIS Is The Indiana Jones Game We Wanted

Luke Plunkett — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 00:00:00 EDT

Back at GDC in 2006, Lucasarts showed off some footage of a "next-gen" Indiana Jones game. It looked great! Fast forward three years, however, and all we ended up with was Staff of Kings on Wii. Great. More »

Thanks, Hollywood, For These "Summer Blockbusters"

Luke Plunkett — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 13:40:17 EDT

Summer means sun. Weeks off school, days off work, Coronas under a palm tree as a sea breeze washes over you. But it also means it's time for Hollywood's big shebang: the summer blockbusters. More »

They Remember Jedi, Jaws and Indiana Jones

Stephen Totilo — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 13:40:07 EDT

Han Solo in Indiana Jones and the Staff of Kings

Brian Ashcraft — Wed, 13 May 2009 23:00:00 EDT

New footage on StarWars.com shows Millenium Falcon pilot Han Solo as a playable/unlockable character in upcoming title Indiana Jones and the Staff of Kings. More »

Unlock Classic Fate of Atlantis Title in New Indy Game

Brian Crecente — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 13:00:00 EST

The official site for Indiana Jones and the Staff of Kings now includes a nice selection of screens and some new gameplay details. More »

Indiana Jones And The Staff Of Kings Revealed In New Nintendo Power

Michael McWhertor — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 20:30:02 EST

We've already seen the trailer and been properly prepared by Nintendo Power's own teasing, so the cover treatment given to Indiana Jones and the Staff of Kings isn't exactly a shocker. But we'll take it! More »

Indiana Jones and the Staff of Kings Hits Wii In Spring, Says New Trailer

Michael McWhertor — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 20:00:13 EST

Looks like Indiana Jones' video game adventures might not be completely canceled, at least according to a newly (and unofficially) released trailer for Indiana Jones and the Staff of Kings for the Wii. More »

Indiana Jones Canned [Update]

Brian Crecente — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 10:00:00 EST

The last time we heard about the Indiana Jones game was back in March when Vanity Fair mentioned it would use the same engine as The Force Unleashed. There's probably a good reason for that. More »

Lucasarts To Announce New Indiana Jones Game Next Week?

Luke Plunkett — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 22:20:00 EDT

Yup, it's more from the GameStop Expo showroom floor! Latest whispers to drift out of Vegas and float across the internet's trade winds involve the MIA Indiana Jones game from Lucasarts, the one that first showed us how Euphoria was going to revolutionise the way we punched bad guys in the face. While it's been mentioned a few times in the past, word from the expo is that the game will finally be unveiled next week (remember, up til now it was just a "tech demo"), is based on the Force Unleashed engine, is due for 360 and PS3 and will be out in 2009. More »

Indiana Jones and the Staff of Kings Rated for Portables

Brian Ashcraft — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 08:40:00 EDT

European video game content rater PEGI has just, well, rated what looks like a new Indiana Jones game for the DS and PSP. With the questionable title Indiana Jones and the Staff of Kings (woah!), the title is 16 and up, and Activision is publishing. We don't have any other information about it other than that, but game site Siliconera wonders if this Staff of Kings game is that other "next-gen" Indiana Jones title that was shown a few years back — and then disappeared into the ether. More »

Scream From 1951 Echoes Into Today's Games

Owen Good — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 18:00:00 EDT

The Wilhelm Scream. Cinephiles recognize it instantly (you only need to hear it once in the above video). It's been reused so many times since it was first recorded in 1951 that its inclusion today is almost beyond cliche, easter egg, or inside joke, and has become a combination of the three. (It's been in every Star Wars and Indiana Jones title thanks to sound engineer Ben Burtt, who resurrected its use.) More »

Five LEGO Video Games That Will Never Be

Michael McWhertor — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 21:00:13 EDT

With LEGO adding a delicious layer of licensing to properties like Star Wars, Indiana Jones and Batman to generally welcome results, we won't be surprised when LEGO Halo becomes a real project or once proud properties like Tomb Raider resort to the LEGO treatment to win new fans. More »

