As for what’s after Starfield, Howard and his team are tackling multiple projects at once: The Elder Scrolls 6, working on the Fallout television show—which is led by Westworld's showrunners, Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy—and an Indiana Jones game.
Raiders of the Lost Ark is Howard’s favorite Indy adventure. In 2009, he pitched Lucasfilm on an Indiana Jones game, which has always been on his bucket list. His first dog's name was Indy, after all. It didn’t work out back then, but in the years since, Disney decided to back Howard’s initial idea. The game is being developed by Machine Games, a Swedish studio under the same company. They’re known for making Wolfenstein, which also involves fighting against Nazis. In other words, a natural fit.
“I am a giant Indiana Jones fan. It can be brought to video games in a unique way,” Howard tells me. But he refuses to go into the details, only offering, “The game is obviously: you’re exploring stuff. It’s about him. So if you’re playing the game, how do you feel that you are indeed playing versus just watching?”
Howard would talk more about Indiana Jones—I can tell he really wants to—but he’s not allowed. Instead, as I exit his office, he flashes that smile.
“We’ll talk next year.”
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