Indiana Jones Staff of Kings game dated

By Robert Purchese Published 14 May, 2009

And co-stars Han Solo, pistol, waistcoat.

Activision has told Eurogamer that Indiana Jones and the Staff of Kings will be released for DS, PS2, PSP and Wii on 12th June.

The date follows the bizarre revelation that Han Solo will be a playable character in the game.

He'll be able to use his laser pistol, according to a StarWars.com trailer, but otherwise acts more-or-less the same as Indiana Jones: pouty one-liners, rugged good looks, stick insect girlfriends and so on and so forth.

We're not sure whether Han is the the secret co-op character LucasArts teased back at the game's unveiling in February, incidentally.

Of the SKUS, the Wii version provides the most interest, with motion-sensing whip and punching controls, and gesture-based escape sequences. There's multiplayer, too.

Head over to the Indiana Jones and the Staff of Kings gamepage to find out more.

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About Robert Purchese

Bertie is Eurogamer's Senior Staff Writer. When he's not hunting down news stories he's often found playing with his kids or gabbling about fantasy games and strange online worlds.

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Comments (23) Latest comment 3 years ago

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  • MORZTAN #1 3 years ago

    Sounds like a brilliant idea! Not!

    Are they out to totally fuck up the Indy-license now that they are done with Star Wars

  • Haloboy #2 3 years ago

    Laugh it up fuzzball!

  • ZuluHero #3 3 years ago

    That's no way to talk about Sean Connery...

  • SYS64738 #4 3 years ago

    "Indiana Jones and the Deathstar of Doom"

  • Domovoi #5 3 years ago

    Oh please, obviously it's just an unlockable character you can play for the hell of it. Are we going to complain about the fact that there were Star Wars characters in Lego Indy as well, now?

  • SYS64738 #6 3 years ago

    "LEGO and the Playmobil Chronicles"

  • neilka #7 3 years ago

    Gimmicks! Why did it have to be gimmicks?

  • space_ace #8 3 years ago

    it will be fine - trust me

  • Britesparc Verified Creative, ITV #9 3 years ago

    I hope the co-op character is Sean Connery. Not Henry Jones Snr; actually Sean Connery. From the 70s, with his porn tasche and chest wig. Wearing the nappy from Xanadu.

  • ZuluHero #10 3 years ago

    Wait... there's star wars characters in lego indy too?

    /Dear George


    :p

  • JensonJet #11 3 years ago

    I actually read that title as 'Indiana Jones game to star Harrion Ford' which seemed to state the obivous.

    Now I've read the article it just reminds me how amazing a proper Han Solo game would be. Imagine a first person shooter that allows you to be Solo. The scenarios and adventures being a gun for hire, a smuggler is unlimited. Added to that, a really cool ship, the Star Wars universe and it's myriad of worlds and aliens. I can't see how that wouldn't be popular.

  • SYS64738 #12 3 years ago

    @ JensonJet

    Used to play that ages ago - Elite on the Amiga, and called the pilot Han Solo:p Mind you it needed a good deal of imagination to make the whole 'Star Wars' idea work due to lack of gfx...

    Other than that not a bad idea indeed

  • Ignatius_Cheese #13 3 years ago

    Shitty unlockable but, as long as the game plays half-decently, I'll be happy with more Indiana Jones. It's all about the story!

  • Domovoi #14 3 years ago

    "I hope the co-op character is Sean Connery. Not Henry Jones Snr; actually Sean Connery. From the 70s, with his porn tasche and chest wig. Wearing the nappy from Xanadu."

    Zardoz.

  • ZuluHero #15 3 years ago

    @SYS64738

    I was called Han Solo too! And what are you talking about - the Imperial Courier was a lovely looking ship and great for smuggling! :)

    Plus it was the fastest heap of junk in the galaxy*... ;)

    Man i miss that game...

    (*once it was outfitted with a military drive)

  • keyboardmonkey #16 3 years ago

    Gimmicks! Why did it have to be gimmicks?

    I see what you did there....

  • HuggyAtHome #17 3 years ago

    I've got a really bad feeling about this.

  • SYS64738 #18 3 years ago

    @ ZuluHero

    Fair point:)

    WinUAE is your friend by the way - amazing how the game's still a lot of fun despite its age. I could initially only play it on my C64 with 2 colours and slideshow speed and enviously drooled over my mate's Amiga version - ah the memories *sigh*

    /refrains from starting to shake fist and rant on about the good ol' times and lack of gameplay nowadays

  • Lukus #19 3 years ago

    So what's going on with the 360/PS3/PC Indiana Jones game that was announced a couple of years ago? Was it just a Euphoria demo?

  • penhalion #20 3 years ago

    @Lukus

    Most of us back then seemed to think that's exactly what it was, just a euphoria demo. However, I've noticed (as I'm sure many others have) that a lot of the locations in staff of kings seem to be the locations shown in that euphoria demo of two years ago. Of particular note is the cable car scenes minus the fighting on the roof, which is pretty much certain to be in there.

  • Freek #21 3 years ago

    So what's going on with the 360/PS3/PC Indiana Jones game that was announced a couple of years ago? Was it just a Euphoria demo?

    They don't know, they're making this up as they go.

  • thepiedpiper #22 3 years ago

    what happened to that indy game that used that new physics engine?

  • muttler #23 3 years ago

    The Indy with the new physics engine was scrapped, that's why I'm hoping that this turns out half decent...