Summer Blockbuster Maximize Licensed Crap Profit

Michael McWhertor — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 18:40:33 EDT

Summer blockbusters don't just line the pockets of film studio executives and actors working on a percentage of the gross, it looks like they help resellers of licensed games too. According to a bit of research from the Video Game Price Charts blog—I've used them in the past when selling my unwanted games via eBay—the time to strike when selling your copy of Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine or Iron Man / X-O Manowar in Heavy Metal is when the movie adaptations hit theaters. More »

The History of Indiana Jones Video Games

Owen Good — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 17:00:00 EDT

So, if seeing Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull left you a little disappointed, and you're twiddling your thumbs until ~~Friday's~~ Tuesday's release of Lego Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures, fire up your emulators, British Gaming Blog has a chronology of every video game tied to the high-adventure series. More »

Indiana Jones and the Giant Lego Boulder

Owen Good — Sun, 18 May 2008 13:00:00 EDT

Reader cashius22 spotted this and I can't resist. It's Lego, and it's Indiana Jones and therefore, it is on-topic. More »

Verne Troyer Calls Out Indiana Jones

Mike Fahey — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 11:20:12 EDT

I'm not sure if I pity Verne Troyer or envy him. Here is a tiny little man who makes a living being a smaller, more abrasive version of other people. People dress him up as say, Indiana Jones, and then film him saying things like, "This is a message for Indiana Jones. I'll fuck you up!" in his little tiny voice. It's all part of a contest over at the Postal movie's MovieSet web page, which plays up the "hopelessly outclassed" marketing angle Uwe Boll's people have cooked up. After watching the clip you are challenged to guess what's in Verne's sack for a chance to win the contents, but I don't think any of us really want to know what Verne is carrying around in his sack. Best just to hit the link, view the clip, and leave such questions unpondered. More »

Alleged LucasArts Staffer Gets Gossipy On Ward, ILM & More

Michael McWhertor — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 20:20:00 EST

When LucasArts president Jim Ward surprised us by resigning from the company he'd been with for more than a decade, we didn't have any insight into the reasons why. LucasArts reps chalked it up to "personal reasons." However, a recent and lengthy comment on the matter at Gamasutra, picked up by GameSetWatch, may reveal more about the departure, which may have been the result of internal strife. More »

LEGO Indiana Jones Demo Shipping with New Indy DVDs

Brian Crecente — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 19:00:49 EST

All three special editions DVDs of the Indiana Jones trilogy will be shipping with both a demo and trailer for the upcoming LEGO Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures game, Ars Technica reports. More »

LEGO Indiana Jones

fdemarco — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 12:00:00 EST

For the last part of my three part coverage of the Lucas Arts presentation, we'll talk a little about LEGO Indiana Jones. The portion we saw dealt with the iconic scenes from the beginning of the first movie: running from giant boulders, stealing golden idol heads and the like. We were also introduced to some of the game mechanics. Indy will of course make much use of his whip to destroy things, grab objects and swing his way through his adventures. He will also have an ally who will help him through each of the various levels of the game and each ally will have a special skill such as excavation that will come in handy. These helpers can also be controlled by another player in the co-op mode. Players can look forward to Lego versions of all their favorite characters including Dr. Henry Jones Sr., Sala and everyone's favorite little screaming Asian kid, Short Round. Each characters phobias, such as Indy's famus aversion to snakes will come into play as you progress through the game. As in the other LEGO Star Wars titles, humor plays a huge part in the game and the few little cut scenes we saw were quite funny and had the gathered crowd laughing aloud quite a bit. We even got a special appearance by the golden head of a certain Star Wars robot that was used to great effect. All three movies will be covered in the game with each film being made up of six levels. More »

Lego Indiana Jones The Flash Game

Mike Fahey — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 12:20:18 EST

Hungry for some Lego Indiana Jones action but don't want to wait for the console game to come out? Head over to Lego.com and try out the new Lego Indiana Jones flash game! Developed by advergaming company Three Melons, the game features Indy on the run from a giant killer boulder after the classic idol-swapping scene from Raiders of the Lost Ark. While you don't control Indy directly, you do click on flashing obstacles to get him to duck, whip, and jump his way towards the temple exit, collecting treasures with your mouse pointer along the way. Filled with secrets and hidden areas to discover, it's an excellent way to look busy as you wait for the week to officially end. More »

