Saturday, January 20th 2024

Bethesda Presents Indiana Jones and the Great Circle

This new journey starring the legendary archaeologist comes from the award-winning team at MachineGames—the minds behind Wolfenstein: The New Order and Wolfenstein: The New Colossus—in collaboration with Lucasfilm Games and executive produced by Bethesda Game Studios' Todd Howard. Indiana Jones and The Great Circle is coming later this year to Xbox Series X|S and PC and will be available day one on Game Pass. Check out the full announce from the Developer_Direct and get more insights from the team at MachineGames below.

Set between "Raiders of the Lost Ark " and "The Last Crusade," Indiana Jones and The Great Circle is a first-person, single-player adventure that will take you all over the world, uncovering clues and solving an ancient mystery. Become the adventurer in a race against sinister forces. Your journeys will take you from the hallowed halls of the Vatican and the arid deserts of Egypt to the lush and sunken temples of Sukhothai and the frigid peaks of the Himalayas.
"Our game is about putting you in the shoes of an iconic hero," says Design Director Jens Andersson. "Since we are doing this mostly in first-person, you have the chance to truly become Indy. First-person makes you part of this world - allowing you to explore and experience things more intimately. What will you do when you're dropped into this adventure with your wits and your whip? The world of Indiana Jones is a world with mysteries around every corner, where you're racing against the clock and outsmarting your enemies as you hunt down artifacts."


From their approach to crafting unique and believable stories and characters, to their over-the-top and unforgettable set pieces, MachineGames is the perfect studio to bring Indiana Jones to modern gaming.

"It's like two pieces of a puzzle that just fit so well together," says Senior Animator Rebecca Elfstrӧm Hidén. "We have big, sometimes crazy ideas that seem insane on paper, but they meshed really well with the franchise. You've got this amazing adventure that digs into the heart of the character and shines a light on all the things that made people fall in love with him in the first place, and then you've got these big, complex set pieces that just fit really well in there. Our DNA and the pillars of Indiana Jones just came together so naturally."
And the team can't wait for the world to see more of what they've been working on. Everyone at MachineGames has their own reasons for why Indy is so important to them. It's the feeling of taking part in a great adventure, and memories of growing up watching the movies with their families. For some it's even been about passing that love and those moments down to their own kids.

"There are a lot of Indiana Jones fans at MachineGames. Most of us grew up with Indy and fell in love with the movies and the character when we were young. We've just got these ties to the character that go back decades," agrees Game Director Jerk Gustafsson. "But even if you didn't grow up with Indiana Jones, you know Indiana Jones. He's a relatable type of hero and a true adventurer. That's a legacy we want to share and be part of, and we want to build something interesting and genuine."
Source: Bethesda
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24 Comments on Bethesda Presents Indiana Jones and the Great Circle

#1
the54thvoid
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These are some really huge shoes to fill, and a pretty damn high bar. For folk in my age range, making a game to match the legend of Indiana Jones seems an impossible task. I sense detached disappointment.
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Dr. Dro
I've always been a huge fan of the original trilogy movies (and I essentially disregard the existence of the two Disney-era movies) - so between Raiders and the Last Crusade seems a sweet spot for me. It's looking good, as long as they let in the classic Indy humor (aka don't sterilize the experience to be PG), it'll be an interesting game. Hopefully they'll reconsider the first-person-only crap.
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Double-Click
There should be an "eff it" button on a cool-down where you can just opt to shoot someone.
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Dr. Dro
Double-ClickThere should be an "eff it" button on a cool-down where you can just opt to shoot someone.
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the54thvoid
Intoxicated Moderator
Dr. Dro... It's looking good, as long as they let in the classic Indy humor (aka don't sterilize the experience to be PG)
The films were PG (or PG12) in the UK. They were never 15 rated.
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#6
KedsDead
the54thvoidThese are some really huge shoes to fill, and a pretty damn high bar. For folk in my age range, making a game to match the legend of Indiana Jones seems an impossible task. I sense detached disappointment.
I feel like we are going to get a Mass Effect: Andromeda disaster. Only this time it will be called Indiana Jones.
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#8
gffermari
The gameplay looks ok and most likely it would be fun if the story, environment, puzzles, OST are up to the task.
These cutscenes though, look very basic...
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#9
Awwwyeahhhbaby
Probably a 50/50 this will be any good, Bethesda hasn't been on a positive trend lately so we'll see how much they influenced MachineGames. I'm hopeful but let's be real...
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#10
Radxge
Looks promising.
Somehow, the designer of the video game went with a "young" Indiana Jones and not the old and sad one of the recent movie. Wonder why!
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#11
Prima.Vera
Please don't let it be another open world junk bs game. I prefer the gameplay and story above everything else, including graphics and useless openworldness...
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#12
KrazyT
Crossing fingers !
MachineGames made some good stuff with Wolfenstein ...
They could have choose a 3rd view like Uncharted and Tomb Raider, picked the FPS view instead ...
Hope the gameplay will mix Mirror's Edge and Wolfenstein in the Indy's universe
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#13
sephiroth117
Frankly positively surprised by this game !
The only cons: The characters animation, lip-sync etc they need to invest more in it (id tech engine) especially when animating the legendary Indiana Jones and the Harrison Ford canon one !

