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Microsoft in July announced that it was relaunching the Xbox Live Gold, its online subscription service that allows players to play multiplayer games, as Xbox Game Pass Core. it will finally be launched today, and it not only gives players access to multiplayer features but also free games. For the unaware, Microsoft has another subscription service for the Xbox called Xbox Game Pass that features a vast library of games that players can play without having to purchase each one separately, along with day-one access to new games. Xbox's most popular subscription is Xbox Game Pass Ultimate which offers a catalog of more than 400 Xbox One, Xbox 360, and original Xbox games as well as access to day-one releases.

Mortal Kombat 1's second chapter features a surprisingly lengthy tribute to Indiana Jones, with Johnny Cage donning the archaeologist's famous fedora and brown leather jacket.

Among Us could be another major casualty of Unity's new installation fee, which has sparked chaos throughout the games industry since its announcement yesterday. Speaking with IGN, Innersloth programmer Forest Willard confirmed that "pulling Among Us for a while" is on the table while the developer looks for a solution.

Microsoft has announced an Xbox Digital Broadcast for Tokyo Game Show.

The latest episode of VGC: A Video Games Podcast is now available on all major audio platforms.

Todd Howard reveals the first real bit of information concerning the upcoming Indiana Jones game that players have heard for months. 

All eyes might currently be on BigOl'Spacegame, but there's plenty more happening behind-the-scenes at Bethesda, one of those things obviously being MachineGames' Indiana Jones project — which, depending how you choose to interpret four words from Bethesda's Todd Howard, might just be gearing up for a proper reveal next year.

Todd Howard is a massive fan of the Indiana Jones franchise. We know that much already, so the fact that he’s getting the opportunity to bring out a video game for the IP must be quite a dream come true. However, we’ve learned little to nothing about this game, and that should change soon. In a recent interview with Esquire, Bethesda’s Game Director did make one small mention of the game and even hinted more towards when we can expect more news to emerge. However, we might be waiting for more details to arrive sometime next year.

Bethesda’s Todd Howard has seemingly teased plans to reveal its Indiana Jones game in 2024.

Bethesda Game Studios and creative director Todd Howard have just launched Starfield, but fans are already looking forward to the Toddster’s next big project. In this case, it won’t be another RPG – Howard is executive producing an Indiana Jones game being crafted by Wolfenstein developer MachineGames. We haven’t heard much about the game since it was first announced back in early 2021, but in a new interview with Esquire, Howard provided a few fresh hints about the title. Per Howard, the new Indy game will bring the franchise to life in a unique way, with a particular focus on exploration.

Todd Howard is a busy man. He’s wrapped up the bulk of his work on Starfield, but has also already moved on to the next game he’s directing, which is The Elder Scrolls 6. Beyond that, however, he’s also executive producing MachineGames’ Indiana Jones title. And according to Howard, we’ll be hearing more about it sometime next year.

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