No Nazis For Lego Indiana Jones

Luke Plunkett — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 23:20:00 EST

The upcoming Lego Indiana Jones will, of course, feature cute, adorable little Indiana Jones. And - fingers crossed - a cute, adorable little Sallah, with a clicky little red fez. What won't be featured in the game are Nazis. While the characters themselves will still feature (yes, Toht is still in it, and yes, he's still going to melt), all references to Nazism have been scrubbed, Traveller's Tales telling Edge:

Lego [have] already replaced them with an anonymous genocidal, occultist, trenchcoat-wearing master-race.

On the one hand, understandable. Lego's for kids. But on the other...how many five year-olds know who the fuck Indiana Jones is? Surely the target demographic for this game is the 20+ market. More »

Yes, That New, Non-LEGO Indiana Jones Game Is Still Alive

Luke Plunkett — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 18:40:00 EST

You may have forgotten amidst all the exciement surrounding the new movie and the LEGO game, but once upon a time (2006) Lucasarts announced they were working on another Indiana Jones game. One based on NaturalMotion's pretty-darn-exciting Euphoria physics and animation technology. Well, since then, we've heard squat on the game. Hell, talking about it around the tower's water cooler this morning, I'd forgotten all about it. So it was great to hear from Vanity Fair, of all places, that the game's still being worked on. Good news. LEGO's great and all, but sometimes you just want to put a ragdoll Nazi's face through a windshield, you know? More »

Castlevania II Coming To Wii VC, Indiana Jones To PSP

Michael McWhertor — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 17:40:35 EDT

Two new notable ratings from the Entertainment Software Ratings Board reveals that Castlevania II: Simon's Quest has been rated for a Wii release and that LucasArts is planning another Indiana Jones release for the PSP. No release dates are provided for either whip-cracking adventure, but the LucasArts game is listed as Indiana Jones 2008. More »

New Indy Trailer Full of Gently Waving, Seagoing Invertebrates

egauger — Wed, 30 Aug 2006 23:20:05 EDT

New Indy 2007 footage from LucasArts, in a faux German WW2 propaganda-flavored shell that calls to mind the flippant and endearing flavor of the old adventure games. If they can preserve that feeling while imbuing it with fistfights and car chases, I'm going to be extremely pleased. Computer and Video games, where I got this clip, says: More »

LucasArts Boss Confirmed as GDC Keynote

egauger — Wed, 30 Aug 2006 21:20:58 EDT

Chris Williams, LucasArt honcho and project lead for the new Indiana Jones game that excites me so much (seriously), is on the docket for this year's GDC. More »

Endorphin the Precursor to Euphoria

egauger — Thu, 08 Jun 2006 22:20:00 EDT

If you read my last update you'll know that things are a little unstable at the office today, so I did my best to check and see if we'd already posted this (sorta old) little movie demonstrating the post-ragdoll physics being used in the new Indiana Jones game. And I don't think we have. Be sure to write outraged e-mails to the tips address if I'm wrong, 'kay? More »

SCUMM Makes a Comeback in Indie Indy Game

egauger — Sat, 27 May 2006 19:40:00 EDT

A team of Barnett college students has released a demo of their SCUMM-based adventure title, Indiana Jones and the Fountain of Youth. More »

LucasArts Announces Digital Molecular Matter Technology

brownlee — Tue, 09 May 2006 07:40:38 EDT

LucasArts sent us a press release, announcing their Digital Molecular Matter technology, which seems to be a snazzy way of saying "realistic physics coupled with fully destructible three dimensional environments." More »

LucasArts Promises Euphoria

kotaku.com — Thu, 27 Apr 2006 18:40:00 EDT

Speaking of dumb names for things, we received a press release announcing that the upcoming Indiana Jones game for the Xbox 360 will include technology called euphoria, a "behavioral-simulation engine" from NaturalMotion Ltd. More »