Other than that: Promising, I like it and it's probably a day one purchase for me :)
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#14
KedsDead
Prima.VeraPlease don't let it be another open world junk bs game. I prefer the gameplay and story above everything else, including graphics and useless openworldness...
Hmm... I think small open world sections would work best for this game. Kind of like Metro Exodus or Tomb Raider, but making this an open world experience that you have to semi explore to solve riddles and puzzles, would make this an excellent adventure style game.
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#15
Vayra86
KedsDeadI feel like we are going to get a Mass Effect: Andromeda disaster. Only this time it will be called Indiana Jones.
Afraid so. It looks alright though.

But... directed by Todd Howard kinda screams instant no buy to me
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#16
b1k3rdude
How have they got time for this when they still have fixed all the issue with SF...
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#17
INSTG8R
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I mean in theory this could/should be amazing but then it's Beth, so.....yeah....skepticism meter off the charts....
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#18
neatfeatguy
My brother thinks the game looks great. He's got some high expectations for parts you see in the clips, especially the fist fighting. He really wants it to be up there with what the Riddick games brought to the table with their fist fighting.

I think it looks bleh. It's not Harrison Ford voice acting, so that threw me off a little. The combat looks kind of like it takes place in water, things look slow because they want you to utilize your whip for take downs or disarming and it doesn't look natural.

As much as I enjoyed the movies (not the last two) growing up and I even enjoyed the Lucasarts adventure games as a kid, I'm not sure this will be an Indiana Jones games I can get behind. I see a lot of people making comments around the new game as being like "Uncharted" or to the new "Tomb Raider" games......those games weren't very good. Uncharted was okay, but nothing I thought warranted a big franchise continuation. The first new Tomb Raider I laughed all the way through the game, it was so bad from the completely unrealistic gameplay to the awful story. Here's hoping this game is better than these two recent game series. I may be able to get past mediocre gameplay if it has a good story. I made it through the first Witcher game because of the story (combat was awful and it didn't improve in the second game). I guess we wait and see.
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#19
KedsDead
Aslong as it doesnt sound like Guardians of the Galaxy, with hey "short round" every 5 minutes.
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#20
Beermotor
Vayra86Afraid so. It looks alright though.

But... directed by Todd Howard kinda screams instant no buy to me
Not defending Todd, but the word on the street is this the game that was distracting him during Starfield's development.

He's been wanting to make an Indiana Jones game for a long time so this is a passion project of his.
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#21
KedsDead
BeermotorNot defending Todd, but the word on the street is this the game that was distracting him during Starfield's development.

He's been wanting to make an Indiana Jones game for a long time so this is a passion project of his.
Oh, so we should expect the new creation engine with bland grafix and really high system usage?
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#22
INSTG8R
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KedsDeadOh, so we should expect the new creation engine with bland grafix and really high system usage?
LOL “New? Not gonna happen ..They’ll just bolt more on, same as they did with Starfield …
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#23
Vayra86
BeermotorNot defending Todd, but the word on the street is this the game that was distracting him during Starfield's development.

He's been wanting to make an Indiana Jones game for a long time so this is a passion project of his.
You know, this sounds like some classic social media spin-level bullshit right there. I thought Starfield was his next great power move. That's how he stood there for years in those interviews and teasers anyway.

That being said, this trailer looks more inspired than Starfield's ever going to be. One wonders why that game didn't get a touch of this, seeing as its from the same director. Strange, this world of Howard we keep running into.
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#24
Beermotor
KedsDeadOh, so we should expect the new creation engine with bland grafix and really high system usage?
It's IdTech 7 or maybe 8. Id are Microsoft's engine makers now.
You know, this sounds like some classic social media spin-level bullshit right there. I thought Starfield was his next great power move. That's how he stood there for years in those interviews and teasers anyway.
Yep it reeks of BS as far as it being his passion project when Starfield was his apparenly passion project five months ago.
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