Todd Howard first pitched an Indiana Jones game to George Lucas in 2009

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The Indiana Jones game from Bethesda was only announced earlier this year, but according to a new interview with Todd Howard, he first pitched it to George Lucas more than a decade ago.

Bethesda has made it clear that the Indiana Jones game in the works at Wolfenstein developer Machine Games is very, very early along in development, which means it will likely be years before we hear any specifics about the game itself. However, Bethesda Game Studios boss Todd Howard was happy to share his excitement about the project in an interview with The Telegraph - while also offering some more background on how it got started.

Howard added that he really likes Indiana Jones - as indicated by the miniature Ark of the Covenant replica he keeps in his bookshelf - but never thought he'd "have the opportunity to make a game" about the beloved franchise. He added that Machine Games "are the best team in the world to pull this game off and they’re doing a phenomenal job" with the property so far.

Connor Sheridan
Connor Sheridan
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I got a BA in journalism from Central Michigan University - though the best education I received there was from CM Life, its student-run newspaper. Long before that, I started pursuing my degree in video games by bugging my older brother to let me play Zelda on the Super Nintendo. I've previously been a news intern for GameSpot, a news writer for CVG, and was formerly a staff writer at GamesRadar+.