Bethesda's Indiana Jones Reveal is hiding an obscure tease for a classic FPS revival fans have wanted for 19 years
Jan. 19, 2024That’s a Quake 6 teaser if I’ve ever seen one
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In Bethesda’sIndiana Jones and the Great Circlereveal, if you freeze frame on a brief shot of a whiteboard in the office of developer MachineGames, you might spot a teaser for Quake 6 - an FPS revival fans have wanted for 19 years.
Well, more specifically, you’ll see “AKE 6” spelled out on the board, but the letters are sitting just above the old Quake logo, so I think we can safely make some assumptions about what the full word is meant to be. Check out the video below at the 11:35 mark if you want to see for yourself. The whiteboard also features a few sketches for what appear to be puzzles in the new Indiana Jones game, but hey, I guess theycouldbe, like, target practice arenas for a new Quake.
You should not take this as an indication that MachineGames - or any other Bethesda studio - is necessarily working on a new Quake right now. This could easily be a quick little Easter egg meant to draw some buzz among classic FPS fans on social media, and the mission has definitely been accomplished on that front. ButifQuake 6 is in the works, well… It’s been a long time coming.
With successful reboots for Wolfenstein and Doom both now under Bethesda’s belt, a similar revival for the third pillar of FPS gaming is exciting to imagine - doubly so if you think about what MachineGames could do with the project. The studio recently delved into that world with brand-new content in theexcellent Quake 2 remaster. Just, uh… is Wolfenstein 3 ever going to happen?
Todd Howard says he’s been sitting on everything about the Indiana Jones game “forever,” from “what Indy was going after” to the “arc he was going to have.”
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Todd Howard “rolled his eyes” at the idea of Troy Baker playing Indiana Jones in the Great Circle, but the Bethesda boss later told him “you’re doing a hell of a job”
